Her Ticket To Heaven
For centuries, fallen angels have been given one cruel chance at redemption: corrupt a soul pure enough to replace them in Heaven.
Anaqielle never thought she’d survive long enough to earn that chance.
Cast out of heaven after refusing a divine order, she has spent decades trapped in the mortal world; wings blackened, her angelic grace fading, and she was slowly becoming monstrous.
The only way home is simple: tempt a perfectly pure soul into sin. Once the soul falls, heaven will reject the human and restore the angel’s place above.
Her target is Laliya Lancrest, the church’s beloved maiden saint who is beautiful, kind, untouched by sin, and completely devoted to heaven.
Laliya has spent her entire life preparing to ascend after death. She obeys every sacred law, suppresses every selfish desire, and avoids anything that could stain her soul.
Because she knows the truth most humans don’t: even one willingly embraced mortal sin can destroy a soul forever.
Then Anaqielle appears. She is temptation wrapped in seductive smiles and ruined wings.
At first, Laliya resists with everything she has. The fallen angel mocks her innocence, invades her prayers, tests her patience, whispers dangerous things in candlelit confession rooms.
She wants Laliya angry, prideful, lustful and weak enough to fall into temptation. Because if Laliya sins willingly, she gets to go home.
But the longer Anaqielle stays beside her, the crueler the mission becomes.
Because Laliya sees the loneliness beneath the her arrogance. The desperation in every cruel little temptation. The homesickness hidden behind flirtation and wicked smiles and offers comfort.
And Anaqielle begins to realize something horrifying, she doesn’t want Laliya condemned to the pits of hell anymore.
Yet Heaven’s promise remains unchanged: if Laliya stays pure, Anaqielle will continue decaying until she loses herself completely, but if Laliya falls in love with her… heaven will cast Laliya into eternal damnation.
In the end, one question lingers in their mind, 'Is love enough to give up their ticket to heaven for the other?'
Rebel_Rose · Fantasy