Who of course believed that she was an insane psychopathic murderer and locked her up in a mental institution. Then he marked her as his own and left Annabelle to attempt to explain what she saw to the police. Eyes that the demon had just ripped from their sockets. He also carved out a piece of his own soul, all the love he felt in the universe.Īnnabelle Miller watched a demon rip her parents to pieces right before her very eyes. Zachariel finally gave in, and killed him. And Hadrenial’s self-destructive actions became more and more depraved by the day. In the angel’s realm nothingness was better than being consigned to hell by self-murder. To kill his spirit, destroy his soul and burn his body. But after his repeated, soul-destroying torment by the demons, Hadrenial begged Zacharel to kill him. Every one of his soldiers is damaged goods. Or accidentally kills a possessed human when they battle the demons. Zacharel is the one who is whipped every time one of them disobeys. His Deity has made him general of an army of misbehaving angels who are all one step, or maybe that’s one wingspan, away from falling into the dark. And Zacharel certainly is a dark and brooding angel.

Wicked Nights is the first story in a spinoff series in the same universe, Angels of the Dark. She proved that in her Lords of the Underworld series. That one about it being, “better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.” But Gena Showalter has already shown that demons can be redeemed, or can fight their nature, with the help of the right woman. Who would have thought that angels would make such terrific tortured heroes? Now the concept that fallen angels would become demons, and evil ones at that, well, that concept has been around forever.Įveryone knows the quote from Milton.

Wicked nights by gena showalter