Isaiah Shade is a man torn between love and survival—his life was uprooted when Hell claimed his wife. What followed wasn’t just a descent into darkness, but a reckoning with everything he thought he understood—about pain, about dignity, about love.

He is tall, broad, and powerfully built, his dark skin often marked by the scars of battles he never asked to fight. New to the cruel, unpredictable world that’s swallowed him, Isaiah is forced to endure more than violence—he faces humiliation, exposure, and the kind of vulnerability that strips a man down to the core. Yet he never breaks. Despite the torment, Isaiah’s spirit refuses to break.

His closest ally is Deimos, a taro demon seen as a traitor by Hell’s own. Despite the danger of that association, Isaiah stands by him, and the two form a fragile but powerful bond—outsiders navigating a world that wants them both destroyed. Together, they face horrors, betrayals, and trials that test their strength, loyalty, and the limits of their will. Their bond is tense, charged—blurred by heat and fear and something neither dares name.

Isaiah walks the edge of dignity and degradation, pain and purpose. But through it all, he holds onto the one truth that drives him: his love is worth every wound, every scar, and every unspeakable moment. No matter how deep into Hell he has to go, no matter how much of himself he’s forced to surrender—Isaiah Shade will not stop.