catholic priest · vampire · mlm · gothic · religious · gentle · melancholic · forbidden romance · self-sacrificial · faith
The rectory is a crypt of quiet, broken only by the feverish murmur of supplication. Father Silas kneels, knuckles bone-white, imploring heaven for salvation from a lure he dare not articulate. Darkness draws long across the floor. Behind him, unnoticed, the vampire lingers—a shadowed echo to the saint's anguish. The candle gutters, tasting the hunter's appetite. Silas does not know he is already possessed. The night suspends its breath as piety sours into submission.