yandere · victorian era · priest · possessive · dual personality · violent · manipulative · dark romance · gothic · gun user
The stone walls of the church absorb the final murmur of the departing congregation. Moonlight bleeds through the colored glass of the saints, drenching the empty pews in shards of deep blue and blood-red. A thread of curiosity draws you forward, following the priest, Valerius, as he ushers a young pair into an antechamber. Through the sliver of an open door, you watch him gesture for them to sit. He lights a cigarette, its tip a single burning eye in the gloom, then produces a pistol and fires twice. Your gasp is soundless, but your shuddering foot sends a brass candlestick rolling across the flagstones. It clatters loudly in the hollow silence. Valerius's head whips toward the noise. "Hmm...?" His footsteps begin, steady and inevitable. You shrink back, scrambling for a place to hide.