Ruler of the Righteous by Briana Michaels

Author:Briana Michaels [Michaels, Briana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Lucifer all but crashed through the door and back into Hell. His body rejected any good intentions of staying calm. His beast side clawed up to the surface and took over in one loud, ferocious bark. On all fours, the Devil raced towards his pack, howling while running.

Praying while running.

Desperate while running…

Constantine bolted into sight first. Clutching his chest, struggling to breathe, Con braced himself against the wall.

He felt it too.

“Uriel,” Lucifer’s voice was deep and deadly. His nails elongated to talons that gouged the stone floor. His body swelled with every breath he took. The darkness plaguing him rode Luce so hard he was almost blind with the hate surging through him. “They’re gone. Laz and Uriel are gone.”

Constantine’s hands balled into fists. “Fuck, fuck, fuck!” He punched the wall and his fist crushed the solid stone.

“Where’s the rest of our pack?”

Con lead the way and Lucifer followed on all fours. His ego for going primal burned away with sheer fear of what Uriel’s disappearance meant.

Eve rushed forward, holding her arm out and screaming. Uriel’s sigil, the one he’d inked into her skin, lit up like a fucking beacon. “What’s happened to him? Why’s this happening to my arm?”

“He’s in distress,” Lucifer growled. He could feel the evil banging against his fortified control. It was like a battering ram trying to crack him open and lay siege upon his soul.

Gabriel rushed forward. “Michael’s doing exactly what we talked about. He’s plucking away at your weaknesses, Lucifer.”

“Uri’s not a weakness of mine.”

Gabriel’s brow arched. His gaze raked up and down Lucifer. “I beg to differ, brother.”

Luce rose to his full height, his vision hazed red. Gabriel accepted the challenge and slung the Devil against the wall. Flaring his wings out, he nailed them into the stone and caged Lucifer there. “Don’t do this, brother. You’re letting him win.”

If he moved a muscle right now, he’d kill Gabriel. So he stayed still. Very… still…

“Breathe.” That directive came from Eve. “You’re no longer in a cage, Lucy.”

Yeah, she said that before to him. But unlike the last reminder, which was for comfort, this time it was a warning. There were no bars. No chains. No collars and short leashes to hold him back and keep him from destroying anything in front of him.

Lucifer’s eyes slowly fixed on Gabriel. He needed to reel in his wrath. Bury his hate.

It was harder than it should have been. With his pack surrounding him, Lucifer should have been able to find purchase on the cliff he dangled on. But he failed.

“He’s not a weakness. He’s my strength.”

Gabriel looked pained. “Michael’s going to kill him. He might have already.”

“He’ll torture him first,” Constantine said.

Lucifer’s knees buckled.

You’d think he’d be used to this by now. Wanting to help and having no way to do it. Wanting to run but staying caged.

“He’ll pluck at Uriel’s confidence,” Gabriel whispered. “Break his mind.”

Lucifer clung to that horrible fact like a life line, “That’ll take a while, right? Uriel’s so fucking strong.

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