Chapter One: The Descent
Chapter One: The Descent
The city slept beneath a bruised sky, its lights flickering like dying prayers. Somewhere between midnight and dawn, the first angel fell — wings scorched, eyes burning with the memory of Heaven. She landed in the alley behind Saint Jude’s Cathedral, her halo dimmed to a faint ember.
The rain whispered secrets against the stone, and every drop carried the weight of judgment. Above her, gargoyles watched in silence, their faces carved from centuries of sin. She rose slowly, trembling, clutching the blade that shimmered with divine fire — the weapon she was never meant to wield.
Tonight, the war between light and shadow would begin again. And this time, it would not be fought in Heaven.
