Lucifer In Las Vegas by Joanna Preston
tortoise: from the Greek, tartarchos; �god of the underworld� i. The Fall As I fell, I burned through shame and grief and disbelief and love � words that trail like smoke, like broken wings. Only rage was left � its silken tongue, its crystal shell. I fell through night and time into the morning of this world, and kept on falling. Once, I lived by passion�s flame, but I learned