**PROLOGUE: Beyond Sophia's Eyes**

The moon cast eerie shadows on the Vaughn mansion walls as Sophia Morales scribbled in her hidden diary:

"Tonight marks 300 days trapped by Elijah's charm and poison. My mind fogs, memories fade... yet instinct screams ESCAPE."

Sophia's eyes darted towards the door, listening for Elijah's footsteps. Her heart raced with every creak of the old mansion.

She continued writing, voiceless tears falling onto the pages:

"Ava, my sister, helped me see truth - Elijah's manipulation, drugging, and control. But now... she's gone, silenced somehow."

Sophia's hand trembled as she wrote her last hope:

"Ava will find me... or another girl will escape Elijah's grasp and expose him. Until then, I'll hide this diary... and wait."

With desperate haste, Sophia concealed the diary behind a loose baseboard in her bedroom.

As she pushed it into place, Elijah's low voice whispered outside her door:

"Sophia, my love... time for tonight's medicine."

The diary remained hidden, waiting for the next victim to stumble upon Elijah's dark secrets...