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How A Damned Demon Met Angelic Temptation
An angel and demon meet in an unlikely place
The sounds of the train clanking ran as background sound to her thoughts. She was sure that he was staring at her. Her shoulders shrugged as if she could get rid of his eyes on her. It felt like white, hot heat against her shoulders. It wasn’t the first time someone had stared at her, but on a day like today most humans shouldn’t be drawn to her.
It wasn’t her job to mess with any souls this day. She had done all of her duties the day before and this was a free day from the underworld. She just wanted to act like she was normal and pretend she didn’t exist like most people. She wanted to do the things they took for granted. Like go to Starbucks and stare outside while the world passed her by.
She resisted looking back at him. He felt familiar, like someone she had crossed paths with before. But, with all the insignificant humans running around this planet it wasn’t unlikely that they had crossed paths. Had he always sat in that seat? Had she fallen into a routine to choose the same spot every day?
“What?”
She didn’t mean to shout the word. The other passengers on the train turned their heads slightly toward her raised voice. There was an older man that seemed to shoot her a glare. She made sure to…
