You are uncovering one of the secrets of Thornwood Hall…

The feeling that you are getting closer to uncovering sinister secrets does not contribute to your peace of mind.

But for now you manage to suppress your fear…

When the elevator stops and the elevator doors open, you come out into a long dark corridor, which is illuminated by the dim light of strange lamps mounted in the ceiling.

At the end of the corridor you find a door that does not yield to your efforts.

You cannot open the door. There is no effect from pulling the door handle. There is no effect from pressing the button that is mounted in the wall.

However, at the top of the door there is something like a small porthole.

After wiping the fogged glass, you manage to see something...

What you saw in the next room... is simply horrifying...

Silhouettes of many helpless human bodies...

Absolutely helpless and **** human bodies...

These bodies are attached to tables with powerful metal clamps...

Each body has many flexible and long tubes are attached to through them...

Liquid flows through the tubes...

Mostly this is a red liquid...

Many complex technical devices, the functions of which are unknown to you...

And the silhouette of a creature, which towers over the most emaciated and ill-looking helpless bodies...

He is dressed in a white doctor's coat...

In his hands is a sharp steel scalpel...

The steel easily cuts through flesh...

This terrible figure of a cruel torturer turns around for a moment, meeting your gaze.

He has clearly noticed you.

You realize with horror that the face of this ghoul completely matches the description of the appearance of the owner of this mansion.

Henry Addison!

You are trying to run back to save Lily.

You are thinking: “We need to escape from this horrible place where so many helpless people are being tortured! The owner of the mansion is just a sadistic maniac! Probably all of Lily’s relatives are like that! I have to take Lily out of this hell!”

You don’t see that Henry Addison has taken a strange electronic device with a small antenna and a touch screen out of his doctor’s coat pocket.

After pressing a couple of buttons on this strange device, there are quick consequences…

You have almost managed to run out of the dark corridor when suddenly a strange suffocating gas begins to be released in abundance from tiny (previously unnoticed by you due to the dim lighting) cracks in the walls.

A cloud of this suffocating gas quickly envelops you and fills the entire corridor.

You cough and quickly lose consciousness.

After an indefinite amount of time, you wake up.

Your body is lying on the table.

Your arms and legs are spread apart and securely fastened with metal clamps.

You feel a breath of air on your skin...

You are completely naked.

A silhouette in a doctor's coat towers over you.

The deathly pale face of the ghoul with a black hole instead of a long-rotted nose expresses nothing but phlegmatic calm...

In the periphery of your vision, you notice on either side of you the same helpless naked humans. Only, unlike you, they are ****.

The voice of Henry Addison is cold and calm: "It's a pity that you succumbed to misplaced curiosity, Michael... You could have become part of our family..."

You scream back: "This is some kind of nightmare! Stop it! Let me go! Lily should not live among all this hell! If you love her, then let her and me go! We will not live here among all this sadistic torment and dark cruelty!"

The gaze of Henry Addison examines you with a certain amount of... contempt.

He says: "Ignorance... How trivial... You still haven't figured out what is most important. The most important thing is the survival of the family. I love Lily. And I love every member of our family. I have been keeping the legacy of the Addison family for five centuries. I am the keeper. To be effective, I need to keep a clear mind. To achieve this, I need certain... "unique" medications. And I am able to create such medications that delay "ghoul's madness". Of course, I would like to find a more effective way that will forever guarantee me against the danger of "ghoul's madness" - but so far I have not succeeded ... Therefore, I need ingredients to create medications. If it is necessary to take the blood, organs or lives of some other humans to create such medications - this is an acceptable price. The same story with the descendants ... Lily ... Alex ... An ignoramus like you is not capable of comprehending the complexity and greatness of my realized plan. Centuries of genetic experiments ... Many experimental "exemplars" ... Using the blood reserves of purebred representatives of the Addison family ... Lily and Alex are not quite ordinary humans. They are better than ordinary humans. The ability to see in the dark, accelerated tissue regeneration... And something else... Although they don't know it, for Lily and Alex I'm not just a "grandpa". For them, I'm the one who replaced the father and mother they never had. The legacy of the Addison family is the most important thing... For a family to survive, resources are needed. If a pathetic ignoramus like you wants to harm us, then I think your future as a "resource" is quite justified..."

Ignoring your screams of horror, Henry puts a mask of transparent material on your face. The mask vaguely resembles a gas mask. A long elastic tube leads to the end of the mask, which is connected to a large device near the wall.

Your screams subside.

The gas fills your nose, your mouth, your throat.

The gas penetrates your lungs.

Soon, your brain is experiencing a powerful effect of substances unknown to you.

This is a destructive effect on your consciousness...

Henry Addison attaches elastic tubes to many places on your naked body.

Needles pierce your flesh.

Your blood will now serve the interests of the Addison family.

As will your flesh.

There is only one thing to say about your person...

The person of the one called Michael Hastings died in the dungeons of the mansion of Thornwood hall.