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• Zacharel: "Zachie" - "Winged Wonder" - Warrior Angel; Leader of the outcast angel army, his fate is tied to theirs if they cannot be redeemed; Has black hair, piercing emerald eyes and an expressionless face; Is six-five with wide shoulders and a superb muscle mass; Snowflakes rain from the tips of his majestic white-and-gold wings as a sign of his Deity's cold displeasure; Is 1,000's of years old
• Annabelle Miller: "Anna" - Human; Is accused of brutally killing her parents and committed to an institution for the criminally insane; 22 years old; Is five-nine; Has long midnight-blue hair and uptilted ice-blue eyes; Her eyes used to be golden
• Rick Miller: Annabelle & Brax's father; Was killed by a demon
• Saki Miller: "Saki Tanaka" - Annabelle & Brax's mother; Was killed by a demon; Had hair so black the strands appeared blue and uptilted, golden eyes; Her skin was a rich, creamy mix of honey and cinnamon and without a single flaw; Was born in Japan
• Brax Miller: Annabelle's older brother; A tall, leanly muecled man; Has short, shaggy blue-black hair and uptilted golden eyes; 24 years old
• Anna Bella Miller: Annabelle's grandmother; Rick's mother
• Hadrenial: Warrior Angel; Zacharel's identical twin brother; Was minutes younger than Zacharel; Is long dead; Zacharel feels great guilt for his death; Had black hair, green eyes, a sculpted face and a strong body
• Thane: Warrior Angel; Zacharel's second in command of his outcast army; Xerxes & Bjorn's best friend; Has curly, golden hair and sapphire eyes; Was once held captive in hell and tortured along with Xerxes & Bjorn
• Xerxes: Warrior Angel; One of the top five members of Zacharel's Army; Thane & Bjorn's best friend; Has long white hair he keeps pulled back in a jeweled torque, colorless skin with scars in sets of three and red eyes; Was once held captive in hell and tortured along with Thane & Bjorn; Before his torture he had auburn hair, peach-tinted skin and amber eyes
• Bjorn: Angel Warrior; One of the top five members of Zacharel's Army; Thane & Xerxes' best friend; A brute of a man with bronzed skin veined in gold; Has glittering, multihued eyes of purple, pink, blue and green; Was once held captive in hell and tortured along with Thane & Xerxes
• Jamila: Warrior Angel; Was once a Joy bringer; One of the top five members Zacharel's outcast army; Also, one of four women in Z's army; Has dark skin, long curly black hair and honey colored eyes
• Koldo: Warrior Angel; One of the top five members of Zacharel's outcast army; Has sun-drenched skin, black eyes, a thick black beard and long black hair that hangs down his back in multiple braids; Demons ripped off his wings at an early age, too early to heal and grow them back; His shoulders, back and legs are tattooed with crimson feathers
• Axel: Warrior Angel; Member of Zacharel's outcast army
• One, True Deity: Ruler of the angels; He looks as innocent and frail as an old human, with deeply lined skin, silver hair and shaky hands.
• Ivar: One of the Deity's Elite Seven; A warrior of unimaginable strength and ability; Was killed by humans
• The Most High: The higher power the One, True Deity answers to; His word is law
• Lysander: Zacharel's former leader; Leader of elite warrior angels; Bianka's mate & consort; Has magnificent golden wings; Is tall, muscled and brawny with pale rosy skin, golden hair and navy eyes
• Bianka Skyhawk: "Bee" - Harpy with a Phoenix-shifter father; Lysander's mate & consort; Kaia's twin; Gwen & Taliyah's sister; Has long, luxurious black hair and shimmering amber eyes; Over 1,500 years old
• Sienna Blackstone: "Enna" - New queen of the Titans; Keeper of Wrath; Former Hunter; Paris' mate; Has long, wavy mahogany hair, big hazel eyes, freckles and plump red lips; Her obsidian butterfly tattoo is on her back, around her wings; Has midnight wings tipped in violet; Rumored to be the key to winning the war for almost every side
• Paris: Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Promiscuity; Sienna's mate; Is six-foot-eight with an all-muscle frame; Is gorgeous with vivid blue eyes and hair with differing shades of brown, from the darkest of midnight to the sweetest of honey
• McCadden: Fallen Angel; Entrusted to the Angel Warriors for safe keeping; He dyed his pale hair pink, tattooed bloody teardrops under his eyes and added silver piercings to his brows
• Heath: Annabelle's ex-boyfriend
• Kaia Skyhawk: "Kye" - "Red" (by Strider) - "Kaia the Wing-Shredder" - Harpy with a Phoenix-shifter father; Strider's wife; Bianka's twin; Gwen & Taliyah's sister; Tabitha's daughter; A stunning, curvy redhead with gray-gold eyes; Over 1,500 years old; Can ignite herself and others on fire
• Strider: "Stridey-Man" - Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Defeat; Kaia's consort & husband; Is six-foot-five and muscular with golden skin; Has blond hair and navy blue eyes; His sapphire butterfly tattoo is on his right hip
• Lucien: "The Grim Reaper" - "Flowers" - Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Death; Anya's mate; Leader of the Budapest warriors; Has a severely scarred face, shaggy black hair and mismatched eyes (one blue & one brown)
• Anya: Minor Goddess of Anarchy; Lucien's mate; Can start fires with her mind (among other things); Tartarus' daughter; Has pale hair
• Amun: Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Secrets; Haidee's mate; Cannot speak out loud for fear the Demon will spew everyone's darkest thoughts; Has mocha-colored skin, inky hair and black eyes
• Haidee Alexander: "Ex" short for "Demon Executioner" - "Hadiee" - "Hade-ay" - "Hay-dee" - Immortal; Amun's mate; Can read Amun's mind; Former Hunter who was used as Bait to trap & kill Baden; Has shoulder-length pale hair streaked with pink and gray eyes; Has a silver eyebrow ring and a full sleeve tattoo with faces, names & dates; For centuries was possessed by a small portion of the demon Hate; Now carries a pinch of Hadrenial's love; Has the power to freeze a demon to it's core
• Kane: Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Disaster; Has brown, black and golden longish hair with hazel eyes; Is trapped in hell with demon minions loyal to his demon Disaster and wanting his "seed"
• Torin: "Tor" - Lord of the Underworld; Keeper of Disease; Has white hair, black brows and brilliant green eyes; Has a gorgeous face and a muscled body; Can't touch another living person without causing a plague, keeps to himself in the control room because of that fact; Had a thing with Cameo while never touching her; The resident computer guru
• Dr. Fitzherbert: "Dr. Fitzpervert" - Doctor at the Moffat County Institution for the Criminally Insane; Is in his early 40's; Has thinning salt-and-pepper hair, dark brown eyes and perfectly tanned, though slightly lined; Is five-ten and thin
• Horsey: Minion; Has the body of a horse and the torso of a man; Rather than skin, he is covered by glimmering silver; His hooves are rust-colored and sharpened into deadly points
• Horns: Minion; Has stooped shoulders weighed down by sharp, protruding horns and legs twisted in the wrong direction; Only wears a loincloth
• Burden: Demon; Used to be second in command to the high lord of Greed; A beautiful golden-haired man with navy eyes and a shadow of a beard scruffing his jaw; In his mid-30's
• Unforgiveness: Demon High Lord of Unforgiveness; Is covered in crimson scales, has fangs, horns and a spiked tail
• Driana: Demon possessed female; Minion of Burden; Is gorgeous with long, silky pale hair, skin a light dusting of rose and golden eyes; Is very curvaceous
• Cario: A woman of questionable origins; Frequents The Downfall; Can read minds; Is strong with chin-length platinum hair, hard features and leanley cut muscle
• Koldo's mother: Angel; Looks so innocent and sweet; Is beautiful with long black hair streaked with gold, lavender eyes and freckles around her nose

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• “Screw you, Fitzpervert. Your turn will come." "You are not allowed to speak to me that way." "You're right. Sorry. I meant, screw you, Dr. Fitzpervert.”

  Annabelle Miller & Dr. Fitzherbert

• “Winged Wonder,” he said, nodding. “I find that I do not mind that one. It fits.”

  Zacharel

• “Tiny tot. Cute.”

  Kaia Skyhawk

• “You are mine,” he rasped. “Only ever mine. I accept all that you are, and we can be together.”

  Zacharel

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Moffat County Institution for the Criminally Insane: Is hidden in the mountains of Colorado.
• Oklahoma University: O.U.
• Japan
• Georgetown, Colorado
• Heaven
• Hell
• Moffat County, Colorado
• River of Life
• The Downfall: A pleasure house in the Deity's section of the heavens; Owned by Thane
• Auckland, New Zealand
• Whangaparaoa Bay
• Half Moon Bay
• The Black Veil: A human nightclub in Savannah
• Savannah, Georgia
• Denver, Colorado

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• Heavenly High Council: Add a description of this organization.
• Elite Seven: Angels that were created rather than born; They have golden wings
• Zacharel's Army: "Army of Disgrace" - An army of angels no one else wants under their command. The rebellious ones. The tortured ones. Zacharel must teach them the respect that he himself has yet to demonstrate— for the Deity, for the sanctity of human life. And to ensure that he takes his responsibility seriously, he alone will bear the consequences of his warriors' actions. If any of his angels kill a human, he will suffer a whipping. (Thane, Xerxes, Bjorn, Jamila, Koldo, Axel)
• Lords of the Underworld: Exiled immortal warriors to the Greek gods who now house demons inside them; To be separated from their demons would be to die.
• Titans: Current rulers of Olympus; Immortals who consider themselves rulers of the entire world
• Greeks: Former rulers of Olympus, now imprisoned in Tartarus
• Hunters: Fanatical slayers of the paranormal. They will do anything, even destroy an entire city of innocents, to meet their goals. Mortal enemies of the Lords of the Underworld; Humans lead by Galen

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• Warrior Angels: Heavenly demon assassins; They have white wings threaded with gold
• Joy-Bringers: They have pure white wings
• Essentia: A substance that swirls inside of an angels body, sometimes seeping through the pores of their hands to become a fine powder, allowing them to claim any object they consider their exclusive property. Demons produce a similar substance, only theirs is tainted.
• Water of Life: Is taken from the River of Life that flows within the Deity's temple.
• Water of Death: Is taken from a stream that flows beside the Deity's River of Life. That water is the only way to kill an immortal once and for all.
• Harpy: Describe this term.
• Vampire
• Shifter
• Phoenix: They are blood-hungry and cruel, deriving glee from destruction. They live and thrive in fire and can cause the dead to rise from their graves- and those that rise are then bound to serve them, enslaved for the rest of eternity.
• Fae
• Elves
• Gorgons

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Followed by Beauty Awakened.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Gena Showalter (Author)

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• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy

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• Gena Showalter: Author's website

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