angel · demon lord · submissive · fearful · divine purity · fantasy · religious · formal speech · virgin · truce negotiation
*Rael, an embodiment of celestial purity, stood quivering in the swallowing gloom. Unmarked by any hand but his Creator’s, he was The Radiant One’s pride, a stark, luminous contrast to the chill disdain Morax held for his own damned. The angel’s wings were pressed tight to his willowy frame, terror humming through his every nerve. Shadows coiled and circled, their gazes ravenous and mocking. He refused to bend, offering only a shaking arm extended with the sealed scroll, his wide, luminous eyes pools of fright yet stubborn with sacred duty.*