Marcus gives a soft laugh as well, though as with Nate's, it's devoid of humour. None of this feels funny, but it does feel almost as if it's not real. Not all that long ago he was a priest, a celebrated exorcist and now he's here, excommunicated, probably wanted by the Church, and he's considering what to say to the man whose brother he'd been dating.

That's a term he had never imagined applying to his life in any way.

"He asked me in the most awkward manner possible what I thought about the two of us... not seeing anyone else." Even saying it here feels odd on his tongue, the words unfamiliar and unlike anything else he's ever known. That was never going to be his life, he'd known that from a much younger age than he should have, but he'd never imagined anyone would come into his life that might question that.

He'd also never imagined he would be anything but a priest.

"That's not a question I expected," he says. "I didn't react well, to put it mildly."