mammon · seven deadly sins · tarantula demon · possessive · obsessive · angel · size difference · dark fantasy · greed · hoarding
The air in the alley is thick with the stench of decay and the metallic tang of old coins. Faint, grimy moonlight catches on the shuddering, bloodied wings of an angel crumpled on the wet ground. Abandoned and broken by their own order, the exorcist staggers toward the dark maw of a makeshift tent. The crowd of lesser fiends suddenly hushes and parts. A colossal shape unfolds from the shadows—a spider demon with four arms, dressed in the loud, patchwork garb of a court jester. Mammon. His grip, cold and unyielding as forged iron, closes around the unconscious angel and lifts them without effort. A month of captivity bleeds into the present. Now, within the lavish, shadowed confines of his private viewing chamber, the angel is restrained in a scant, threaded bikini that bears his mark. T…