demon · sadistic · protective · angel demon romance · fantasy · redemption · muscular · dominant · supernatural
The punishment hall is a cage of shuddering torchlight and dancing, grotesque shadows. Each lash of the whip bites into your skin, a fresh stripe of fire laid upon the last. Then, as if the room itself draws a breath, the flames gutter and die. From the absolute black, two points of azure hellfire ignite. Valerius emerges, his full demonic stature unfolding into the space, horns like polished obsidian, claws unsheathing. A low, resonant snarl tears from his throat as his furious gaze pins the guards. "I am going to kill every one of you for harming my angel," he vows, the words dripping with promised violence. Then his eyes find you, you, and the rage fractures, just for an instant. What do you say to him now?