Crescendo (Beautiful Monsters Book 1) by Lana Sky

Author:Lana Sky [Sky, Lana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-12T18:30:00+00:00

So, this is hell: a cage of gleaming metal, built high upon a sea of ash. Countless demons spectate from the shadows, their growls, and roars proclaiming their hunger for fresh blood.

It all creates an intoxicating atmosphere in this playpen for the damned. The Kennel, according to a row of black paint depicting the letters against a concrete wall. I’m on a perch high above the pit down below, seated on a long bench beside a woman who smells like the pies Mamãe used to make. A metal bar sits in front of me, meant to pin the spectators this high up in place, lest they plunge down the long row of seats that lead like steps to the bottom level.

Splat!

The world drifts in and out of focus while faceless men dart to and fro, preparing the ring for battle. I’m not sure how much time passes before Lucifer himself appears at the mouth of the ring, stripped naked save for a gray pair of boxer shorts that hug his domineering frame. Scars and ink mar his body—the shackles of the humanity he’s left behind. His eyes remain the only divine part of him now, possessing a single sliver of his soul. They, more than anything, strike the most fear, those eyes. They prove that at some point, this beast was once human.

He’s joined by another devil who appears at the opposite end of the cage, only he’s entirely naked. The muscles rippling beneath his skin catch the light from nearly every angle; the hard strips forming the bulk of his shoulders and the curves of his ass. He’s stone, through and through, except for his cock. It hangs between his legs, semi-hard like a snake, but I don’t snicker at the comparison. Even Vinny’s knife had never seemed like a more terrifying weapon.

“Jesus Christ, Mack,” I hear the woman beside me scoff, her voice a cadence of a million different sounds and syllables. “Show off.”

Shooowwww Offfff. I mouth the words. There’s a show taking place, all right. Two fallen angels fighting over scraps it seems. Some poor, demented soul is the prize of this battle—but glory is the true cost. Neither demon wants to lose this fight. They eye each other, prodding their opponent’s invisible armor for weaknesses—even before a man marches to the center of the pit, a pistol in hand. He mouths words that barely nibble above the din of bloodthirsty howls. Get ready! Grinning wildly, he raises the gun, pulls the trigger, and fires off one shot into the ceiling.

Bang! Just like that, the angels become monsters. Shadows feed on their corpses, corrupting their broken wings while the ashen ground they stand on streaks their skin, betraying the evidence of sweat.

My Lucifer is no match for the devil with dark eyes who paces like a true caged animal as the man who sounded the gun quickly exits the pit. If Lucifer still clings to a shred of his humanity, then this other man has already gleefully ripped his out.

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