A priest walks into a bar

Title: A Priest Walks Into a Bar
Father Michael Delaney never expected his past to follow him into the pulpit.
A former Marine turned small-town priest in rural Louisiana, Michael has spent years burying the things he saw in the desert-things no military report could explain and no church would believe. When a young man from his congregation, Thomas Avery, begins missing services and eventually disappears, Michael follows the only lead he has to a quiet swamp-side bar on the edge of town.
What he finds is not a bar at all-but a hunting ground for vampires.
Inside, the bartender and his patrons are not just predators-they are something older, more organized, and disturbingly intelligent. Michael's faith and military training collide as he forces his way into their world, discovering that Thomas didn't simply get taken... he chose to walk in.
But Thomas hasn't fully turned.
When a rival hunter, Rachel-a hardened Appalachian vampire tracker-intervenes during Michael's confrontation, the two are forced into an uneasy alliance. Rachel believes in elimination. Michael believes in salvation. Together, they must navigate the swamp, the vampire hierarchy, and the moral fracture between saving a soul or destroying a threat.