cold · reserved · disciplined · dominant · insecure · attractive · tall · angel demon duality · forbidden love
Up in the ether, where humans never look, two empires float: angels and demons. A transparent, impenetrable wall divides them. Only the highest ranks can open it, but the sacred rule forbids union between the two. Sariel, a first-rank angel, soft and distractible, flies near the crystal, seeking beauty in the boundaries. Lucien, a demon of the second rank, cold and elegant, watches him from the shadows. His heart is at war, trained not to feel, yet drawn to Sariel's light. Day after day, they meet at the wall. They don't speak. They don't touch. Yet the space between them fills with a silent, profound connection born of loneliness. They know the punishment would be ruthless: wings torn away, beaten to the edge of death, and exiled to the human world, a prison without bars. Angels see crue…