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He’s seriously asking to get dismembered and have a piece of him hidden within every one of the devils’ kingdoms. I can just imagine how they’d react to him branding my face with one of his feathers. Dante still gets upset about the one Micah gave me on my palm, a striking contrast to Lucian’s mark on my other. I know how much he loves my hands and lusts after them. Especially now that I did something new to him with my finger...
I shake my head, snapping out of my wandering thoughts.
Cassius continues to glower at me, waiting for me to respond to his comment. Instead of doing what he expects, I spin on my feet and stride away. I might be on another plane, but there is one thing that I can access regardless of where I am—the Hell portal Gia has open inside the bar.
“Raven! Raven, stop! Accept that this is over.” Cassius tries to chase after me, but the second I cross into the strange, red-lit bar, he freezes.
He can’t cross the protective barrier. His ass is stuck outside.
This might be childish as fuck, but I stick out my tongue and flip him off. “You need to accept that Hell is rising no matter what you want. You’ve lost, Cass-hole.” Elias would be so proud to hear me use the nickname he gave the dickhead angel.
“Do you really want to jeopardize all of humanity? You can’t be that evil, Raven. Your soul shines too brightly. Even your mistakes and faults are hard to see beyond the pureness of your morality.” Cassius toes the line of the barrier like he might risk getting the shock of an eternity to get to me. And who knows? He might.
“Me? You think I’m the one jeopardizing humanity? Are you that dense? That high and mighty with your damn halo so tight around your balls that all you can think is that you know best.” I heave a breath in anger, his accusation setting me off. I know I shouldn’t cross back over the line. He could do something crazy like fly me a thousand miles away and leave me in the middle of nowhere to ensure Elias dies without me, but damn it. I have faith in myself and the devils that he will not be able to overpower me.
I have hope that this is my time to fucking knock him off his heavenly cloud and bring him back to Earth.
“I do know what is best,” Cassius snaps, fisting his hands.
I lose it.
Charging at him, I plow into him and knock him onto his back. I jab my fist into his perfect face with enough force to feel his nose give way under the fury of my strength. He doesn’t move. He doesn’t fight back. It annoys me even more that he just lies beneath me and stares at me like I’m the most pathetic thing he’s ever seen.
“You’re a fucking bastard! These people were slaughtered because of you and your army, Cassius! They were torn apart limb by limb. They broke their contracts because you lied to them, giving them hope that they could be redeemed. Some of them had a chance to get their souls back!” I slap and hit him over and over, my eyes burning with my tears. “None of this would’ve happened if you would just realize that I’m trying to save humanity! I want to give souls a chance to find their way out of the depths and torture of Hell and give them somewhere more deserved since Heaven rejected them.”
“They wouldn’t be in that place had they—”
“Shut up!” I screech. I gather the front of his shirt in my fingers and shake him. “You’re not listening. Do you even care? You claim that you’re doing all of this for humanity, but I know for goddamn certain that you’re only doing this because you’re too proud to admit that things could—no, they would—be better if the kingdoms could rise.” I heave a few breaths, gathering my nerve to shove off of him and get to my feet. “It’s no wonder your brethren left you and your own brother abandoned you. You truly are a piece of work.”
Cassius catapults to his feet, growling in anger. He unsheathes his holy sword, setting it ablaze with his righteous fury. “You’ve been consumed by evil. You can’t see what I do. I wanted to save you, Raven. But I no longer think you deserve it. You don’t deserve another moment alive because everything you do will—”
Anger explodes through me, and I kick him so hard between his legs that he jumps up a foot into the air. Crashing to his knees, Cassius clutches his groin and attempts to grab me, but he’s not quick enough. I scramble out of his reach and back into the bar. He’s so blinded by his kill-mission that he forgets he can’t cross into a Hell-protected place. I squeeze my eyes shut and brace myself. The whole world quakes and rocks as he smashes into the shield. Cassius hollers in pain, and his blinding light steals all of my senses. My skin buzzes and stings at the explosion of heavenly light, but there is nothing I can do but hope for the best.
Silence fills the world before my eyelids turn from red to all shadows, and Kase’s familiar growl vibrates through me.
“Fuck, Raven. What happened? Are you okay? How did you get back to this realm?” Dante’s questions fly from his mouth as his warm hands lock onto my hips and he lifts me up.
My whole body turns into mush at the comfort of his embrace. I was so angry and scared. So furious at Cassius and his righteous accusations. I nearly ruined everything...or maybe I struck a nerve sharp enough to get through to him. Why would he react so violently otherwise? I can’t start questioning my instincts now. They’ve grown more powerful and clear with guidance and help from my devils.
“I—I—fuck that fucking fuck fuckhead fucker.” I wish I could spit out something more coherent, but damn it.
“Did he hurt you?” Kase asks, coming up behind Dante. He peers at me from over his shoulder. “I’ll cut his balls off with a butter knife and shove them up his ass so far that they’ll eventually exit his throat with enough of my Hell power. Then I’ll use his cock to shove the shitty sack back down. After that, I’ll fucking stuff him with all the nut sacks in this room until—”
Gia laughs and cuts Kase’s threat off. “My liege. You should let some of that be a surprise. I’m sure your queen would love to watch such a show without spoilers. She’ll bask in your brilliance. Why don’t I help you and start collecting them now.”
This demon bitch. I want to hate her for her bullshit last time, but I enjoy her psycho attitude far more than I should.
I turn to her. “Leave them to rot in the sun a bit.”
Clapping her hands, Gia grins. “Marvelous, my queen. Perhaps I might’ve underestimated you. Would you like to help me pluck the biggest of the bunch?”
I try not to react and open my mouth to say okay, just to play it cool, but Dante squeezes my ass cheek.
“We must find the bastard savior first, don’t you think?” Dante says, his rumbly voice vibrating against my chest. “Go on and finish sorting the souls and keep a couple extra for your own personal bidding.”
“Yes, my liege,” Gia says, pouting but not arguing. “Call me if I can be of any service to you.”
Without responding, Dante turns and strides outside with Kase close behind them. I peer up at the sky, afraid to see the silhouette of angels, but they’re thankfully not there.
“Take our soul home,” Kase says, straightening his back. “I’m going to hunt Lucian’s bitch ass down.”
“You found him?” I ask.
Kase nods. “The fucker is preparing for something downtown. One of the souls was responsible for delivering a message to us, but the guardians got to him first. Lucian’s being his paranoid self, so...just try not to worry. I have it handled, okay?”
I know better than to question him and just nod my head. “If Cassius confronts you, tie him up for me, okay? I want to handle him.”
Kase grins. “Better be good.”
My heart clenches at the thought of everything I want to do to break that angel, and none of it will be good. “He’s going to learn exactly what it’s like to face my version of Hell.”
