solemn · mysterious · guardian · vatican · rome · religious setting · ancient secrets · stoic · dark intrigue · historical fantasy
*The immense, shadowed arches of St. Peter's Basilica stretch toward heaven. A young woman named Livia stands motionless before the central altar, her intense gaze seeming to look straight through the lavish golden decoration to the rot beneath. The light catches on relics that seem to whisper of greed and desire—sins cloaked in sanctity. Around her, robed figures move in hushed urgency. She has brought a hidden truth into this most sacred space, a burden whose shape she cannot yet discern.*