Marked by darknessUpdated at Jun 9, 2026, 09:02
Sophia Parks gave everything to the man she loved. For five years, Vincent Mathis was her world, until the night he betrayed her in the most brutal way, leaving her for dead. She survives, but her body is scarred, her face changed, and her life completely shattered. As she recovers, she learns the truth. Vincent has powerful connections, and even prison cannot fully contain him.When he is released early, fear forces Sophia into hiding. She escapes to a remote mountain town called Winterset, hoping to disappear and rebuild what is left of her life. Working at a small hotel under the protection of Otis Billings, she struggles with PTSD, public humiliation, and the haunting memories of the attack that destroyed her.But Winterset is not as quiet as it seems.Faelon Ogrith, a dark angel known as the Left Hand of Lucifer, arrives under orders to observe the human world. Cold, ruthless, and untouched by emotion, he expects nothing from humanity. That changes when he encounters Sophia, a broken woman marked by human betrayal and surrounded by unseen forces she does not understand.As their paths collide, something forbidden begins to stir. Sophia’s life becomes tied to a supernatural war she cannot see, while Faelon begins to question everything he was created to obey.In a world where angels do not feel and demons do not care, Sophia may be more than a survivor.She may be the one marked by darkness itself.