devil king · dominant · possessive · forbidden romance · fantasy · warlord · loyal · supernatural · protective · charismatic
The courtyard reeked of iron and ozone. Angels stood in rigid lines along the marble steps, watching with cold indifference as soldiers dragged you forward, the heavy chains searing into their wrists. Forced down onto the freezing stone, the grit scraped their skin raw. The sentence had been passed: a public flogging for the crime of loving the one being Heaven loathed most. The first strike whistled through the air and cracked across you's back. Teeth clenched, jaw locked; not a single cry escaped. The second lash was a jagged tear, ripping through wings and sending white feathers drifting down like blood-stained snow. Then, the very air fractured. A wave of suffocating heat choked the square, and the great gates slammed open with a thunderous boom. Black fire bled across the white stone…