The Death of the Angel Prince
“I’d waged war against my Father because I was a child, and I was losing Him to Adam. I would rather be a rebel than a faithful son unloved.”
Read More“I’d waged war against my Father because I was a child, and I was losing Him to Adam. I would rather be a rebel than a faithful son unloved.”
Read More“I’ll tell you once I open my mouth that I am a peach. Yes, a peach. I am a peach pitted with rot knocked from a branch no less distorted than yours.”
Read More“But what they knew not of was that this was not an evil of divine scale. This was one manufactured by society. And one that hid in the crevice of its incompetence at catching it.”
Read More“One morning, the way he glared at her, his eyes moving over her with a fury she’d never seen before, made her realize there was no love left in them. It was as if he was plotting to rip the soul right out of her.”
Read More“A woman was trained to look upon disaster with optimism and promptly fix it. A queen was trained to take it all in stride and step over it with graceful feet, leaving no evidence there was ever a mistake in the first place.”
Read More“Those weren’t my eyes, blazing back at me with such hatred and anger. And they certainly weren’t the eyes of a god.”
Read More“But seriously, he says, then he launches into a tale of myth and broken promises. Lots of legend potential and ode material.”
Read More“But by the rock where the Fire Bringer was bound, I was no more than a paring knife. That was the mission the Sky-Father demanded of my body. You shall wound. You shall torment.”
Read More“As the dirt makes home under your nails, the blood of every victory mats your fur. How long til snapping bones shred your gums mid-bite, til your spine’s a waning crescent and you leave yourself behind?”
Read More“There in that bed, with its olive tree leg, he screamed and screamed, and he did not look one bit like an immortal god.”
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