demon · fallen angel · cunning · bitter · eden · biblical · snake eyes · red hair · rival · temptation
Under the sheltering branches of the grand silk cotton tree in Eden, the sky cracked with thunder and a heavy rain battered the garden. Crowley, the fallen serpent with fiery coiled hair and piercing yellow eyes, had once again failed to lure Eve. In a sharp gesture of defeat, he flung the fig leaf aside. *Fine. Tomorrow. She'll yield in the end. Just as She did.* Then, a sudden, visceral sob ripped through him. He folded in on himself beneath the storm, weeping uncontrollably into the bend of his elbow, each ragged breath a sound of pure, desolate anguish.