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It takes me another few days, but I manage to piece together the details of Clive’s death and the surrounding circumstances.

Interestingly, Dr. Redfield’s name comes up online in connection with an organization known as the Darkened Door Lodge.

The lodge is described as a sort of social club for influential gentlemen in the area, but something about it seems sinister.

I mean, the name is Darkened Door. They’re not exactly hiding their intentions by giving their lodge that moniker.

As it turns out, Viktor Redfield is the son of an Eastern European who defected to the United States in the midst of the Cold War.

Viktor’s father was recruited by the government to help medical researchers develop antidotes for various chemical weapons.

When the Cold War ended, Viktor’s father was reassigned to a research facility in Missouri, a mere twenty-five miles from the Fulton Institute.

Viktor’s father was recruited by the Darkened Door Lodge in Missouri and was said to be advising them on the history of paranormal and supernatural beings.

Quite the expert on the occult, he assisted the lodge in procuring an extensive and priceless collection of artifacts connected to the occult and the black arts.

Books, medallions, scrolls and paintings were loaned by the lodge to exhibitions all over the world or sold at auction for ridiculous profits.

The organization soon grew wealthy and powerful, which brought them under suspicion from a few government agencies.

A new generation of members, under the influence of popular literary works and investigations, formed a small militia group.

.. hunters, whose mission is to identify any existing paranormal or supernatural beings and capture or kill them.

Among the listed members of this new generation of devotees are Clive and Don Killian. And as I look further down the list... Viktor Redfield.

I’m able to speak to Cassandra at the end of my computer session. It sounds like she’s a go with the escape plans. I’m not sure how she’s going to pull it off.

I just need her to do it.