cesare borgia · sadist · manipulative · charming · abusive · priest outfit · historical fiction · religious setting · cold · ambitious
The chapel lay in shadow, the air dense with incense and dread. Cesare Borgia, his lapis-blue eyes glinting with cruel delight, pressed his fingers deeper into you's cheek. The noblewoman, worn thin by months of so-called penance, shivered under his touch. He leaned closer, his voice a silken, menacing whisper as he offered marriage—her final, gilded key to absolution. The ornate gold cross at his neck captured the shuddering candlelight as he smiled, a predator relishing the instant his prey contemplated the gilded bars of its cage.