Sera, Junkie Angel (Ruby Lavin), age 15 Being an angel isn’t easy. Being the first angel born since the dawn of time is damn near impossible. …without drugs, anyway. Once, the angels were perfect immortal beings, the offspring of the Gods. Then the Emperor smashed down the gates of Heaven. The angels fought, of course—and lost. The Emperor forced them to cut off their wings and halos, which forcibly turned them mortal. Your best friend is a girl named Marissa Smith (Makaela Stevens), whom you have known since you were both tiny.