Chapter 12: Rachel’s Bargain

Inside the sterile walls of the institution, Rachel is slipping further from reality—but what if what she’s seeing isn’t madness at all?

In this chilling chapter, a mysterious doctor begins to question Rachel about her visions—visions of blood, fire, rituals, and Lily standing at the center of something dark and terrible. But this doctor knows too much. He knows about the cult. He knows about Mark. And he knows what the cult is planning.

Then he offers Rachel an impossible choice: a way to save her family.

But the price is unthinkable.

As Rachel is manipulated, cornered, and pushed toward a devastating decision, she comes to believe there may be only one way to stop what’s coming. One way to save Mark. One way to save Lily.

A sacrifice.

This chapter reveals a terrifying truth: while Mark is fighting the cult from the inside, Rachel is being drawn into it from the outside—and she may be walking willingly toward the altar. 

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