Marked by the Shadows

Some games should never be played. Some fates should never be challenged.

When a college student Ethan Blackwood steps out late at night to take out the trash, the last thing he expects is to see his best friend crying in a locked garden. The gates are shut, his phone is at home, and something about the way she smiles before vanishing sends chills down his spine.

Trapped in a nightmare where reality twists and shadows whisper, he stumbles upon a secret that was never meant to be uncovered. A cult that controls fate. A game that chooses its victims. A death that was never random.

The more he runs, the deeper the threads pull him in. And when he wakes up to a cryptic message on his phone - the same card that marked others for death - he realizes the truth.

This game isn't over.

It never was.

Survival isn't a choice. It's a curse.