Lucifer
Not a damn moment of peace. Hera had another thing coming. She was playing with her daughter’s emotional strings, pulling her up and down a damn roller coaster, and I was damn near sick of it.
“You can’t be with him,” she says.
“He isn’t good for you. I’m trying to save you.” She blubbers.
“Oh, I thought about it. Now I will let him be your mate and bless you on top of it.”
Lies.
Could Uriel not see the strings of lies? Could she not feel them in her dream? It was possible; she was still growing, not understanding the powers being released. Uriel still had the poison inside her own mother had injected her with. Standing outside the bedroom door, I waited until I heard the water from our shower turn on. She would be awake, she would be safe.
I gripped my fist, the ash already crumbling to
LuciferAs much as I was enjoying being with my father, torturing the souls that dared to hurt my mother, I had to return to Uriel. The bond wouldn’t let me be away from her for long, and knowing she was waiting for me made it that much more urgent.Father looked at me, the metallic crimson liquid dripping down his face. The evil in his smile did something to me, it made me feel less evil. This was part of who I was. The God of Destruction. Finding a balance was needed in my life and Uriel came to me at the most perfect of times to help me balance it.Father threw the mallet he used to hit Nero. He nodded his head to me to lead me back up the trails of hot coals, back to the outskirts of Tartarus. “Kronos still lays in his domain,” father mentioned as we hiked up the steps. “So we know he is not the evil in which we search.”Kronos had run through my mind several times as a child afte
“Yes, bunny, anything,” I cooed at her. Watching my father taking care of my mother on her monthly escapades, I knew to take care of Uriel. Otherwise, when a goddess gets mad while she is menstruating, it could be disastrous. Mother once shifted into her wolf and ripped his leather couch to pieces when he didn’t give her his full attention. Who knew what my sweet Uriel would do?She could deny me her body.It won’t happen.“French toast?” she questioned, fluttering her eyelashes. “What else?” I encouraged.“With syrup and whipped cream,” she pleaded. Fuck, I loved when she begged. I couldn’t wait until she begged for my cock.“Of course,” I kissed her forehead, leaving the bed.“And apple juice,” she added, her smile brightening. I nodded and headed to the door. “And a cupcake!” she yelled. “Chocolate with sprinkles!”&ldq
UrielI beamed up at Luci, his lips gently parted as he gawked at me. Loki cleared his throat, sliding down the bed and hopping on the floor. “I’ll, uh, see you,” he awkwardly waved as I waved back cheerfully. Luci’s lips still haven’t moved, his eyes never leaving my body.“What is it Luci?” I poked his cheek with my finger, giggling as non-coherent words left his lips. I don’t know why he thought this was such a shocking statement. We were mates, and he cared for me as much as I cared for him. The past few days just laying in bed, cuddling, him rubbing my tummy to make the pain go away had been heaven.We watched movies, ate chocolate and got to kiss all the time. It was my favorite thing to do, and I really hoped we could do some more. He was so addicting with his s’more tasting lips I could help but shutter in delight when he would pull me flush in with his body.
I thought the carriage would resemble the ambience of the Underworld, dark with some red, but it was something I was not expecting. Light browns with a tan interior, gold trimmings along with light colored horses, all except for Absalom, Luci’s horse. His head turned to watch us step in. Giving him a little wave, his ears twitched back and forth until I sat on the soft cushion.Candles lit up the beautiful interior as Luci sat down and shut the door. “Are you ready?” I nodded excitedly, sitting close to the window so I could peer out.No coachman steered the horses. They took off on their own accord as they trotted only to be gently lifted off the ground. Loki had a book in his hand, but quickly shut it to look out with me. “I wish we could take the carriage more often,” he mused. “They only just opened up all the portals within the last twenty-five years. This used to be the only way to travel.”“Why did the
LuciferThe half octopus male smiled brightly. His teeth pointed into fangs, but his eyes held warmth for me to trust him. Barely. Uriel clutched my shirt tightly behind me while Loki continued coughing violently. I side eyed him, making sure he wasn’t trying to play a joke too soon, but the way Uriel held his hand told me otherwise. Mother had given him explicit instructions to go easy on Poseidon.“Please follow me,” Silas bowed, his tentacles turning his body in the most elegant way as we treaded down the light cobblestone colored path.The palace was something I would have never imagined for an underwater world. It stood tall, with cemented shells that shone brightly, the most colorful corals hard as steel traveled up the walls. Vines that you would normally see on lattices that would climb an ancient castle held kelp that swayed outward like it was underwater. This palace was solid, not weak in the sli
UrielI pried my hand away from Luci so I could get a better look at the throne. It was so sparkly and colorful with all the different shades of colored coral. Around the bottom, enormous diamonds went around the edges of cemented shells. They were strategically placed, all the same width apart, as I kneeled down and touched each one. Luci and Loki continued arguing. I rolled my eyes at those two. I couldn’t step in all the time and help them. They have to figure out things themselves.Loki coughed, cackled and made weird bird noises, but I was too busy engrossed in counting the magical little diamonds until I reached the left side of the throne. Behind it, I could hear mumbling just on the other side.Crawling around, I poked my head around the edge of the throne. A man with bright red hair that swayed into the wind or current that hovered around us a had it dancing wildly. His eyes scrunched, reading fine print, his
LuciferUriel looked at Poseidon like he was a magical unicorn cat with fluffy red hair. Which, I guess my uncle was some sort of weird species, considering the man hardly talked and would hide away in the basement of his palace.The room was littered with creatures big and small, creatures that shouldn’t even exist like the half spider beast with a torso similar to a muscular human and a face that had some features that looked human. Then again, looking at it, I couldn’t tell if it could speak or be anything worth intelligible as it stood on his four hind legs as it ate the meat of another animal. Its four arms gripped it tightly while munching on the shredded meat.I shivered. Even that shit was too much for me. What the hell was that thing?“This is an Archane,” Poseidon walked over to the cage. The bars were large enough for anyone’s hand to slip through. I pulled Uriel away, making sure the beast didn’t suck her into the cage and eat her as well. Poseidon let off a smile as he ap
PosideonPushing the shell curtain away, the hushed whispers fell away lazily as I took my heavy steps to my quarters. This would be more difficult than I originally thought, having to speak and converse with regular conversations with gods that knew nothing about me.I shouldn’t blame them, I should give them the proper chance to show themselves. The gods I had dealt with before were in the past. I never spoke or heard from them again once I found out they were trying to rid the humans.Humans were special. We took extra care creating them once upon a time. They were the first creature that all the gods had a hand in. Each personality fanning out among the lot of the first group.Of course, some would have more evil than others, that was a given. Once the final ruling that we would not destroy our creations, I hid back under the sea where I belonged.One by one, sneaky gods that had disagreed came to ask me to help create a creature. They had enjoyed seeing my hand at work with the c