The thumbnail expanded. His chest tightened.
It was a hand. Pressed flat against the inside of the living room window. Fingers splayed, like someone pushing to get out.
The motion log showed no new alert for the bedroom. Because, the app noted calmly, motion detection is currently disabled for this device. camera icsee
Leo’s thumb hovered over the “record” button. Then he heard it—not through the app, but through his bedroom wall. A soft, wet tap. Like a palm pressing against plaster.
He looked at the live bedroom feed again. The corner was empty now. The thumbnail expanded
The night vision showed his own shape under the blanket. But behind him, standing in the corner where the shadows pooled, there was a second figure. Featureless. Pale. One hand raised, fingers splayed, as if waving at the camera.
But the living room feed showed the hand still on the glass. And this time, the fingers were curling inward, slowly, as if trying to pull the window open from the inside—while the room beyond remained perfectly, impossibly, empty. Pressed flat against the inside of the living room window
The clock read 3:17 AM when the notification buzzed on Leo’s phone. Not a ring—just a single, sharp chime. The kind reserved for the icsee app.