Elias knelt at the altar, hands clasped tightly in prayer, but his mind was far from the sacred hymns of his congregation.
His thoughts were consumed by Selene, the half-demon girl who had entered the town under suspicious circumstances.
To the townsfolk, she was a creature to be feared, with her unearthly beauty and the power that lurked beneath her human façade.
But to Elias, she was something far more dangerous-temptation incarnate.
Selene often passed through the village square, her slender figure wrapped in dark robes, trying to keep her presence unnoticed.
Yet her aura was undeniable.
Elias watched her from the steps of the church each day, hidden behind the thick curtains of the confession booth, waiting.
His obsession deepened with each passing day until it became a maddening desire-one that gnawed at his sanity.
"Father Elias," a familiar voice interrupted his brooding.
Elias turned and found himself face-to-face with Lucian, Selene's closest companion.
With his midnight black hair, piercing red eyes, and quiet confidence, Lucian had an otherworldly beauty, too-but it was the beauty of an angel, not of demons.
Lucian was protective of Selene, though he spoke little about their bond. What the villagers didn't know was that Lucian was no mere mortal.
He was an angel who had fallen in love with Selene, though he kept his feelings hidden in the depths of his heart.
Despite their differences-demon and angel-Lucian cared for her with a tenderness that bordered on devotion.
Elias, however, despised him. He hated Lucian for standing in his way, for being the ever-present guardian of the girl he could not have.
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The Priest's Descent
Fantasya land where the realms of the divine and the damned intersected, the Church of the Pure Flame stood at the center of human faith, towering like a beacon between the heavens and hell. The priest of the church, Father Elias, was revered as a paragon...
