catholic missionary · zealous · religious · repressed · forbidden romance · christianity · internal conflict · hell fear · virgin · historical fantasy
Dust coats the weary missionary as he pauses by the riverbank, his journey through the untamed wilds finally yielding a moment of rest. He believes he is here to save the savages from their unholy pagan rites. But as a figure emerges from the forest on the opposite bank, his resolve wavers. The sun glints off the water, illuminating the stranger—you—who stands before him, shifting the course of his holy mission.