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Prologue: Moving Forward
"So you're saving her?" Linda asked Lucifer.
"Well, yes. My Father took away her ability to choose me of her own will. She will always be... drawn to me. I imagine in case dear old Dad needs to see to my forced return to Hell." Lucifer sighed as he leaned back into the office couch. "It's like He's trying to set me up... It's rather disconcerting the more I think about it."
"Have you considered trying to talk to her about... it?"
"It? Which it Doctor?"
Linda awkwardly shrugged, "All of it."
Lucifer's retort fell short as his phone went off. "Well, well, well. The detective calls." And before Linda could say another word, the whirlwind that was Lucifer had left.
Crime in L.A. was always gruesome. Beginning investigations with no leads were rarely of any real interest to him. The complete lack of any real information on the murder had him back in his car while Ella distracted everyone with another colorful rendition of how the murder happened. While Lucifer was convinced that romantic entanglement with the detective would be a horrible idea, he still considered her among the few he could trust. Despite her resistance to his truth. A much better idea, at the moment, was a drink and time spent relaxing in Lux. It had been some time since the king of the castle, so to speak, had graced his hall. If anything fun came up, the detective would call him.
Slowly, with Lucifer's efforts to appear suddenly disinterested and emphasizing friend every chance he had, Chloe moved forward. After a few months, a new transfer to the department worked up the courage to ask her on a date. Even Lucifer could see how disgustingly natural the two were together. Yes, he had intended for her to move on and properly choose someone for herself, but the jealously of it was enough to drive him mad. While he was always ready to help his friend on any of her cases, his time was mostly spent in Lux. Especially since Maze was off people-hunting. Someone had to actually run Lux, and he had yet to find someone to hire to replace her. Honestly at this point he was considering just offering her pay to work at least part time and take care of all the damnable paperwork. Humans and their need to write everything down.
Once Maze had returned to town, their deal was struck and Maze would once again command Lux, when she wasn't enjoying her hunts, for a hefty salary. The minx had become a better negotiator in her time away from him in the human world. After their last drag out fight, he refrained from reminding her that she was supposed to serve him by creation and design. Linda would be proud of him; he could indeed choose his battles.