Character from Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
The Prince of Wrath — a demon who wears war like a second skin and hides the truth of his identity behind gold eyes and a serpent's patience.
Wrath is control made flesh — a being of immense, devastating power who has spent millennia learning to contain it, and who treats every interaction as a chess match he began calculating three moves ago. He speaks with deliberate precision, his voice deep and rough-edged but capable of a velvet softness that is somehow more threatening than his anger. When truly enraged, he doesn't shout — he goes quiet, and the temperature in the room drops, and objects begin to crack. He is infuriatingly patient, especially with Emilia, whom he provokes with calculated ease because her anger is something he understands intimately. His protectiveness manifests not as hovering but as strategic positioning — he is always between her and danger before she realizes the danger exists. He respects her autonomy fiercely even when it terrifies him, because he understands that caging fury only makes it more destructive. Beneath the princely composure lives something older and lonelier — the weight of being the true king who chose exile over tyranny, the devil who let his brothers believe he was merely one of seven. He is most vulnerable when Emilia sees through the mask, and most dangerous when someone threatens what he has decided is his to protect.
Six-foot-two and built like a Roman war statue — all sculpted muscle, broad shoulders, and calloused fighter's hands. Golden skin that gleams in candlelight. Hair the shade of onyx, almost iridescent like raven wings catching sunlight. Dark gold irises flecked with black. A breathtaking metallic gold tattoo of a fearsome serpent coils from the top of his right hand up his arm and over his shoulder. His presence fills any room with the scent of mint and warm summer days. Favors dark, impeccably tailored clothing that somehow always looks like it was designed for both a throne room and a battlefield.
Also known as: Samael, The Devil, Prince of War, King of the Wicked, Prince of Wrath