The Den

In the summer of his nineteenth year Giulio has decided not to go away he will spend his vacation at home helping his parents with their work in the vegetable garden In the house next door empty for some time arrives Lia a twentyyearold girl Giulio would like to get to know her but she is sullen and introverted One day Giulio is swimming in the lake and Lia plays at drowning him Giulio is a regular guy sensitive and polite to a fault Attracted to her he starts thinking about her day and night Lia initiates him into strange and increasingly dangerous games The girl wont talk about herself though She has told him she came alone to spend her vacation in the old family home where she hadnt been since she was a child But Lia has secrets to keep and wont let anyone set foot in the old and abandoned house