The Markus Party

"Not all you see is as it seems. There is life hidden behind it. Tread carefully, arouse no suspicion, keep to the rules, and just maybe you will be here for an eternity. My name is Alex Markus. Welcome to the Markus Party."
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This fascinating invitation excited anyone who ever ventured within their massive castle. Oh, to be captured by them. Possessed. Engaged. Entertained! They thought.

And this exhilaration was not missing from the group of fifty interns hired by the family to do, as was written, 'a series of odd jobs'. Why? It was too strange to know why. It was unprecedented to think that a family this rich would ever need interns.

Still...they were considered the lucky fifty. Not only would they get to meet the reclusive family, but they would also act as entertain during the event. It made them famous overnight. Opportunities to marry heiresses, own companies, became presidents were waiting for them.

Underneath it all, romances, beauties, escapades, betrayals, and mysteries threatened to overwhelm them. With every new day they began to discover horrors in the castle. Their once light-hearted opportunity became a desperate fight for sanity. And yet, they couldn't escape what they couldn't understand.

Talking doors, bloody chandeliers, empty halls, and pointless rules; meaning nothing and everything. To Peter's delight, to Ian's temptation, to Jasmine's terror, and to Lucy's embrace.

Nothing was truly as it seemed.
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The Markus family were a marvel to the world. Kings, princes, moguls, dictators, and all sorts readily flocked within their mysterious home every year, once a year, for the Markus Party. And this year's party would change the world.
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