Abigail sat on the bed, stared at the ceiling and thought about the world of darkness and the angels that had put her there. That was what she would have to fight to be free to exist as herself and not as some disguise she put on to fit in. To blend in to be given permission to exist as a servant of the rulers, both mortal and immortal. To fight that fight she would have to become something monstrous. Only a monster could take on and defeat the monsters of the world. Only the child of Lilith could defy the angels and their tyranny and survive. Only she could do what was necessary. It was her duty to do what others couldn't. So Abigail decided that she could and would taint herself for a vision of a better world.
The council of Elysium met each day at a large building resembling a steel pa
