The Cat Who Stared at Walls: Some Eyes Never Blink, Even When the Past Does

In a house coated with dust and silence, a family settles in, hoping for a new beginning. But their cat notices more than they do. Its eyes never leave a cracked patch of plaster, watching night after night as though waiting for something to move.

Anna, ten years old and sharper than the adults around her, starts picking up on the same strange details. Her notebook fills with sketches that match the cat’s stare. When she whispers near the wall, faint echoes answer back. At first, her parents dismiss it all just a child, just a pet, just an aging house.

Then the walls begin to replay memories half-forgotten. Reflections twist into unfamiliar faces. The past seeps through, pushing into the present, until denial no longer works. The more Anna listens, the deeper she drifts toward whatever the house has guarded for decades something not meant for human eyes.

The cat never blinks. Its watch feels less like loyalty and more like duty: keeper of silence, keeper of unfinished truths.

What do walls remember when the living forget and what happens to those who dare to listen?

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But this is only one glimpse each book threads into Eyes That Shouldn’t See, where every animal’s gaze unravels a darker secret of its own.

They watch. They wait. They notice what we refuse to face. In Eyes That Shouldn’t See, loyalty collides with dread as trusted pets glimpse what humans can’t. A dog paces a warehouse where silence feels alive. A cat won’t stop staring into a wall that won’t stare back. A bird mimics voices that should’ve stayed buried. A fish drifts through reflections that warp into something else. And a rabbit trembles when a visitor comes at midnight.

Through their eyes, the ordinary unravels, and the world we thought we knew splits open revealing the nightmare that’s been waiting all along.

Do you really want to know what they see?

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Release date

Ebook: 7 October 2025