The thing striking at Abbadon wasn’t as large, but it was lithe and black, a wingspan behind it blotting out the sky. Black smoke roiled around the body, obscuring the details, and Jack smelled the scent of Hell, the burnt ash crowding his throat and sucking out what little breath he could draw.
I won’t even lie, the first time I watched this movie? I spent this whole scene going “OHMYGOSH IS THAT BELIAL?!” This is pretty much exactly as I pictured his demon look in my head when it showed up in the book. *u*
If not for the fact that Season of the Witch only just came out pretty recently itself, I’d almost think Kittredge might have gotten her inspiration from there.
