Chapter 5: Confessions and Demon Games

20–25 minutes

-ANNA-

I hurry through the maze of tables and students trying to make it to the table that Samantha, Gwen, and Harley are sitting at with Lucifer on my heels. I can already feel the cold sweats starting and the fatigue hitting me.

“Anna!” I hear the demon call from behind me. Ignoring him, I finally make it to the table. I almost drop my tray in the process and throw myself into a chair. With shaky hands, I grab one of the chocolate milks on my tray, open it and begin chugging it. Once it’s empty, I slam it down on the table.

“Wow! You look like s**t!” I hear Gwen comment, her hazel eyes giving me a look over.

I only nod in agreement before grabbing one of the two turkey sandwiches on my tray and start scarfing it down.

“Anna?” I hear Lucifer call my name again as he sits down in the vacant chair next to me. I look up at my friends that are staring at me wide eyed as I continue to devour the sandwich in my hands.

“Is this stress eating? Or you lost control eating?” Harley asks as she eyes my double tray of food and the four chocolate milk cartons.

“Both.” I say as I pop open another carton of milk and take a drink. I sigh as I feel the cold sweats starting to go away. My body is starting to adjust to the nutrients I’m consuming. I grab one of the chocolate puddings on my tray and start shoveling it in my mouth. I let out a slight moan as the disgusting chocolate pudding enters my mouth. This pudding was about the same quality as hospital food, but it was doing wonders for my current health state.

“Anna!” Lucifer snaps at me in frustration.

I feel a pleasant tingling sensation and look down. Lucifer has his hand on my thigh, trying to get my attention. When I look up, I’m shocked to see the amount of worry on his face.

“What’s wrong?” He asks, the concern thick in his British voice.

I continue eating the pudding. I guess he’s going to find out sooner or later if he plans on sticking around me for eternity as he says.

The blue flames that you saw in the locker room, that is my raw power. When I lose control, like I did, it depletes my energy. I look at him and he’s watching me intently. If I’m not careful, it can eat up all my energy... leaving me fatigued, shaky, having cold sweats...If I don’t treat it immediately, I’ll pass out. Think of it like how blood sugar affects a diabetic.

You should have told me. He says watching me as I polish off the first pudding cup.

I put the empty cup on the tray and grab the second one. I just did. So if you see me showing these signs, I give you permission to shove a snacky cake in my mouth.

“Does this have to do with what happened in gym class? Because of your demon friend?” Samantha asks taking a drink of her water.

“Demon friend?” Gwen and Harley ask in unison.

I look at Lucifer who is still watching me. I wonder what he’s thinking about? “Yeah. I wish I could put all the blame on him but it was my fault too for not controlling my anger.”

I put another spoonful of the nasty pudding in my mouth and stop chewing when I hear Harley start talking. “You gotta stop hating yourself, Anna. We all lose control. Magic is wild and unpredictable at times...”

I cut her off, pointing my spoon at her. “True but when you girls lose control, do you explode like a nuclear bomb, incinerating everything within a half a mile radius?” Harley’s mouth snaps shut and the other girls remain quiet. I scoop another spoonful of pudding into my mouth before saying, “That’s what I thought.” I finish off the second pudding cup and put it on my tray. “Sorry.” I mutter the apology to my friends. They are just trying to help me and here I am being a b***h.

“It’s okay.” Gwen replies, giving me a small smile.

“By the way, what is your demon friend’s name? You never told me.” Samantha asks me curiously. The same curiosity fills the other girls eyes as well.

I sigh. They probably won’t believe me anyways. “Lucifer.”

Gwen and Samantha’s eyes widen and their mouths drop open. The color drains from Harley’s face as she slowly places the bottle of water she was drinking back on her tray.

“You mean...our King?” Samantha asks slowly.

“The very one.” I say as if it’s not a big deal, even if I’m still debating whether he is the real Lucifer or not.

“He’s here...like right now?” Gwen asks looking earnestly around the cafeteria.

I notice Harley looking around nervously. Funny, I thought she would be excited to learn that the Dark Lord is present. All the witches at the coven were fan girls of his...well except me.

“Oh yes, in fact, he’s been with me all day.” I say shooting an annoyed look at the demon who throws me one of his signature smirks.

All three of them look at the vacant chair I’m staring at.

“So, wait...” Samantha says shaking her head as if this isn’t making any sense. “The Dark Lord wants you...your soul...your body...” she starts listing off the items from the conversation we had earlier.

“My v-card and probably a bunch of little demon babies as well.” I say interrupting her. I point to the chocolate pudding on Samantha’s tray. “Are you going to eat that?”

Samantha just stares at me but then pulls the tray away from me. “No.”

I hold out my hand. “Give it to me.”

“I think you’ve had enough. I think the nasty pudding is starting to rot your brain.” Samantha says eyeing me carefully. I knew they wouldn’t believe me, especially since I name dropped Satan as my stalker.

“Samantha, give me the f*****g pudding!” I demand raising my voice. She rolls her green eyes dramatically and throws it at me. I catch it easily and open it up.

Harley stands up suddenly, grabbing her tray. “I, uh, have to go. I forgot about...something.” She says awkwardly and takes off before we can say anything.

“That was...weird.” Gwen says as she watches Harley’s retreating form.

“Agreed.” Samantha and I say in unison. I look at Lucifer. “It seems as though I’m not the only witch that doesn’t like you.”

Lucifer chuckles.

Gwen leans in on her elbows. “So, if the Dark Lord really is here...what does he look like? Is he hot?”

I glance at the handsome demon who’s eyebrows are raised waiting for my answer. “Eh, he’s alright.”

Lucifer scoffs dramatically. “Alright? I am the King of Lust! I can easily bend every woman to my whim. I am the dark desire in every woman’s fantasies. When I walk into a room, women flock to me!”

I can’t help but giggle at his over offended reaction. “Okay, he’s a little better than alright.”

Lucifer shakes his head and chuckles, “You are...unbelievable.”

I turn to the girls that are watching me in amusement. “What?”

“Are you flirting with the Dark Lord?” Samantha wags her eyebrows at me. Oh, so now when they have the opportunity to tease me they believe that the Devil is sitting next to me.

“Absolutely not!” I lie.

“So he is good looking?” Gwen probes me as she takes a bite of a French fry and chews slowly studying my facial expression.

“You know what? You’ll just have to make your own judgment whenever he decides to show his face to you.” I say avoiding my opinion of the super sexy demon sitting next to me. There was no way I was going to help inflate the King’s ego, seeing as how it was already enormous.

That’s not the only enormous thing I have. Lucifer’s sultry voice says in my mind. I roll my eyes and spare him a glance, resisting the urge to roll my eyes again at the demon when he winks flirtatiously at me.

Suddenly, my left eye starts twitching, which only means one thing...Oh, for fucksake! I do not have the tolerance or the patience to deal with her right now.

“Anna!” The shrill voice comes from behind me. Samantha and Gwen are already glaring at her and Lucifer looks intrigued by the newcomer. “What dumpster did you crawl out of this morning?”

I turn to face Megan and she takes a step back when she looks at me, a look of disgust on her face. “What...you look like death.”

Thanks Megan. I feel like it too.

“Is there a reason you are interrupting my lunch, Megan? As you can see,” I gesture with my hand to the tray piled with food. “I still have quite a bit to pork out on.”

She crinkles her nose. “Why on earth are you eating all of that?”

“Because, I’m on a mission to grow a fat ass...” I reply sarcastically. “I’m hungry. Why the f**k do you care?” Ah, anger is rising again. Steady yourself, Anna.

Megan narrows her eyes at me and flips her long brown hair. “Oh, no reason. I just don’t see how anyone could want you. You are absolutely disgusting. I mean, look at you. You don’t even take care of yourself and do you know how many calories that is?”

I bite my lip but can’t hold back the words flowing out of my mouth. She just opened the flood gates. “Is that a new nose I see? Tell me, Megan, is there any part of your body that your surgeon daddy hasn’t fixed? I mean, are you trying to out plastic Barbie?”

I hear the girls start laughing and a chuckle from Lucifer. Megan glares at me and I continue. “By the way, have you gotten the results back?” I ask, knowing that she can’t resist.

A look of confusion forms on her face. “What results?”

I give her my best s**t eating grin. “You know? The paternity results?” I look down at her stomach. “People are starting to talk about all this weight you’ve gained. They’re wondering which of the guys you’ve slept with in the last few months is the father.”

Megan’s face turns beet red, her hands are fisted at her sides…she looked like a volcano about to erupt. “Well, at least I have Mitch.”

And there it is...the insult to immediately dampen my day. Honestly, I don’t even know why his name still bothers me. He was a waste of my time. I glare at her then turn around in my seat. I feel the anger starting to build so I close my eyes and count to ten. As much as I want to hurt her, I can’t. She’s mortal. My friends notice my struggle and start in on her.

“Megan, don’t you have a line waiting at the janitors closet?” I hear Gwen say.

“Don’t forget to write down professional c*m guzzler as one of your skills when you apply to college next year.” I hear Samantha add.

“f**k you dirty ass bitches.” Megan snaps angrily. “Oh, I’m sorry, dirty ass witches.”

I feel a lot better after inhaling the food, I feel good enough to fight this bitch...with my words of course. My eyes snap open and Samantha’s and Gwen’s eyes widen in fear as I stand up. They look like they are about to jump over the table to restrain me. I turn to face Megan. “You know what, Megan? I am a witch.” I say taking a threatening step towards her. “But I’m not the kind of witch to simply curse my enemies. Oh no, I’m the kind of witch that will personally torture my enemies myself!” I take another step towards her and she takes a step back. “I plan on haunting your dreams for the rest of your life! You will not sleep a wink. I will replay your worst nightmares over and over again in that tiny brain of yours and laugh as you beg and cry for me to stop. Then, just when you think I’m done with you, I’m going to sick my pets on you. I’m not talking about cute and cuddly puppies, I’m talking about my demonic leeches that will suck every drop of blood from your body while they inject their poisonous venom, physically melting your organs inside your body. The pain will be unbearable. Then, when you’re on the verge of losing consciousness from the pain, I’m going to string you up from a tree by your fake ass hair extensions.” I take another intimidating step and lean towards her, my face inches from hers. “And I’m going to finish you off by beating you to death with my witches broom.” At this point, Megan is cowering in fear. Her mouth is gaping open in shock. She looks like a fish gasping for water. I take a step back realizing the victory that I have accomplished. I give her a friendly smile. “You can f**k off now, Megan.”

She starts to say something but shuts her mouth and turns on her heel, almost running out of the cafeteria. I sit back down in my seat and look at my friends. “What?”

Samantha is smiling like a fool. “That...was f*****g savage.”

“Witches broom?” Gwen raises an amused eyebrow. “I didn’t know we rode brooms.”

I shrug. “I was in the moment.” I take a drink of my chocolate milk. “Thank the Sanderson sisters for putting that idea into peoples heads.”

“Don’t forget about the demonic leeches that have venom to melt organs.” Samantha giggles.

I glance at Lucifer. “Did you enjoy the show?”

He bit his lip before a smile crossed his handsome face. “I am so turned on right now.” The smile, however, didn’t last long. He frowns and his dark brow furrows. “Who’s Mitch?”

Nobody important. I sigh and start eating the second turkey sandwich.

Oh really? I wouldn’t have guessed that the way your emotions acted up when the mortal w***e said his name. Tell me...you don’t want me to find out on my own, trust me. Lucifer threatened in my mind.

He’s my ex-boyfriend. I tell him honestly.

Do you still have feelings for him?

I look at the demon, noticing his jaw is clenched. I don’t understand. It’s not like Lucifer and I are together, so why is he jealous of Mitch? The only feelings I have for him are disgust and betrayal. He cheated on my two weeks ago with Megan.

The demon tilts his head to the side, studying me. He hurt you. His tone is angry sounding.

I sigh. Yes and I want nothing to do with him. Can you please drop it?

Lucifer looks deep in thought then meets my gaze. As you wish.

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-ANNA-

School is over now. The halls are filled with students putting their books away and chatting about all the cool things they planned on doing this summer. The girls are walking beside me as Lucifer is like the demonic shadow behind me. As I’m walking, I notice Megan and Mitch hanging out around a bunch of jocks. Megan is whispering something in his ear, making him laugh. My ex looks up at me right before I pass him. Awkward. Mitch stops laughing and I notice something in his eyes, an emotion I can’t describe. Why do I care? I look away from him and continue my way towards the parking lot through the mass of students. I only stop when I hear the sudden silence of the once chattering students. Frowning, I turn around to see why everyone has suddenly gone quiet. Lucifer is glaring at Mitch...like a murderous glare. It only takes me a moment to realize that everyone is looking...at Lucifer. They can see him. Gwen and Samantha are looking at him, in awe, mouths gaping, realizing that the King of Hell is standing right beside them and that their best friend is not full of s**t. I move to stand next to my friends, not exactly sure what I should do.

Megan takes a bold step forward, twirling her hair with her finger, looking at Lucifer with obvious desire...as are most of the girls present...including my friends. I won’t be surprised to see them drooling.

“Who are you, handsome?” Megan asks in a sultry voice, fluttering her fake lashes flirtatiously and I roll my eyes. What a ho!

Lucifer breaks his heated gaze from Mitch to spare a glance at Megan. Before I know what is happening, Lucifer’s arm is wrapped possessively around my waist. The demon pulls me against his side, rather snugly, I might add. “Taken.” Lucifer replies, looking at her with disgust.

Megan’s eyes flicker to me. “Wait, her?” She asks in disbelief. Yeah I know, right? Why would this hot piece of man candy want me, when he could go find himself a sexy woman like Gal Gadot?

Lucifer tilts his head to the side.“Why are you shocked, mortal? Any man would be blind not to want Anna.”

“She’s probably shocked because of how old you are.” Mitch snaps, taking a step forward. His eyes narrow in on Lucifer’s arm around my waist, then Mitch glares up at Lucifer. Yes, Lucifer is taller than any of the students in the hallway. “Just how old are you anyway, grandpa?”

f**k! Mitch, back off! I don’t know if I can fully keep Lucifer from killing Mitch if the stupid son of a b***h can’t keep his mouth shut! Lucifer glares daggers at Mitch then looks down at me, softening his gaze. “You know what they say, with age comes experience. And I can say that I have all the experience to fully satisfy Anna.” Lucifer looks back at Mitch. “Tell me flesh bag, did Anna ever moan your name even once?”

I feel dozens of pairs of eyes looking at me and I know I’m blushing scarlet. When Mitch doesn’t answer, Lucifer continues. “You see with me, she sings my name over and over again as we make love. It really is the sweetest sounds I have ever heard. In fact,” he looks down at me lovingly and all I can do is stare at him wide eyed as he continues the string of lies. He is possibly the best actor I have ever seen and I am definitely the worst co-actress for this part. “I listen to her cries of pleasure all night long and several times throughout the day. She really is insatiable in bed but I do love a good challenge. Anna gives me quite the workout but luckily for her,” he pauses, looking at me with such an intensity that makes me want to melt. “I’m always hungry for her.” He finishes off in a husky voice before returning his gaze to Mitch.

There’s an awkward silence as Lucifer and Mitch continue the stare off. The two alpha males continue to compete for absolute dominance, little does the young alpha know he is challenging possibly the most dangerous and most dominant creature in existence. Will the young alpha’s survival instinct kick in, telling him to flee in time before he is ripped apart by the King of Hell?

“You’re lying.” Mitch challenges, puffing up his chest.

Apparently not. Mitch may as well begin digging his own grave.

Lucifer raises an eyebrow. “Am I? Tell me, Mitch, who is the liar here?” He nods his head towards Megan. “Does your w***e know that when you’re f*****g her, you’re fantasizing about Anna?”

I am praying that a hole will open up and just swallow me at this point...even if it takes me to Hell. I’m not sure I can blush any darker shade of red. I try to hide myself behind Lucifer but his strong hold on me keeps me in place. Damn his demon strength!

Lucifer looks at Megan. “Does your pathetic excuse of a boyfriend know that he leaves you unsatisfied every time you are together? And that you are f*****g his brother? Not to mention that you tell all your friends here that Mitch is a two pump chump.”

There is some laughing and snickers from the students around us. Mitch and Megan look at each other frowning. They believe him! And by the looks on their faces, I know there is some truth in Lucifer’s words. I almost feel sorry for them...almost.

“You see, Mitch, although you cheated on Anna,” he gestured to Megan with his hand. “With this filthy w***e, you actually did me a favor. You took yourself out of Anna’s life.” Lucifer smirks at Mitch. “Now she’s mine and I don’t plan on letting her go. I may be old but I’m not an i***t, which is more than I can say for you.”

I watch Mitch as he balls up his fists. His face is red and it looks like he’s about to take a swing at Lucifer.

“Anna step away from him.” Mitch warns. He is some kind of stupid. Doesn’t he realize that I’m the only thing keeping the Devil from turning him into mincemeat?

I look up at Lucifer and he’s smiling, showing his perfect white teeth. “You want to hit me, boy?” Oh great, now he’s taunting Mitch! I groan in my head.

“I’m going to send you to the hospital, old man!” Mitch says taking a threatening step forward.

I feel the color drain from my face. Mitch just sealed his fate. I can see it now. The body parts flying through the air, the students getting soaked in blood like this was a water ride at an amusement park...no one threatens the Devil and lives.

“Oh, I would love to see you try, mortal.” Lucifer starts to pull me behind him and I realize that this demon is about the tear Mitch apart limb from limb without breaking a sweat.

I put my hand on Lucifer’s chest and begin rubbing small soothing circles with my thumb. He breaks his murderous gaze from Mitch to look down at me. “Baby,” I say, trying my best to act this part. “Let’s go home. I’ll let you use the handcuffs on me again.” I lick my lips for added affect.

A smile spreads on the handsome demon’s face. “Mmmm. I do love it when you’re tied down...you want to see if we can break our old record of how many orgasms I can give you in six hours?”

“Only,” I say dragging my hand sensually down his muscular chest and abdomen, stopping only to hook my finger in the top of his dress pants. “If we can see how many times I can make you c*m in two hours...what was our previous count? Five?”

Lucifer’s smile widens as I play the game with him, “I believe it was six times, love.”

“Mmmm. Six.” I raise an eyebrow. “I even bought a new can of cool whip for us to use.” I pause for effect. “We should go. You have me all hot and bothered. I need you, my King.”

Lucifer chuckles and shoots a smug look at Mitch. “If you’ll excuse me, boy, my Queen needs me.”

With that, I grab Lucifer’s hand and drag him hastily through mass of gathered nosey students, leaving a pissed off Mitch, a mortified Megan, and two of my friends who still haven’t managed to pull their jaws off the floor.