The church was empty at 23:11, and only my heartbeat echoed loud. St. Augustine’s, Lower East Side, once a home for Irish newcomers, now stood as an old relic of stone and colored glass, with moonlight bleeding across the main area. The air hung thick with incense and old candle wax, and it clung to your skin like guilt. I knelt in the left confession box, where the seat was cracked and the screen thin enough to see shadows move, and my black wool skirt, high on the waist, was already pulled up to my thighs. I’m Elara Quinn, 33, an investigative journalist with three big awards, but I had one secret I’d never print: I came here to record, not to confess. The screen slid open with a quiet scrape of wood on wood. A shadow filled the other side. He was male, with broad shoulders straining the black priest clothes. His cologne was faint—oud and smoke, expensive, and forbidden. His voice came low, familiar, and dangerous. “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” I froze. Tha
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