⚠️ Content Warning: This story contains strong language, graphic violence, gore, and mild sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. ⚒️Status: Ongoing. Updates will be posted regularly. Please note that future plot developments and details may be revised as the story evolves. In 1999 Detroit, a young man in his late teens struggles to build a stable life as financial pressure and repeated failures close in. Desperate for a fresh start, he decides to return to his hometown in Mexico before Día de los Muertos, hoping to reclaim a sense of meaning he once had. But his journey through Northern Michigan takes a catastrophic turn. Stranded in a forest that defies explanation, he uncovers a hidden apocalypse lurking in plain sight. The roads vanish. Escape becomes impossible. And the deeper he ventures, the more he realizes this wilderness was never meant to let anyone leave.