Introduction

Our baby boy was gone, a tiny knitted cap all that remained.

Seven months, and we nearly made it.

But before I could even properly grieve, my wife, Izzy, obsessed over her ex, Julian.

She' d already made the ultimate sacrifice for him: our son, a victim of a desperate, experimental "cure."

Julian arrived like a conquering hero, smirking, ready to exploit our ancient, sacred land, Whisperwind Hollow, for his "wellness retreat."

My mother, the Keeper of the Hollow, tried to warn them, and for that, she collapsed to Julian's taunts.

Izzy, blinded by devotion, dismissed my pleas, then knocked me unconscious when I dared to defend myself.

I woke up to hear they'd faked my death.

I, the grieving father and son, was now a "dead man," manipulated, then "murdered" again, thrown into the raging river.

But the true horror was yet to come: Izzy planned to use our baby' s ashes in a twisted ritual to "cleanse" Julian.

The depths of her betrayal, the calculated cruelty, left me numb, then burning with a cold, clear rage.

Pulled from the river by those loyal to the Hollow, I finally understood.

This land, my heritage, it amplifies what's within.

Julian' s darkness would be his undoing, and Izzy's choices, her folly-they brought us here.

Now, alive and hidden, I would become what I was always meant to be: the true Keeper, ready to reflect their malice back at them.