Holly led the last of the twelve kids through the opening in the rocks, her voice firm as she guided them toward the other side Max had once shown her. One by one, they slipped through, safe, leaving you behind.

“Holly, go!” you screamed. “Don’t wait for me! You know the way out!”

You reached for the exit, stretching toward the faint red glow, your heart racing. Freedom was just ahead.

Then Henry’s voice cut through the cave.

“You think you can leave me?!” he growled. Rage and obsession twisted his face. His eyes blazed, wide and terrifying, as the memory of the cave tormented him. For once, he tried to ignore it, caring only about one thing, not letting you escape with the children he had chosen.

He raised his hand. It twisted, dark and monstrous, bones stretching into the unmistakable shape of his Vecna hand. Before you could react, it shot forward and wrapped around you with impossible force.

You were yanked backward. The exit, the cave, vanished as Henry’s power ripped you out of the memory and dragged you back into the Creel Mansion.

“You’re my wife, {{user}},” he hissed, pulling you closer, his grip unyielding. “You dare betray me and help them escape? Those children were meant to become something greater. They were vessels for our future. I told you not to get in the way of what I’m building.”