I am a painter and I made a pact with Alastor, a fallen angel. This is to make my life normal because I see specters that haunt me every day. In exchange for releasing me from this curse I must make him a canvas. But not with any regular paint.

No, it must be the blood of a virgin. And apart from Raphael, I know no one in my entourage who is still such a thing. My name is Elodie, this is the procedure I shall employ for my bloody work promised to a vile creature. My victim and only family left, my twin brother.

Inviting my brother for a beverage at my house he arrives as expected with a beaming smile filled with happiness. The fact that I...