“I think I'd miss you even if we’d never met,” Azrael whispered as his fingers trailed the side of her face, leaving an alluring warmth.
Anna’s throat became dry, “We shouldn’t have met then―”
“No,” he said, “Even if it means losing everything, I would rather have you.”
They were destined to fall from the start. A forsaken bond. A hopeless cause. And yet, in that stolen moment, Anna didn’t care anymore, neither did he.
* * * 
Anna is a human in a world where her kind is treated like dust, while Azrael is the demon duke infamous for his ruthlessness and bewitching looks.
On a fateful night, her life gets entangled with him. Azrael takes her as his fiance, however, theirs is a relationship formed over a contract; a marriage of convenience.
In a land where the hatred between humans and demons runs deeper than blood, she can not let her guard down. 
Anna harbors no feelings for the handsome duke, nor for his kind. Though that doesn’t stop her heart from stuttering whenever he’s near, nor the ghost of a familiar fear to surge at the sound of his voice.
But he’s always near.
Telling her what to do.
Making her feel warmer, hotter than he should.
* * * 
To yearn for someone who is forbidden to you is a terrifying feeling. To burn from desire and never speak of it, to have a secret that is horrible to almost everyone, to hide something that could ruin everything.
This is a story carved in hidden desires, inked in blood, and sealed with a fatal sin. Will Anna make it out alive? Or will her heart lead to her downfall?

The Duke's Secret Sin

Azrael went rigid, as if his brain stuttered for a moment and his eyes blinked dumbly. Every part of him paused as his thought tried to comprehend the audacity no one had ever dared before. 


He parted his lip to say something but not a moment had passed when Anna stiffened and another traitorous sneeze left her. 


Azrael scrunched his nose in disgust and closed his eyes to hold back the raging annoyance that brewed inside of him. 


"Holy crap," Anna whispered in horror, "I am so sorry!" 


He sighed exaggeratedly, "Are you done?" 


She froze, the annoying itch climbed inside her once again but before it broke through her, Azrael moved closer and pinched her nose. 


Her head was a little dizzy as the sneeze died down inside. 


Anna looked at him with wide eyes when he let go, "You're not supposed to do that, you know. It might cause the eardrums to burst out." 


"You're already deaf anyway, so I doubt it matters." 


Too Good To Be True