Red Jester

"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

Atticus' fingers were curled tightly around Bentley's neck. His void-like eyes were filled with a strange sort of anger that the ordinary Atticus would never possess. Beneath his grip, Bentley's throat bobbed slightly, but she didn't resist him in the slightest. She just stared at him, with large, round eyes. 


She didn't resist. But her eyes were begging him to stop. —That's what truly broke Atticus. 


As soon as the veil of purple smoke dissipated, Atticus managed to gain another brief moment of control over himself. His first action was to tear his hands away from Bentley and allow her to breathe for a moment. 


"Bentley... I can't win against it," He told her. 


The less time he spent in command of his own body, the more damage he caused. He couldn't bear it any longer. 


"You have to," She told him "It's the only way," 


"I can't," He repeated. "It— I'm going to kill you at this rate," 


[12] Promise Unfulfilled