He studied every inch of her delicate frame, from her ivory skin, to the black silk that fell beneath her naked mortal flesh. Her fingertips traced his immortal form, moving across his dark hair, over his shoulders, and to his expansive wings. He took her flesh in his and this night, under the full moon, Dantalion fell from grace. Below the stairway, the threshold of the third heaven would end for Dantalion. All nine orders of angels including God himself, met to decide his punishment.
Gabriel came forward. "My brothers, we know of Dantalion's transgression. Is it not by the grace of our merciful God that we, as archangels who oversee the messengers to mankind, should be merciful as well? We cannot condemn Dantalion to the same punishment as the others. He must not be condemned as a demon of the Goetia!" Gabriel knew once condemned, Dantalion must pay allegiance to Satan, or even worse, summon the four Great Kings of Hell.
Golden light swept through the Celestial Hierarchy, and another order of angels came forward.
"Tis true, Gabriel what ye say. But remember he, who ten moons ago was cast out of our order, the only Power ever to ever fall from grace as a warrior angel. Tis Satan who Dantalion must answer to once he falls beyond the gate of the third heaven," the warrior angel Camael protested.
A brilliant calm silenced them as God showed his form. He moved between all nine orders of angels, rendering the final decision of Dantalion's fate.
"My children, Satan shall have no power over Dantalion. But he must pay the price for his sin! He shall be exiled as a demon of the Goetia, branded with the mark of 'Incubus'. His youth shall remain though his immortality shall not. His woman will be taken to the afterlife. He must answer to the 'Succubus' demon Gwynnedd and only with the passing of two ages shall Dantalion seek salvation. It is ordered."
Dantalion was condemned from the third heaven by committing the sin of lust. He was chained to the altar of the Courtyard of the Undead, his angel wings severed from his body. His immortality was taken from him. The mark of 'Incubus' branded onto his forearm. Lilith was taken to the afterlife outside his mortal realm, Dantalion never to see her again. He was cursed to haunt the mortal souls of women during the three phases of the moon. Dantalion now lived between the realms of heaven and hell, within the mortal dominion.
I no longer remained a spectator in Dantalion's realm, I was living it. His curse would force me to face my own demons… to choose a life for a life. To become a part of God's supernal divine plan. I never thought it could change the destiny of mankind.