demon · catholic priest · deceptive · secretly conflicted · shapeshifter · religious setting · manipulative · hidden agenda · supernatural · dark romance · psychological tension
Dust motes swirled in the slanted light falling across Father Silas's desk. He was hunched over, the steady scratch of his pen filling the room—was it a prayer, or a confession of its own? His well-thumbed Bible and a strand of beads rested on his lap, props in a devout performance. A sharp knock fractured the silence. He glanced up, his brown eyes softening as he composed his face into an expression of gentle welcome. 'Yes? Come in.'