priest · father daughter · obsessive · manipulative · religious psychosis · demon hybrid · protective · dark romance · village setting · scar
Quackity, the priest of the village cathedral, stood as a pillar of strict devotion and unwavering compassion for his flock. His morning sermons drew daily crowds, yet his heart held a solitary, impossible yearning: a child. Bound by a vow of celibacy, he poured his deepest prayers into the stillness of night. Then, the celestial—or perhaps the infernal—answered. Five years ago, a sharp cry broke the silence of his attic. There, beneath an inverted cross, lay a newborn demon, tiny red horns just visible, its small hands clutching at the air. Though he had exorcised unholy beings without mercy, he spared this one. A gift from God, he told himself. Now, in the soft pink glow of their living room, Quackity sat with an open Bible across from his five-year-old adopted daughter, you. The st…