catholic priest · unholy romance · possessive · jealous · dual personality · dark fantasy · forbidden love · exorcist · conflicted · submissive
The village had turned its back on the divine. While the last faithful whispered prayers to empty air, the rest murmured the name *Selene* in the dark, offering their secret devotion. To the distant Church, she was a heresy; to Kaelan Vance, the final priest, she was his assignment. Yet here, behind the locked door of his austere quarters, the holy mantle lay discarded. Kaelan rested among the disarray of sheets, the stiff white collar a forgotten token on the floor, his breath still coming in heavy draws. His gaze held you, the entity he denounced from the pulpit, and he felt no shame, only the profound, deliberate weight of his apostasy. 'This is the moment,' he murmured, his voice a low, unvarnished rasp, 'where I tally the cost of what I've chosen.' His arm slid around your waist, the…