“Lucifer,” she said.“Lucifer … please don’t do this to me.I can’t live without you.”
He flicked more water at my face, mumbling something.
Raphaela struggled at my feet.“Lucifer.”She grabbed my ankle.“Lucifer.”Her voice was soft.
For a moment, I almost—almost—stopped the priest.
“I still love you.I always will.Always, always, always.”A tear fell from one of her perfect eyes.“Until death do us part.Don’t you remember our vows to each other?”
And that was when I snapped.
“Don’t you remember me fucking Eros in our bed?Don’t you remember you cast me out?Don’t you remember shaming me when that ghoul tore off my wings and thrust me into Hell?Why didn’t you come find me then?Where were your vows then?Eros followed me to Hell, and now he and Dani—the hybrid you’re so jealous of—are mine.”
I knew she was just a figment of my imagination and that I was yelling at nothingness.I knew I hadn’t needed to come here to confront her, but it had to be here, at the place we had met, the place we had taken our vows—the church.
“They will never love you the way I can.”
“You were my first love, Raphaela, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be my last.”
Her brows furrowed angrily.“Selfish!Disgusting!Sinful!What you’re participating in is sinful!You will never ever love truly again.”She shook her head.“And that’s what makes me so disappointed in you.”
“You enjoyed watching me sin.”
She pursed her lips together, not having a fucking comeback for the truth.
With one last flick of the priest’s fingers, which were drenched in holy water, Raphaela was gone.
He threw more water on me, and I smacked the cup of holy water out of his hand, making it fall onto the ground.
He stumbled back.“I felt the power of an angel.She was here.”
“Nobody was here.”
It had been a figment of my fucking imagination.
Eighteen
Dressed in my finest tux,I entered the Kingdom of Lust’s castle.Already, people were dancing on each other, so close that they were probably actually fucking.Some were spilling Passion Delights all on the floor and each other.
Drinks were being passed around.Fervor Crisps, Lust’s favorite treat, were on every table.Women were dancing on tables so high that you could see right up their skirts, but that was Lust for you.
I grabbed a drink—Vemon—from the bar and walked around, looking for Dani.I needed something, anything really, to take my mind away from my most chilling encounter with Raphaela.She had begged at my own feet for me to take her back.
Dani leaned over a table, her breasts pushed together, showing a lot of cleavage.Her maroon dress hugged every single one of her curves.She drew a finger up Tonia’s forearm.
Tonia smiled gently, her eyes falling to Dani’s cleavage.And the way Dani sucked her lip between her teeth, I could tell she was moments away from giving Tonia the full succubus experience.
After all, Tonia would have to fuck and flirt to survive in this kingdom.
Dani said something to her with those lust-filled eyes and stepped closer, posting her arms on either side of her.She tugged on one of Tonia’s bra straps and released it forcefully.
I sucked in a deep breath, hardening, just watching Dani flirt like that.
“Lucifer”—Everi wrapped her arm around me—“you’re here.”
I rolled my eyes, gazing at her in one of her average stolen dresses.Nothing like Dani’s.
I pulled myself away from her.“Everi.”
