There was a musky smell in the air and I recognised it almost in an instant. My heart started beating faster and I turned around to see where he is. It took me one minute to see the smug experssion on his face while he was rocking some "out of this world hot" suit. Well, I was screwed and in love. He promised me to go to our first-and only- charity event, but to tell the truth it was just an excuse for both of us to dress up.

"You are beautiful,Layla" He took my hand and kissed it. After that he came even closer and whispered in my ear in a low voice "And so hot that I will not keep my hands off you all night"

Well,there went the romance and hello weird feeling in my stomach that I grew so acustomed to.

"You're not so bad yourself" I said looking smug.

"Are you kidding? I rock this suit"

"Keep your ego in check,Roth" I said trying to look serious,but failing miserably

"Hey, I am a demon, don't ask the impossible" he answered rather cheerfuly

Right, the demon part. We should go back 6 years ago, when I turned 17. I lived with the Wardens(which were "the good guys") and I helped them track down demons so they could kill them. One night, I was trying to tag one, he attacked me and one yummy demon came to my rescue. There were times when I believed the demons were bad and obviously, i did not sleep with one,but I got over that. Back to the story, I am half Warden and half Demon(yay to me),or so I believed. My father was a Warden and my mother was Lilith. Yes, the Lilith. I was a the only way my lovely, evil brother could rise-the Lilin. Some things were done, that are now ancient history and even if we really tried to stop it,the Lilin was born. And he was out for blood-and souls. Yeah, he could do that. His goal? To rise our mother. The result? The Apocalipse. I stopped that, don't worry. I killed my brother, which was linked to me, so I died too. Long story short, I was brought back, thanks to the Boss and here I am, in a backless dress going to a charity event, with that yummy demon that saved my life that night.

Meantime, nothing much happened. Actually, it was rather quiet. We traveled a lot, I went to college-I got really bored,so I became a nurse, which was fun, and I was living with Roth, in a beautiful flat in New York. About Roth, he wasn't just a demon. He was the Prince of Hell,still is. Well, he also is the manager of the "Topside Company" which basically is the biggest company in NY now. What is he doing, you don't want to know. Well, he got bored too, you see, 5 years ago The Boss took a vacation and he was now ..somewhere shady, and that meant that Roth had a vacation too. Works for me, dudes.

"Let's go, sexy" Roth shouted from the hallway. "We're gonna be late,well, we are already late, but that's not the point.."

I laughted and looked at myself in the mirror again. My blond hair was cut shorter now and I started using makeup along the way. If I think about it, I almost look nothing as I looked when everything went down. Then I remembered Sam, my friend from highschool that was consumed by the Lilin, I hoped that releasing his soul helped and that everything is better now for him,or his soul..

"Layla,we're gonna be late..Hey,Why are you crying?"Roth asked in a whhisper. He looked concerned, but then again,I use to have my moments when I remembered and he knew that.

"I am ok, just thinking. One of those days.."

He smiled and an understanding look crossed his face "Let's go. You're perfect like that"

I smiled and together, we went out the door. When we almost reached our car,Roth stopped all of the sudden and his eyes turned. He looked like he was someplace else with his mind. Not much scared me these days, I mean, I've seen a lot(Hell included), but concern filled my heart.

"Roth,are you ok?" I asked,but there was no response. "Roth?"

All of the sudden he checked back into reality,but there were shadows on his face. "What's wrong Roth?"

There was a pause and then he answered "The Boss needs me.." Another pause "Actually,He needs us"

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"What? Why?Where?" This was not good. This was bad news.

"In Hollywood. We have to go. Like now"

...

And to Hollywood we went. All those horrible things from the past came back to me. I started fidgeting in the seat of the car. Robin-my familiar (he was a tattoo on my skin that transformed into a real fox whenever i needed him) was antsy as well,moving up and down my back.

"So,we are supposed to meet The Boss in this "Lux" bar and then what?" I asked my voice starting to fade

"Layla,stop it. It could be nothing. Or just an errand." Roth said,but there was something in his voice that didn't soud quite sure

We parked in front of a big building and get out of the car. Before entering the club, Roth took my hand in his and opened the door.

We took some stairs down and a big bar was in front of us, behind it a woman with black hair and a scary attitude. She looked up and then back down resuming whatever she was doing.

"They're here!"

Great, now I am even more nervous. After a few moments a man with obsidian hair and black eyes came to us, with a smug smile on his face and an expensive looking suit. He looked at Roth and at me and then said. "Well, nice to see you again little Layla. And you Astaroth, long time, no see."

Roth nodded and said nothing. When The boss saw that,he said"Well, seeing that you are not in a talkative mood, I will do the talking. I need your services for an undetermined period of time. Someone important escaped from Hell and we need to send her back. I am confident that we will have help, but as you will see, we have some issues and you are needed. If Layla is as determined as I remember, she can help too. You can stay at the other apartament above the club for now. You will meet the rest tomorrow and we'll discuss more then" With that he went down the stairs and to the piano, that was in the middle of the room and started playing.

Confused and not in the mood to get killed for asking questions, I followed Roth up the stairs where the woman from the bar was leading us now.

The music suddenly stopped and the man that I suppose was The Boss,shouted "And for the record. Here I go by Lucifer" and after that, I heard the piano play again.