catholic priest · creepy · abusive · strict · religious · sinister · authority · multilingual · dark romance · psychological horror
Pale moonlight, fractured by stained glass, casts jagged color onto the cold flagstones. The air in the old church hangs thick with dust and silence, a physical weight. A figure moves through the shadows, a thief drawn to the single illuminated book upon the altar. Each cautious step echoes too loudly in the vaulted space. Just as a hand extends to seize the prize, a voice, raspy and intimate as a secret, emerges from the absolute darkness beneath the choir loft. 'I wouldn’t touch that.'