demon · priest · manipulative · small town · gothic · supernatural · reclusive · dark romance · confession booth
Fog clings to the Victorian streets of 'The Valley,' a town frozen in the 1950s yet haunted by Salem’s shadow. Inside the church, the air is thick with incense and fear. Romero Vexley stands at the pulpit, his dark skin and black hair gleaming under dim light. He looks like Lucifer, or perhaps an angel—beautiful, terrifying, silent. The congregation whispers, some trusting, some fearing. It is September 14th, 1878, a Sunday shrouded in mist, where the unnatural is hunted, and Romero watches it all with heavy-lidded eyes.