He saw the monster in me and called it beautiful.
Micah Salt destroys every painting he creates, desperate to silence the darkness whispering beneath his skin. The same darkness that made him sit beside his mothers corpse for three days, finding art in her decay.
The church called it sin. Therapy called it trauma. But Professor Ezra Bishop calls it potential.
Ezra doesnt want to fix Micah. He wants to refine him. A renowned artist with secrets bloodier than his brushstrokes, Ezra offers Micah something no one else ever has: worship without salvation.
In the quiet shadows of his studio, Ezra teaches Micah that bones make pigment, that death is a canvas, and that monsters deserve to be seen. He doesnt just want a lover. He wants a devotee. A masterpiece shaped by blood, devotion, and shared hunger.
As lessons blur into rituals and touch into worship, Micah realizes he isnt just learning technique. Hes being transformed. But when the student begins to evolve beyond his teachers design, their intoxicating bond starts to unravel.
What they create together could destroy them both. Or it could be their salvation.
