Chapter 2:

Only a week later Chloe sat on the plane to Salame from there on she would travel by taxi to the little town La Rabra. She looked outside as the plane started to rise into the air. She closed her eyes and imagined that she wasn't sitting in a plane but that she was flying through the sky in the arms of the love of her life, trying to touch clouds with one hand while the other was wrapped around her devil's strong neck. She could almost feel his strong arms holding her in bridal style while his strong bright, white wings made them float free of everything. She opened again and the image faded the moment she felt the wheels of the plane touched the ground, bringing her back into the reality that was her life. Her life without Lucifer.

She didn't have to wait for long to take a cab. The ride would take an hour, a silent hour. She looked outside but didn't really enjoy the views that were passing her. This was the reason why she went alone. On top of her missing Lucifer, she felt guilty towards her daughter. Trixie deserved a mother who was there for her. Not one who was living on autopilot without a smile on her face. Not a mother who was drunk at night and cried herself to Trixie deserved her mother back and that is why she was here. To find herself back.

The cab stopped at a giant Hotel which looked expensive. She could read the Golden Palace in large golden letters. She had read that the hotel was owned by the richest man in town, who ironically owned a nightclub too. why did she have a feeling that this trip wasn't going to be as easy as she thought?

A local woman who worked behind the desk welcomed her to the hotel, the moment she stood at her desk to check herself in, and gave her the key before she ordered a bellboy to show her the room.

"It's alright, I will do it." A voice sounded from out of the office behind the desk. The was broad-shouldered and had dark hair. The three-piece suit he was wearing reminded her a bit at the man she lost.

The woman responded with a friendly, "Yes, sir."

This was something Chloe couldn't use right now. She had come here to not really forget because she could never forget or stop loving Lucifer, she couldn't do that anyway, she came here to pick up the pieces. A man that would accompany her who had a resemblance to her devil was the last thing she needed right now.

"That's not necessary. Thank you." Chloe said politely. She just wanted to take a nap and visit the Hotel's bar in the evening.

"At least let me buy you a drink this evening in the bar. Please, I would like to know why such beauty is traveling alone." The man said with a charming smile though that smile would make a lot of women feel special, Chloe wasn't one of them. She was used to Lucifer using it all the time.

Chloe sighed and thought for a moment, a drink at the bar wouldn't be so bad. Maybe he could help her to learn how to live her life again. If she could have a good time with him without grieving, maybe just maybe she could pick up her life again.

"I suppose that couldn't hurt." Chloe tried to smile but failed miserably.

"I will see you at seven maybe we could have dinner together?" The man asked he was getting more and more attracted by the blond hair and blue-eyed beauty. He didn't know her but he wanted her as the trophy of his wives. She was clearly miserable and lonely. This had to be easy prey. His charms had never failed him.

"I think that's too soon for me." Chloe said while she accepted the key of her hotel room, "Thank you for the offer, now if you don't mind I want to rest for a while."

The man nodded with a tight jaw, he has never been refused like this and he wasn't going to give up that easily. There was something about her that made her irresistible. He would get her for himself if it wasn't freely then it would be the hard way.

"I understand, you had a long journey coming all the way from America. Let me buy you that welcome drink in the bar though. I insist on it." The man smiled charmingly.

Chloe sighed, "Alright what about 9 pm in the hotel bar?"

"I will see you then, darling." The man smiled.

Chloe shook her head and pointed her finger to him, "Don't ever call me darling. There is only one man who is permitted to call me that." She said in a broken voice before following the bellboy to her room.

The room was beautiful, the paper on the wall made her think about the walls in the penthouse which now she knew could have been ancient. The red silk cheats made her think about the times she ended up in Lucifer's bed without the fact that she ever slept with him. The balcony gave a beautiful view of the property. The different swimming pools and a small set of trees surrounding it. Chloe sighed and looked at the sky she never prayed because she never believed in God, angels, demons or the devil but that changed since the moment she saw Lucifer's scarred face.

Tears running over her face, she never thought about actually talking to Lucifer's father since he had to leave but she couldn't resist any longer.

"Why did You do this to me? to us? If I was put in his path only to separate us again? Didn't you hurt your son enough? Isn't he punished enough that you needed to take him away after I finally found the courage to love him? Don't I deserve some love and I am not talking about that pathetic excuse for a hotel owner that just tried to seduce me. I don't want a mortal copy of Your son. I want the real deal. I want my devil back. I want Your son and nobody else." Chloe almost yelled with tears in her eyes.

Yelling at God had taken a lot out of her. She laid herself underneath the silk covers. She drifted to sleep the moment her head hit the pillows. She was dreaming that she was sitting on a cloud.

"How did I get here?" She asked while looking around.

"I brought you here." Sounded a male voice. She looked to her side and saw a perfect mirror of her devil the only difference was the fact that this angel had blond hair. His voice was friendly but he looked like a warrior.

"Who… who are you?" Chloe asked shocked. He was one of Lucifer's siblings so much was clear.

"I will tell you if you promise to hear me out." The blonde angel answered.

Chloe nodded silently but one question was one her mind more than who the angel was, "Am I dead?"

The angel shook his head, "No, don't worry. I am someone who brought Samael or Lucifer as you know him to his fall but I want to help him and by that you, in the hope that someday he would forgive me."

"You… you made him fall? That means that you must be... Michael?" Chloe asked with a tightened jaw. Lucifer hadn't told much about his fall but she knew from what he had told her that he had caused it and that he hated him for it. Even more than his other siblings.

"Yes, I am the archangel, Michael. I have watched both you and Lucifer and I can't help it to feel guilty about my actions back in the day. I made the wrong decision and betrayed my brother. I want to help you both be happy again. I will do what I can to bring him back to you. I can tell you this though, there is a way to be with him forever and become immortal yourself. That is to marry him. That's a secret among angels and can't be told but you both deserve to know. Think closely though because although I will try talk father into redeeming him for as long as that didn't happen you will be the queen of Hell."

"I would love to spend an eternity with him but for that to happen he needs to come back to me long enough to get him to marry me." Chloe snapped.

Michael sighed, "I know and I will do my best please hold on for a bit longer."

Chloe nodded in agreement, "If you succeed maybe just maybe I can talk to him, maybe for you both to talk to each other that way you can tell him everything yourself."

"I don't think that would ever happen." Michael sighed.

"Don't underestimate my influence on your brother, Michael. You grew up and so did he. Give me some time." Chloe smiled, "It's the least I can do if you will be able to bring him home to me."

"That gives me an idea. There is an angel waiting for punishment. Normally his wings would get clipped but I think I can persuade Father to let him rule Hell under the command of Sam. That would mean that Sam could live his life with you and still rule over Hell as long as I can't convince our Father to lift the ban." Michael smiled, "I can't promise you more than that I will do my best."

"I understand, thank you, Michael." Chloe smiled before waking up again. For the first time in weeks, she had hope again and if Michael could find her here. She was sure that this dream really happened, that he really would try to bring the love of her life back.

She looked at the clock it was almost time for her drink with the hotel owner. This dream gave her the strength to keep him at a distance. She put on casual clothes, that way she didn't give him wrong signals.

The man was already waiting for her, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I don't think I introduced myself, I am Ramzi Al-Hoda." He said kissing her knuckles. Thinking it would charm her but she was used to devil charms.

"My name is Chloe Decker, but you knew that already from the books I suppose," Chloe said friendly but without any flirting. She would wait for her devil to the end of her days.

The evening was nice and polite for Chloe while Ramzi was more and more sure that he wanted her in his harem. The one difficulty was that he needed to break her first. she wasn't going to marry him freely that much was sure. She couldn't shut up about her partner with Lucifer. That name wasn't really known by him. He knew little things about the religion in America but he would never think that she really meant that she was in love with the devil.

It was around midnight when Chloe choose to end the evening and go back to her room. Not noticing that Ramzi nodded slightly to another man in the darkest corner of the bar. The mysterious man followed her with a second key to her room in his hands. He waited long enough to be sure that the drug Ramzi put in her last drink would take his effect before he entered the room. The drug would work for a few hours before she would start to wake up again. By then she needed to be at Ramzi's property.

Not knowing that he was watching from above the clouds by an angel and his Father, "What have we done." The older man said in shock.

"You see we don't have much time father in three days she will be forced to marry the sheik. We need to convince Lucifer to save her." Michael said

"You are right Michael and your punishment could help us with this but succeed I need to do this myself," God said with a sigh.

TBC in Chapter 3