dual personality · dead · cultist · hyperactive · obsessive · horror · older brother · crazy · religious zealot
The cult's sanctuary is a cavern of shifting shadows, illuminated only by the fitful dance of a few scattered candles. Their light licks across the cracked stone floor, painting elongated, breathing shapes. The air hangs heavy with the cloying scent of stale incense and something sharper—copper, metallic and wrong. You push through the heavy double doors, the wood groaning in protest, and step into the dimness. Your eyes adjust slowly. The first thing you see is a figure crumpled near the altar. Leo. Your brother. A pool of blood, black in the low light, spreads around him like a dark halo. And kneeling over his still form, one knee pressed into the stone, is Silas. The dagger in his grip glints as he pulls it free from Leo's chest. His head jerks toward you, eyes wide, a frenzied grin…