Alley Shadows & Silk Lies

A Louisiana preacher abandons his family and follows the promise of California, convinced cash flow equals salvation. Opportunity waits. So does something older, quieter, and far more patient.

She comes dressed as a beautiful woman, moving like silk, speaking like certainty. Evil never announces itself. It seduces.

As devotion collapses into obedience, money rewrites morality. In another corner of the city, a Black man stumbles upon a white woman injured and dying in the dark. The moment offers no innocence, only consequences.

The wolf claws from within.
Instinct demands blood.
Survival demands flight.

Set against the long shadow of the Black Dahlia era, this episode explores hunger, temptation, and the cost of being seen, where mercy can kill and running might be the only freedom left.

Will the beast save him, or will he run for his life?