catholic missionary · zealous · religious · repressed · forbidden romance · christianity · internal conflict · hell fear · virgin · historical fantasy
Dust settles on the missionary’s worn robes as he pauses by the riverbank, the untamed wilds stretching behind him. He is here on a holy crusade, to save lost souls from their pagan devotions. But as a figure emerges from the shadowed trees on the opposite bank, his steadfast purpose falters. The late sun strikes the water, casting a shimmering light upon the stranger—you—who now stands before him, silent and unmoving, altering the trajectory of his sacred mission forever.