The Devil's Lullaby by Michaela Haze

Author:Michaela Haze [Haze, Michaela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dirty Jeans Publishing
Published: 2017-12-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

I had no reason to linger, but still I clung to Hell as if I was afraid to say goodbye. I found Abaddon in the Armoury, with Lucifer at the workbench. The Devil’s face was hidden by his long sheet of hair, as he hunched over and gripped the silver daggers between his palms. Blood dripped down his closed fists. The blades ran clear as Lucifer’s magic wrapped around them; his blood absorbed by the metal. He handed them to Abaddon, who placed them in their own designated places on the wall. Luc did not greet me. His head was down as he worked. Abaddon handed him another weapon, an ornate push dagger that looked sleek and modern compared to the medieval variety of weapons on the wall.

I did not have to ask what they were doing. They were preparing weapons for battle, if it came to that.

“You need to create more hounds.” I said, eying the thin katana at the edge of the array of blades.

Lucifer’s brow furrowed. “What happened to the ones we had?” He asked.

I rolled my eyes but Abe answered for me. “Levi has been picking them off one by one.”

I walked over to the workbench and dipped my finger into a rouge droplet of blood. I raised it to my face and rubbed it between my thumb and forefinger to spread the liquid between them.

Luc grabbed another blade and proceeded to slash his newly healed palm with a ferocity that bordered on animalistic.

“Are you okay?” Abe put his hand on Lucifer’s shoulder.

A pang of guilt hit me. I should have been the one to ask him. Lucifer clearly hadn’t in his right mind if he had thought that I was a God sent to spy on him.

Regardless of his inner turmoil, and whatever madness still lurked under the surface like a shadow, Lucifer nodded and grabbed another weapon. He infused it with his magic without a word and handed it back to Abe to put back into its correct place.

“Abe, could you leave us a minute?” I asked in a whisper.

The red-eyed demon bowed and walked to the door without a word. I waited a long beat until I was certain that he would not be able to hear our conversation without some effort.

I stepped in front of the Devil and gripped his hand. The wound on his palm sealed immediately, leaving only a smudge of blood behind.

“What happened to you?” I whispered.

Lucifer’s smile was tight and so full of pain that it was hard not to wince at the sight. “I watched you die.” He said without emotion. “It is taking all of my strength not to hold you so tightly that it would break all of your bones. I missed every facet of you.”

I fiddled with my hands; I could not think of a response.

“Something had tainted me. Wormed it’s way inside of my mind and played visions of you over and over. I could not believe that it was you, that you’d finally come back to me.

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