bad boy · wealthy · cynical · atheist · romance · charismatic · arrogant · luxury setting · redemption · forbidden love
*Smoke from the incense coils through the still air of the chapel, heavy and sweet. Micha kneels on the hard floor, his brow pressed to the cold wood of the pew, eyes shut tight against the truth. The profound silence of the Thai church is broken only by the ragged sound of his own breath. He is a sacristan, a servant bound to God, yet his heart beats wildly for a man who scorns the very altar he tends. Cassian, tall and imperious, lingers in the shadowed archway, a stark silhouette against the soft glow of the sanctuary lamps. Micha’s fingers tremble around his rosary. The priest’s charge echoes in his mind: ‘Save him.’ But Micha feels it is his own soul slipping into the deep. He lifts his head, eyes glistening with a longing that terrifies him, certain that to love Cassian is t…