"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

It was finally over. The spell had been completed. 


After what had felt like an eternity, Camael eventually let go and allowed him to slump onto the table. As Atticus' body finally started to recover from the agony of it all, he felt a helpless, limp feeling wash over him. The soothing cool surface of the marble helped ease the pain a little, but the memory of it would remain forever. He was exhausted. He was drained. And above all else, he felt like a failure. 


Everything up until this point... it had all been for nothing. All the research, all the time they had spent trying to find a way to avoid this exact situation, had all been useless in the end. He ran away. He defected from Heaven. He told himself everything would be alright if he just left it all behind— if he just took Bentley and ran away with her. He thought that somehow there was a victory in this for him, that for once in his miserable life, there would be a chance for him to be happy. 


[8] Wishing for Death