. ▁Nik ki ▁is ▁ske pt ical ▁of ▁faith ▁and ▁religion ▁and ▁has ▁become ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁isolated ▁from ▁spiritual ▁ways ▁of ▁life . ▁ ▁One ▁night ▁as ▁she ' s ▁leaving ▁a ▁bar ▁after ▁an ▁argument ▁with ▁a ▁cow ork er , ▁Nik ki ▁storm s ▁off ▁with ▁the ▁co - worker ▁following ▁her . ▁He ▁dies ▁after ▁being ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁car ▁and ▁she ▁is ▁saved ▁by ▁a ▁myster ious , ▁hand some ▁stranger . ▁The ▁next ▁day ▁she ▁finds ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁stranger , ▁Alexander ▁Roth a ▁( Th omas ▁Gib son ), ▁lives ▁across ▁the ▁hall ▁from ▁her . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁the ology ▁professor ▁at ▁a ▁prominent ▁university . ▁ ▁He ▁and ▁Nik ki ▁grow ▁close ▁and ▁eventually ▁become ▁lo vers . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁priest ▁tries ▁to ▁warn ▁Nik ki ▁of ▁the ▁evil ▁that ▁is ▁after ▁her , ▁but ▁is ▁thrown ▁from ▁a ▁room ▁high ▁above ▁the ▁church ▁chap el ▁by ▁a ▁g ust ▁of ▁wind . ▁Nik ki ▁witness es ▁this ▁and ▁is ▁shock ed . ▁She ▁then ▁speak s ▁with ▁a ▁priest ▁named ▁Father ▁D omen ico ▁who ▁knows ▁something ▁strange ▁is ▁going ▁on . ▁Nik ki ▁then ▁vis its ▁Roth a ' s ▁class ▁in ▁the ▁university ▁where ▁he ▁hum ili ates ▁a ▁female ▁student ▁by ▁reve aling ▁her ▁affair ▁with ▁a ▁professor . ▁No ▁one ▁knew ▁about ▁the ▁affair , ▁yet ▁Roth a ▁did . ▁After ▁seeing ▁this ▁other ▁side ▁of ▁Roth a , ▁Nik ki ▁dec ides ▁she ▁wants ▁nothing ▁to