A Flame Upon Still Water | ONC 2025

She's an angel. He's a demon. What could go wrong?

Most angels would balk at setting foot deep into demonic territory -- not Siah Umbrath. When the Angelic Council appoints her father as ambassador to the demonic kingdom, Siah sees it as a thrilling opportunity. As a history buff, she eagerly awaits her enrollment at St Sybil's University, the prestigious institution of higher learning in Chthonia. Her father has one warning -- don't get involved with the male students.

All Kion Fellrose wants to do is study in peace and graduate without complications. Everything is going according to plan until his father, the deputy mayor of Cinderforge, assigns him the task of keeping an eye on the new angelic ambassador's daughter. At first, Kion is annoyed at the disruption to his studies, but he finds himself being pulled into Siah's orbit like a moth to a flame.

The earth may not shatter when an angel falls in love with a demon, but they might save it instead.

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Prompt #2: To be in love with a demon was the last thing on your wishlist.