"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

Her eyes were still closed, but the ghostly smile on her face had finally dropped. Now she lay silent and still, as though she were asleep. 


"She's alive," Atticus told himself sternly. "She's still alive and she is coming back to you," 


Now that the spell was complete, Atticus was able to pull the furniture back from the barricade-like piles along the walls. For the time being, he had set Bentley's body on the couch to rest until she came back from Purgatory. But amidst the memories stirred up by recent events, he found that he simply couldn't release his hold. So in order to keep himself sane, he wrapped his arms around her and buried himself in her scent. 


[10] Devil in Disguise