Lucifer's Revenge by Deanna L Rowley

Author:Deanna L Rowley [Rowley, Deanna L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deanna L. Rowley
Published: 2025-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

At seven thirty on a Thursday morning, Luc pulled into Lilith’s driveway, excited to get on the road. He hurried to her door and grinned when it opened before he knocked. Instead of greeting her with words, he took her face in his hands, bent down, and kissed her. They broke apart several minutes later, both breathing hard.

“Are you ready?”

“Yes, I just have these two bags here, but there’s more in the kitchen.”

“Let me take these out, and I’ll be right back.” He picked up the bags, surprised that there wasn’t a lot of weight to them, took them to the truck to store in the backseat with his own suitcase, then hurried back inside. He met her in the kitchen and frowned at her.

“What’s all this?” He pointed to everything spread out on the counters and table.

“First, I’m not cheap, not by a longshot.”

“I never said you were.”

“Okay, sorry about that, let me try to explain this. You know I’m twenty-eight, right?”

“Yes.”

“When I went to my first paranormal hotel, I was eighteen. This will be my tenth trip. I get so excited to get underway, that I always get up earlier than I should, but then the excitement kicks in and in my mind, if I stop for a meal, that will take away from my time to explore where I’m going once I get there.”

“Okay,” Luc said with a smirk, and watched her as she expertly started putting things together.

“I know you enjoy things like we’re about to do, and it’s only a six hour drive, but I cooked us up some breakfast sandwiches we can eat on the way. I also have some ham and cheese, and roast beef sandwiches we can eat for lunch. I figured we could take a few extra minutes when we stop for gas, or eat them going down the road.” She looked at him from beneath her lashes.

With a gigantic grin on his face, he walked over, gathered her in his arms, and hugged her tightly. He didn’t let her go for several minutes, not until her tense body started to relax.

“Thank you. I’m not saying that to placate you. I’m saying that because in my excitement to get here to pick you up, I failed to grab anything to eat for breakfast. I’m starving.”

“You’re not just saying that?” she asked, then laughed when his stomach growled.

“Okay, I only have English Muffins, but I have ham, bacon, or sausage, with eggs and cheese.”

“Yes,” he said, and picked up one of the sandwiches with sausage and bit into it. He groaned and held up his hand for her to wait, and disappeared. He came back with his travel mug and filled it from the full pot still sitting on the counter. After he ate his second sandwich, they wrapped the others, along with the ones for lunch, made sure their mugs were full, everything was off, then as she grabbed her purse and made sure the house alarm was set, with the door locked behind her, they climbed into the truck and got underway.

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