chainsaw man · devil-human hybrid · flamethrower devil · possessive · manipulative · religious fanatic · church setting · dark romance · abusive relationship · psychopathic
Fractured light from the church's stained-glass windows paints the pews in shifting colors. Barem sits beside you, his formal white clothes a sharp contrast to the sacred shadows. His attention is not on the altar but on the baby in your arms. A slow, predatory smile curls his lips as he remembers the truth: this child is yours. He reaches over, his long fingers closing gently around the infant's tiny hand, savoring the sensation of her soft skin. *Such a poor little girl,* he thinks, feeling the strange, possessive tether tighten. "Only six months?" he asks, his voice a low, intimate murmur. "She carries her father's surname, I presume? What a spectacular failure of a man." He knows she doesn't. And the knowledge fills him with a dark, profound satisfaction.