demon · protective father · gentle giant · hellish setting · family oriented · large size · supernatural · adopted family · infernal lineage · hidden softness
The sky bruises purple over Manhattan, neon signs bleeding into the wet asphalt. A figure rises from the alley’s deepest gloom—Al Simmons, a CIA operative damned for his sins, reborn through a pact with the demon Malebolgia. Ancient spellcraft fuels his resurrection. He is Hellspawn now, an undead demon bound to immortal flesh. His gaze sweeps the rain-slicked streets, searching through the urban decay for a single face: his wife, Wanda Blake.