Fallen

Fallen: Fallen Angels Book 2 A Paranormal Angels and Demons Romance Melissa Riddell Melissa Riddell Copyright Fallen: Fallen Angels Book Two Copyright © 2023 by Melissa Riddell This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, business establishments, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Cover Art by Harvest Moon Premade Designs Published in the United States of America by: Melissa Riddell www.melissariddell.com The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for third-party websites or their content. Dedication To Paul, the light in my darkness. Contents 1. Lucian Elysium 2. Lucian Elysium 3. Anna Sill 4. Lucian Elysium 5. Lucian Elysium 6. Lucian Elysium 7. Anna Sill 8. Lucian Elysium 9. Lucian Elysium 10. Lucian Elysium 11. Anna Sill 12. Lucian Elysium 13. Anna Sill 14. Lucian Elysium 15. Lucian Elysium 16. Part Two 17. Lucian Elysium 18. Anna Sill 19. Lucian Elysium 20. Lucian Elysium 21. Anna Sill 22. Lucian Elysium 23. Anna Sill 24. Anna Sill 25. Lucian Elysium 26. Anna Sill 27. Lucian Elysium 28. Anna Sill 29. Lucian Elysium 30. Lucian Elysium 31. Anna Sill 32. Lucian Elysium 33. Anna Sill 34. Lucian Elysium 35. Lucian Elysium Also By Chapter 1 Lucian Elysium Ten Years AgoThe only thing I knew about love was it had no purpose but to make one stupid and weak. To love is to fall.And oh, how far I’d fallen. Not literally, but I had dropped from grace, from Her grace.Sitting on my obsidian throne, with the skulls of my most cherished battle victories adorning the base, I threw a leg over the armrest and watched Malachi roughly handle a newly arrived pedophile.If there is one sin I cannot stand above all else, it is humans molesting their children.“You’re going to scream for me, Kevin. Remember when those babies screamed when you violated them?” Malachi snapped his fingers and the man’s clothes disappeared, revealing his old, flabby stomach and limp dick.“Whatever is the matter?” I asked, enjoying the strands of fear sliding through the air from his terror. If I were to open my mouth and stick out my tongue, they’d taste like the sweetest wine.He whimpered, his face contorting between revulsion and ecstasy as he stared at me.“Being tortured doesn’t get you off when you’re not the one in control, huh?” I sneered at the line of snot hanging from his nose.These humans are always so sure they will never get caught or punished for their despicable acts.“Puh-please,” he begged. “I swear to touch no kids again. Give me another chance.” He held his bound hands in front of his chest as if to pray.“Oh, I know you won’t.” I rose and slowly descended the steps of my dais.A lava bubble burst from an opening in the floor next to my newest sinner. Several red-hot drops of magma landed on his bare hip. He let loose a high-pitched yelp and beat at his smoking flesh.Malachi called forth a long, black whip from the ether, then snapped it a few times.The barbed leather tip stopped only inches from the despicable child molester. "Please! I'm sorry." His voice grated on my nerves.When I stood before them both, I held out my palm. “Give the whip to me.”Malachi grinned, his violet eyes dancing with excitement. “My Lord.” He bowed deeply, then placed it into my waiting fingers.I tested out the whip’s weight with a swift crack in the sulfurous air right above the human's head.Kevin’s breaths came rapidly, his stare riveted to the dark leather curled in my hand.Honestly, I really didn’t need to test the weapon. I had unlimited power from Hell’s ether. My thoughts could kill with a simple command. I could reach inside a person’s brain to find every hidden depravity, every dark, delicious sin…I could even bring someone to life if I’d been feeling generous.For the record, I’d lost all generosity during the Angel Wars, back when God had decided to cast me away and create Her precious humans. Her reckless action had forced me to this plane to dole out their punishments.But over the years, I’d recruited other angels who, like me, had gotten fed up with Heaven’s shit.Our constant struggle—the Fallen and Heaven’s gatekeepers—vying for souls kept the universe in balance.But, oh…how I do love to test her limits.If it hadn’t been for my own self-preservation, I would’ve waged a new war on Heaven that would’ve made that first tussle look like toy soldiers lying in the dirt.“Oh God, oh God, oh God,” Kevin cried, yellow piss running down the inside of his thigh.“God has no ears in my domain.” Just the thought of her presence intruding in my world drove a spike of anger into my blood.I flicked the whip. The tip sliced the skin of his cheek. Blood welled from the cut and rolled down his face.“I am your God now, and my wrath has been awoken.”Malachi flared his dark wings, almost giddy with elation from the bitter scent of terror and impending violence.Though this human’s physical body had perished on Earth, his soul had manifested a corporeal form. Humans were too ignorant and weak to understand they didn’t require a sack of flesh and bones to exist.Makes my job of punishment