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“Everything will be okay, Lily. I promise. It’s all going to work out,” he whispered, as he stroked my hair.
I closed my eyes as I took comfort in his embrace, soaking up his warmth as I let my worries fade away for a moment.
Because when he said it, I actually believed him.
* * *
“How do you think this angel will get us into Heaven? Jophiel thinks he could ward us, but surely they’d sense demonics there,” Bug mused as we all sat on my bed.
Chum had pulled me into his lap, his strong arms wrapped around me as we wondered on what was going to happen now.
“You think it’s rips like with Hell?” Chum wondered out loud.
“No idea, maybe. Jophiel said he was considered fallen now. Guess that means they lose access to Heaven. Wonder if it does anything else, being fallen,” Bug wondered.
“I read that fallen angels, once cast out, actually lose their link to Heaven completely. So their very grace is altered,” Jack shared as he sprawled back on the bed.
“How are you doing, Lily?” Creeper asked softly from where he sat on the edge of the bed. He’d been watching me silently since we’d come in here.
“I’m fine,” I lied as he rested a hand on my knee.
“Don’t lie to us, please,” Chum rumbled as he kissed my neck sweetly. “We know when you’re lying.”
“How can I not be a bit on edge after everything? I nearly got sacrificed, I watched my dad die, I killed two Princes,” I mumbled as I closed my eyes. I didn’t want to cry about it again, that would not solve my problems. But I’d wanted a chance to get to know my dad more. To learn more from him about my mother too.
“It’s a lot to handle, and we know that, love,” Jack said with a sigh. “Don’t try to bottle it up.”
“Crying and getting upset won’t change any of it,” I muttered as my throat tightened.
“But it helps you grieve,” Bug said tenderly, and I caught his sweet dark eyes as my own blurred with tears.
“Why did this all happen to me? Why was I born different?” I sobbed, and Chum tightened his arms around me as he kissed the side of my head.
I couldn’t stop the tears from streaking down my cheeks, and my hellhounds all huddled around me as I wept.
“Because you’re strong enough to live this life, Lily. You can make your parents proud, save the world, prove everyone wrong, we believe in you,” Jack said firmly, and I only cried harder at the belief and faith in his voice.
“Maybe I don’t want to be the strong one, maybe I don’t want to be the special, chosen person,” I gasped out as I turned to nuzzle into Chum, as if I could escape it all by hiding in his arms.
“I’m sorry,” Creeper said as he touched my arm gingerly. “If I could change it, I would.”
“We all would,” Jack added.
I cried for a few more moments before I pulled my big girl panties up. I was right. Crying was going to get me nowhere. I’d survived Princes of Hell, I could survive this too.
“If I wasn’t special, I never would’ve met you guys, and I wouldn’t change that for the world,” I sniffled as I pried my snotty face away from Chum’s chest.
“We’re glad you’re you,” Bug said softly. “You’re perfect just as you are. I’m sorry it’s been so tough, and it’ll only get tougher, but we’ll get through it together.”
I smiled softly at him before glancing around at my four amazing men.
I wasn’t alone in this. We’d get through it. We’d survived everything else, surely we could do this too.
“Thank you, for everything.”
