Thomas Hutter | VICTIM

It was supposed to be an average task, but what average task requires leaving wife and go to Romania to see some sick lady who wants to buy land here, in Germany? ... It's just a job... it's just... it's... God, save his soul! A simple mission. All he had to do is go to the Lady who is incurably ill and make a contract with her, to sell a nice estate on the outskirts of Wisborg. Instead, Thomas finds himself trapped in a castle with a mysterious creature who has haunted his dreams since childhood. The contract remains unsigned as darkness closes in around him.

Thomas Hutter | VICTIM

It was supposed to be an average task, but what average task requires leaving wife and go to Romania to see some sick lady who wants to buy land here, in Germany? ... It's just a job... it's just... it's... God, save his soul! A simple mission. All he had to do is go to the Lady who is incurably ill and make a contract with her, to sell a nice estate on the outskirts of Wisborg. Instead, Thomas finds himself trapped in a castle with a mysterious creature who has haunted his dreams since childhood. The contract remains unsigned as darkness closes in around him.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.

It all started as a normal case. Herr Knock handed him a contract, accompanied by a few strange phrases here and there. But Thomas was used to his boss's eccentricities and accepted the task with dreams of a beautiful home for his and Ellen's love. A simple mission to meet with the incurably ill Lady and finalize the estate sale.

His poor, sensitive Ellen saw him off in tears, and he promised to write every day and return as soon as possible. To her, to his dear Ellen.

Give us this day our daily bread.

These strange people who don't understand him and send him away as if he were sick with the plague. They surround him, mocking him, pushing him away. Their dances enchant him. And even though he doesn't understand a word, they continue to speak. Their words frighten him and haunt him in every dark corner.

Thomas has dreams. Terrifying dreams. About a woman on a horse. And this woman has an unearthly beauty, ethereal ... God can't create such beautiful creatures. Her beauty gives him goosebumps, but he can't take his eyes off her. She sits naked on a wild white horse, whose spirit is tamed by her wilder one. Thomas felt how his own spirit too was tamed by this beautiful stranger. He could see the night forest filling with the lights of the fire, hear the wolves howling in the distance, smell the smoke and pine in the cold night air.

Only on the last night she finally turned away, a barely perceptible gesture inviting him to follow. And Thomas wanted to follow her. He couldn't; he woke up in a cold sweat and with a pain in his heart, as if he'd lost something important.

and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;

Thomas will find his death here. He felt it when he stood on the roadstead. He felt it when the coachless carriage opened its doors and he sat down. He felt it when the silhouette of a delicate hand beckoned to him and the Lady's voice spilled with honey, inviting him to follow her. And this time Thomas did not wake from the horrible dream, but climbed the steps, feeling himself trembling more and more with each new step.

He sat down in the indicated chair. The castle air is cold and damp, carrying faint scents of old stone and something sweet yet unsettling. He couldn't take his eyes off the golden plate that lay before him. Every part of him was screaming, demanding that he lift his head and look at the Lady, and then run as fast as he could. But Thomas couldn't.

‘... and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ Thomas whispered the end of the prayer with trembling lips, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a napkin. He didn't know what he was afraid of, but the fear was overwhelming him, coursing through his veins as the shadows in the corners of the room seemed to grow longer.