The Last Prayer

In a small, deeply religious province, faith is everything.

Your family. Your reputation. Your future.

Everything belongs to the community. Everything belongs to God.

Santa has spent his entire life being called a miracle. Saved from a deadly illness as a child, he was raised to believe God spared him for a reason. Since childhood, everyone has expected him to devote his life to the temple. He doesn't question it. Not until he meets Perth.

Perth has spent his entire life being judged. The son of a disgraced family. Years ago his father abandoned the town after a scandal. Nobody lets them forget it. Perth grows up learning that some people are born loved. Others have to earn it. He works harder. Studies harder. Smiles harder. But he's always an outsider.

They should never have crossed paths.

But then Santa smiles at him one day.

A small moment. A simple kindness.

And suddenly, the future they've always known no longer feels certain.

As their bond deepens, Perth and Santa must choose between the life they were taught to want and the feelings they can no longer ignore. In a community where faith is law and every choice is watched, some questions are dangerous to ask.

And some forms of love may cost everything.

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