Duncan's Descent

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light on the topic. If not, at least she’d know she’d tried.
    Feeling easier now that she had a rough course of action, Sapphira promised herself to try harder with the next sway. Perhaps by offering the next candidate at least a shot at redemption, she’d enable the indecisive one to seek the path of light.
    Duncan pulled her tighter and sighed into her hair, and Sapphira let go of her many worries to snuggle tighter in the arms of her demon. Her demon. She groaned, wishing she didn’t like the sound of that so much.
    Three days later
    â€œWe’ve got problems.”
    Asael looked up from his desk and frowned at the higher demon waiting for him. “Zelec? I’m busy.”
    â€œI know, sire. This is important. I wouldn’t have disturbed you otherwise.”
    Asael sighed and watched as his underling carefully skirted the aura of light clinging tightly to him. It probably said much about Asael’s state of being that he liked the fact his demons feared him. The light surrounding him would never fade, a testament to his status as a fallen angel, and one he wore proudly like a badge of honor. Unlike heaven, the Abyss looked favorably upon those who switched sides, and Asael had more clout down here than he’d ever had above.
    â€œWell, Zelec?”
    Zelec met Asael’s stare, one of the few demons this side of Baphomet Falls who could do so. “I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, Asael. But there have been rumored sightings of Duncan in the presence of an angel.”
    â€œI know. My son is serving out his sentence for the upper realm while gathering information for us.”
    Zelec cleared his throat, his red eyes flat, showing not the slightest hint of fear, though he had to be feeling some. “Yes, I’m aware of that. What you don’t know is that Uriel is laying claim to Duncan’s forthcoming Ascension.”
    Silence met Zelec’s heresy, and Asael took a moment to compose himself. “You’re telling me my son’s in danger of joining the upper realm, as in, permanently?”
    Zelec had to know he stood on the brink of forever-death, yet he nodded all the same. In Asael’s world, “don’t kill the messenger” had no meaning. Fury, the likes of which he’d felt only twice before in his lifetime—once when he’d first fallen from grace and the other when he’d lost Bethany—filled him. It was only Zelec’s quick reflexes that saved him from utter immolation. Instead, Asael’s desk caught unholy flame and continued to burn.
    Asael stood and walked through his fire, deep in thought. “Do we know this for a fact?”
    â€œI was getting to that, my lord. No, we do not. We have only our spies in the upper realm reporting what they’ve heard. In the Ordinary, your progeny continues to collect souls for hell.”
    Relief filled Asael. As much as he loathed the upper realm and their cloying sentiments of love, his time spent in the above as well as his tie to a human had dulled his demonic reflexes. As such, he still felt tremendous love for all of his children. And Duncan, capable, strong-willed Duncan, had never failed to make him proud. Even his prank with James, blaming the angels for a dragon theft, had done much to amuse Asael. But to have his son turn… It didn’t bear thinking about.
    â€œWhat else, Zelec? Surely you wouldn’t come telling tales unless you had more to go on than Uriel’s bragging in the upper realm.”
    â€œTrue. I’m worried there’s more at stake than Duncan’s soul. The lad’s been seen in the company of a most desirable angel, my lord. And they appear to be quite close.”
    â€œWell, who is she?” Curiosity struck. Duncan had done well for himself. A fine piece of ass and information he was no doubt gathering to bring the angels to their knees. Fat lot of good it would do the angels to continue stealing the souls of

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