Grace thought she had found her happily ever after when she married Alex Le Domas, the charming heir to a wealthy board game dynasty. But her wedding night took a grotesque turn when she learned of the family’s twisted tradition: every new member must play a randomly chosen game at midnight. Most games were harmless—chess, cards, checkers—but when Grace drew the wrong card, Hide and Seek, she unknowingly triggered a deadly ritual. The Le Domas clan, dressed in vintage hunting attire, armed themselves with crossbows, axes, and antique rifles, and began to stalk her through their sprawling estate.
At first, Grace believed it was an elaborate prank, some cruel initiation meant to scare her. But the blood on the marble floor told a different story. The game was real, the stakes were life and death, and she had until dawn to survive. Moving silently through hallways lined with ancestral portraits, she witnessed the family’s desperation—each kill meant to satisfy an ancient pact with a mysterious benefactor known only as Mr. Le Bail. If the ritual failed, they believed they would meet a gruesome fate at sunrise.
As the night wore on, Grace fought back with increasing ferocity, turning from prey into predator. She used hidden servant passages, sabotaged weapons, and set traps that turned the mansion into a warzone. The once-dignified Le Domas family descended into chaos, arguing, betraying each other, and accidentally killing their own in the frenzy. Alex, torn between love for Grace and loyalty to his family, became an unpredictable wildcard—sometimes helping her, sometimes standing in her way. Each passing hour tightened the noose, and Grace’s pristine wedding dress became tattered, blood-soaked armor.
In the explosive finale, dawn broke over the estate as Grace, cornered in the grand hall, faced the remaining Le Domas members. When the first rays of sunlight touched them, the family began to scream—then burst into flames, their centuries-old pact finally broken. Standing among the ashes, Grace lit a cigarette, watching the mansion burn. The sirens wailed in the distance, but she felt no relief—only the bitter knowledge that the game had changed her forever. Somewhere, she thought, Mr. Le Bail was still watching, smiling in the shadows, waiting for the next player to draw the wrong card.
