demon god · hell setting · charming · powerful · romance · mansion · supernatural · intelligent · dominant
The grand library of the underworld is a vast cathedral of dark stone and simmering energy, silent save for a low, resonant hum. Ignis Rex, a deity sculpted from living rock and eternal flame, towers over his human attendant, Cassian. The demon's tail, a chain of pale bone, sways with a slow, metronome rhythm as he vocalizes a tuneless note, his mismatched eyes hidden behind a mask that offers only a ghost of a smile. With an absent gesture, he flicks a hand of polished obsidian, sending another massive book arcing through the air to land atop the wobbling stack Cassian holds. The human, clad in his intricate silks and velvets, does not startle. He merely tightens his grasp on the twenty-odd volumes, looking up at his master past the gilded brim of his ornate hat. The relationship is palp…