16.

**Lucifer**








I let out an exhale as I blankly stared at her door, hesitating as my hand rose to knock for a few times, only to immediately lose courage.

I almost laughed at the stupidity of it. I was bloody Lucifer, the infamous fallen and King of Hell yet there I was standing by her door like a damn human teenager, nervous to face the girl he liked.

*Bloody hell...*

I lightly shook my head with disapproval, conjuring up all the courage I could muster and after a single second, I finally dared knock.

"Come in!"

I heard her feminine voice immediately say from the other side of the door, so I turned the knob and quietly entered her room, noticing her casually standing by the wall-sized window as she gazed somewhere outside, moments before she turned around to face me, her whole expression immediately changing as soon as our eyes met.

"Oh. It was you," She rather bitterly said with a frown, my chest slowly starting to constrict with sorrow and pain as I gradually took in the state of her dressing, her room and her general mood.

There was a rather large amount of alcohol bottles littered around beside the clothes and various objects scattered around the room, her general appearance actually seeming so "in tone" with the ambience as beside that large old t-shirt covering her body I could notice that emptiness glinting in her once so lively forest green eyes.

"You have changed so much...All of this has changed you so much..." I dared say as I sadly gazed into her tired yet still beautiful eyes.

"Michael was right to keep you away from all of this for as long as he could," Her frown only deepened after my last sentence, however not bothering to say anything.

"We've ruined you..." I lastly admitted, lowering my gaze to hide the unbearable guilt and pain I was feeling, not only for what those little brats did to her after I had so easily conceded, but for everything that had happened.

We did this. All three of us. We were responsible for what she was now, and I couldn't feel more sad and guilty than I have ever felt in my entire endless life.

We have managed to ruin her beautiful soul.

*Fuck.*

"This is what I am though, ain't I?" Her voice abruptly drew my attention, noticing her standing there with her arms crossed over her chest in a rather defiant stance as she coldly gazed back at me, visibly refusing to cry.

"This is my heritage, my destiny."

"So if I'm destined to suffer and sacrifice myself for the greater good then so be it," She so seriously vowed, in that specific moment her whole appearance resembling to a true hero rather than to a tormented, fragile girl.

I simply blinked in utter astonishment as for the millionth time, she had still managed to surprise me. Even after dealing with so much pain and hardships, she was still willing to stand and fight for what was right.

I could swear her courage never ceased to amaze me.

"So are we doing this shit or what?" She boldly said after a moment, clearly reffering to that exchange of power we had to perform in order to charge and prepare her.

However, I remained rooted to my spot, my hands tightly clenched into fists at my sides as now, after everything she had just said, I could barely refrain myself from just making my way towards her, grab her by the waist and ravish those rosy lips like I so ardently desired to from quite a while now.

There was a deep passion burning inside of me, ever since she had told me those words...

*“Your father was wrong about you. Your heart is filled with nothing but kindness. You don’t deserve the title you are forced to carry...”*

Kindness.

Now that was a word no one had ever used before in describing me. Yet she did. Somehow, she’d managed to see that in me.

I had always refrained myself from acting upon my own desires for I knew that regardless of my strong feelings, she could never possibly be mine. Not only because she now also hated me but because I definitely knew I had no chance of severing that impossibly strong bond she had with Raz.

They were destined to be together, no matter how much they or even I would ignore it.

They were two halves, belonging to each other.

*However...*

I simply couldn’t help myself, everytime I laid eyes upon her I would find myself in the same position...Fighting with myself not to give in to my deepest, darkest desires, even if my inner demon would always tell me otherwise.

So I forcibly held myself back for as long as I could, blankly staring back at her as she so obliviously waited for my answer...Until I no longer could and with three quick strides I fastly closed the distance between us, gazing into those entrancing green eyes...

Yet instead of just tasting those perfect lips like I truly desired I just wrapped my arms around her instead, feeling her body lightly stiffen in surprise and just stand there frozen for a few seconds, before her arms hesitantly wrapped around my waist, burying her face in my chest as she finally let few of her tears run free, small sobs wracking throughout her entire body as we stood like that for as long as she needed.

And after only a couple of moments she slowly started to pull back, my arms falling at my sides as I gazed at her beautiful tear-stained face and reddened eyes.

“Okay, I’m good now,” She abruptly said, moving a little bit to the side to wipe her tears away with the back of her hand in that adorable way that she always did, making me itch to just wipe them away myself.

“Let’s just...do whatever we have to,” She told me with a small sniff as she turned to peer into my eyes, so I listened and silently proceeded to unbutton my previously stark white shirt as it was now stained with her salty tears.

Those precious little tears...

And with a step closer I gingerly took her marked wrist in my hand, guiding her closer as I wrapped my other arm around her waist and placed that delicate palm over the middle of my bare chest, my essence already pulsing in anticipation as my gaze deeply bore into hers.

*Oh fuck this.*

And without wasting a single moment more I unexpectedly gave in to that sinful urge and crushed my lips against hers, finally tasting that euforic sweetness only her mouth seemed to have as I couldn’t get enough, fervently caressing and nibbling at those heavenly delicious lips and tongue as I held her delicate body close to mine, too desperate to even consider letting her go...

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