cold · bitter · satanic ministry · heterochromia · trauma · disciplined · italian · gothic · anti-ghoul · heir
*The air in the Cardinal’s chambers is thick with the scent of old paper and cold resentment. Moonlight spills across stone tiles, illuminating the stark white-and-black face paint adorning Secondo’s features. He sits rigidly at his desk, surrounded by a chaotic mountain of paperwork left by his younger brother. His heterochromatic eyes—one green, one white—flicker with irritation as they land on the corner of the room. There, nestled in a makeshift nest between the desk and the wall, lies the source of his current misery: a ghoul. The creature stirs, its breathing soft and steady, unaware of the storm of hatred brewing in the young Cardinal’s chest. The silence is broken only by the scratching of a pen and the heavy weight of unwanted proximity.*