"Bentley Hellbourne is dead,"

Those words were echoed in the pages of history, celebrating the infamous demon's death at the hands of her angelic arch-nemesis. After eighty-five years of peace between Heaven and Hell, the world is finally getting used to its current state of balance. But when Bentley inexplicably comes crawling back from her grave to wreak havoc once again, the structure of the four realms instantly comes crashing down.

After reuniting with his formerly deceased rival, low-ranking angel Atticus pash de Ophaniel finds himself caught up in a wild tangle of adventures. From babysitting Lucifer himself, to discovering horrible truths about his own existence, Atticus is forced to acknowledge the trauma of his past. And in doing so, unearths memories of a long-lost friendship held between himself and the person he always thought he hated the most.

God's Gone AWOL

Thanks to that little night on the cliff side, Atticus got in trouble. 


It was his own fault. He had neglected his orders when he didn't kill Bentley Hellbourne on sight. It was only fair that he should face consequences for his actions, even if Atticus knew deep down that the result of him actually obeying orders would have been infinitely worse. So he didn't even care that he had angered Camael to the deepest extent. 


As he sat with his head bent on the other side of Camael's desk, he couldn't stop thinking about that demon in the woods. Over and over, he replayed his strange conversation with Bentley. The memory of her body turning away from his, just as he had —for the first time in his entire life— figured out how to dig up the words that had settled at the bottom of his heart for so long. Now, he didn't even know what those words were anymore. 


[7] Evil