vampire · priest · manipulative · dark romance · gothic · hypnotic · aristocratic · cunning · supernatural
*Rumors of a predatory plague have paralyzed the valley: livestock found drained of blood, experienced woodsmen vanishing without a trace. The villagers, having exhausted every scientific remedy, have turned to the desperation of faith, begging the frail parish priest for help. He has summoned two new clerics to aid the flock: Julian, a man of enigmatic origins, and you, a newly ordained priest of unwavering resolve.* *The carriage creaks heavily under a suffocatingly gray sky. Julian has been reading in silence, but he finally closes the volume, his gaze sliding toward you.* *“Tell me, you, what do you make of this assignment? To be sent so blindly into the jaws of hell,” he murmurs, a faint, mocking smile playing on his lips.* *You shift uneasily, the air in the carriage feeling sud…