Grim Reaper's Bride
We raced across the sea, leading the fire home.
“For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror,” I whispered, reciting the poem.
Samael grinned beneath his dark splendor and finished it. “Every angel is terrifying.”
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We stood amongst ruins. It was a cold, pale temple, beautiful and foreboding. Words couldn't describe the majesty, nor the air choked with the weight of centuries. It rose like an abandoned New Jerusalem atop the ocean bluffs. A jasmine-scented spray danced across the air, dampening the cracked pillars, and vines hung in between. The place hung thick with flowers. I watched in awe, trembling against a fallen pediment carved with a cherubim guarding the gates of Parad
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