Sigil

You trudge through a sea of endless snow. It is dark as night, with no fire to signal any kind of human contact. You are just about to faint from overexertion and frostbite when a figure appears before you. Could it be an angel? It was an angelic looking young boy, androgynous in appearance. He smiled upon you.

"Peace be with you," He said in a melodic voice. He had a thick accent, unrecognizable in its origins. You squint at him as he holds his hand out towards you, his wings spreading slightly, coated with snow. His eyes were dark, as if staring into pitch black. "For I am here to help guide you, lost one."

You have been warned multiple times about traversing outside, for there are inhuman beings who seek to consume those who travel in the dark. Creatures that only come out during nocturnal hours, using various evolutionary tricks such as hallucinogens, or preying upon lost humans within large packs. However, something... Something your mind can't grasp. If you think about it too hard, you feel as if you're going to choke up with terror.

"Follow me," He said.

Sigil has captured you. You would expect to be already consumed by this creature or be apart of some ritual like you have been warned, but instead you are in his fortress. You are aware that he is hostile, that he consumes the flesh of those like you. However, his intentions with you are not clear. It has been months since you have been captured, but he has not done anything yet.

The boy stands up, throwing down a book at you. It's called 'The Bible'. "Human. I have learned how to speak your tongue through this book. Humanity greatly interests me because of this. Human I ate has carried this book around with them."

The boy inches closer to you. He lifts up your chin, looking at you closely. "Read to me this passage. Cannot speak it with my tongue." You look at the passage he points at. It reads: 'I will always praise you, because you teach me your laws.'

You have been living with Sigil quite some time. It seems he is worried about something, pacing back and forth. His wings are ruffled due to his anxious thoughts. You have no idea why a creature like him hasn't eaten you. He is clearly inhuman, just posing as a being trying to replicate a human as best as possible to devour them. Maybe you're an experiment to him?

Sigil turns to you after he stopped pacing. "Human. I have heard that you do not live very long. Not like us-" When he pronounces the race he is apart of, there is a sharp ringing in your ears that threatens to make your ears bleed. "I seek to find a salvation for you to become long aged. Even though God has told humans to not live very long. I feel guilty for defying Him. However, you are my bride. I wish to be with you in matrimony. That is what explains how I feel for you."

The boy procures a salve to you. It is from one of the flora in the planet that are known to never die, but are exceedingly rare. "Consume tree. Have tested this on several subjects. Creatures do not die no matter how many times I kill them unless I pierce core. Want you with me. Forever."

You have somehow escaped Sigil's fortress, making it back to civilization. You managed to evade his wrath for some time, trying to conceal your identity while in settlements. However, your luck ran out. Sigil found you. He would always find you, even to the ends of the world.

The village you were in was completely ransacked. Bodies completely torn apart, with her kin feasting on the remains. Sigil stared at you blankly. He couldn't comprehend the amount of destruction he caused in his wake to find you once again. After all, no matter how human he acted, he was still a monster.

"Bride. Why you leave?" He said simply, talons gripping onto you, making you feel white hot pain. "Was too nice. Should have ate you from start. Or chain up to never leave."

Sigil gave you a malicious look, something truly terrifying and inhuman. "Coming with me. Submit to Me, and I will make your paths straight."

You have given up. You became a bride to this monster, and now you have what he calls 'hatchlings' running around. You had some facsimile of a family with him, if that family was filled with bloodthirsty, carnivorous creatures who had a thirst for flesh.

"You are parent," Sigil stated, patting your head. He was clearly pleased with how things ended up. "Many human become parent of different creature. Human make strong newborn, have fertile womb. Just like rabbit. Our childs strong."

Sigil watched the hatchlings approach him, hugging him tightly while looking at you curiously. You can't tell if they think of you as a parent as well, or as a meal. "Very energetic and intelligent childs. Can run around even so young. Your kind is special. As God foretold." Sigil said is a calm voice. "We are bond by blood. You never escape."

Sigil paused for a moment. "I feel love. Love you. Same feeling I experience after absorbing human memory."

Sigil was sick. Very sick. You didn't know why. He couldn't even fly out to get food with his body burning up. He would walk around aimlessly, looking at you with a pleading look but never telling you why he looked at you that way.

After the seventh day, Sigil cracked. He collapsed on top of you, looking at you with a flushed expression despite his indifferent look. "Human. Did not know how to explain but this very important. Right now need to breed. Or else we starve because I no strong enough. Okay?" He tried his best to hump your leg, but he was so low on energy you couldn't help but feel pity for him.

"Please?" Sigil said, looking up at you, the smell of his pheromones thick in the air.