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Moving at a fast clip, we stride into the office without much fanfare.
Only Lucifer and Simon are here so far.
“Where’s the rest of the family?” I ask quickly before either of them has time to take the offensive.
“They’re on their way,” Simon snaps at me, and I watch as his lips flatten into a tight line of anger.
“Excellent,” I say with what I hope is a jaunty grin. “Would you rather me do the introductions now or save them for when everyone is here?”
Simon’s frown only deepens as he stares hard at my still uncovered chest, the blood dried and flaky in spots.
“I think we can wait just a few moments,” Lucifer says with a twitch at the corner of his lips.
He’s enjoying this little performance of mine and he knows it’s about to get worse.
“Abel.” I look at my son’s cute little chubby cheeks then turn towards Simon. “This is Uncle Simon, he loves little children.”
Grinning at the aghast look that springs up on Simon’s face, I slowly walk towards him and gently push my son into his arms.
Simon looks murderous as Abel giggles and his little hands reach out, latching onto the lapels of his coat.
“Jude,” Eden all but growls at me as she sees me handing our son to a strange man.
Looking back at her, I give her a very small smile. This was part of our agreement when we drove here. She knows we’re already on the razor’s edge. She needs to follow my lead on this or we could easily fall off.
“Jude,” Andrew’s deep booming voice comes from across the office as he makes his way into the room.
Gabriel and Thaddeus both enter after him, each nodding their heads at me before finding seats or leaning against desks and tables.
To say Lucifer’s office is large would be an understatement. It’s nearly doubled in size since he took it over from his father. Which is a good thing considering how many people as of late he must fit inside it.
Gabriel is the first to go over to Abel and Simon. His monstrous size belies the gentleness he has near children.
“Looks like Abel’s found his favorite uncle already,” Gabriel says with a loud chuckle and rubs Abel’s head.
“I’d rather fucking stab my eye out with an infected needle,” Simon snaps at Gabriel.
Simon stands up from his desk and Eden looks like she wants to intervene, but I grip her hand tighter.
Not yet,I will for her to understand.
“It’s drooling,” Simon sneers at us before walking Abel to the closest person he can.
Which happens to be none other than Lucifer.
Pushing Abel into Lucifer’s arms, Simon shudders before turning to stare daggers at me.
“You have a bit of drool on your lapel,” I say with a wink before turning to watch Lucifer hold Abel at arm’s length.
Staring at the cooing baby, Lucifer eyes Abel for a very long moment.
Is he calculating the outcomes of his next words?
Is he trying to see into Abel’s future?
Either is possible.
It’s also possible he’ll decide to kill me, Eden, and put Abel in an orphanage.
