chapter 10:

"We will do everything in our power to punish the one who did this to Elena." Lucifer said he was determined to find this man, "He won't get away with this."

"Thank you." The woman sobbed between her tears.

"If there is anything you can think of that can help us, here is my card with my number," Chloe said in a soft tone of voice.

" Our condolences, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson," Chloe said before they left the house.

Chloe sighed when the moment she had taken her seat behind the wheel again.

"Are you alright, love?" Lucifer asked a bit worriedly.

Chloe sighed, "I want to catch this guy, Luce. I want to stop this guy. I just don't know where to look. We have no lead whatsoever. Maybe her friends know something her parents didn't."

They had questioned both of her best friends but they were no step further than they were before. The two girls didn't know what had happened. There was nothing out of the ordinary for as far they knew and they knew everything about the victim.

That night Chloe came home to the penthouse above Lux around 8 pm at night. Lucifer had stayed down at the club, it was the time of the month to do pay his staff, plus he had a set to play this evening.

The sitter had already made sure that Trixie had her dinner an hour ago.

They were watching the movie Frozen on Netflix when she entered the house. Chloe watched her daughter for a minute, cherishing the moment and thanking Lucifer's dad that her daughter was still with her.

She knew that she had to say goodbye one day now that she would live forever with her handsome devil by her side. She was the queen of Hell now.

"Hi, monkey." Chloe smiled happily.

"Mommy, Lindsay and I had pizza for dinner. We have some pizza left for you." Trixie smiled happily before jumping up and running towards her.

She hugged her mom like she always did when she came home but this time Chloe hugged her back more tightly. She had talked to Lucifer and he had given her permission to tell Trixie about him.

"What's wrong mommy? Didn't you catch the bad guy today?" Trixie asked, sensing that something was different tonight.

"I need to talk to you, monkey but I am going to pay Lindsay first okay." Chloe smiled trying to hide how this case made her feel. It was like Lucifer once said, every case broke her heart even if she didn't want to admit it but there was nothing worse than searching for a person who murdered children.

The detective paid the sitter quickly for the hours of today. She usually had time to come the moment that Maze had a bounty to hunt. She had a lot of support from her demon friend and her daughter adored her. Lucifer made sure she had the best sitter that she could have when Maze wasn't able to spend time with Trixie while her parents and Lucifer were working.

Chloe took a seat on the couch, "come sit next to me for a moment, monkey."

"What do you want to talk about, mommy?" Trixie asked in a curious tone of voice.

"You like Lucifer and Maze, right, Monkey?" Chloe asked carefully.

Trixie nodded, "Yes, mommy. They are funny. Plus look how nice we now live since you and Lucifer are together."

"You do know that whatever I say that they will never hurt you or mommy right?" Chloe continued she had no clue how she was going to explain to a thirteen-year-old who wasn't raised like a catholic at one side of the family or overly catholic if you looked at Dan's side of the family.

"I know mommy that mommy but why are you asking all of this?" Trixie was a bit confused, of course, she knew that they wouldn't hurt her.

"Well, honey you see Lucifer and Maze aren't like you and I. They are much much stronger." Chloe started but was interrupted by her daughter.

"I know that already mommy, Lucifer is the devil and Maze is a demon."

Trixie's mom was shocked when she heard her daughter say this like it was the most normal thing in the world, "You know already?"

"Of course, Lucifer told me when we met and he never ever lies, mom. Maze even showed her face while trick or treating at Halloween last year, it was so cool. Grandma told me bad stories about Lucifer but I know they aren't true, Lucifer isn't a monster." Trixie said which shocked her mom even more. Her daughter accepted Lucifer and Maze without a problem, even after seeing Maze her face.

"Why do you want to talk about it, mommy? Did you and Lucifer have a fight?"

Chloe shook her head, she was doing her best to hold her tears at bay.

"Monkey, listen carefully. Mommy and Lucifer are looking for a bad guy who hurts little girls like you. I want you to know what you need to do if you can't call me or daddy when you are in danger. There is a way how you can ask Lucifer for help without someone knowing what you are doing, you need to promise me only to use it in emergencies okay?" Chloe explained.

Trixie nodded while listening closely to what her mom was about to say.

"You do know from your grandma what praying is right?" Chloe asked

"Yes, that is talking to God. Why? I can also pray to Lucifer?" Trixie listened carefully but her smile betrayed the fact that she found this amusing.

"Yes, monkey, I asked Lucifer and he will let your prayers come through but they are only for when you are in danger you need to promise me that first, you also need to promise me never to call him with the name I am about to reveal to you. That name has too many bad memories and it will make him sad." Chloe said carefully. She was grateful that Lucifer wanted to do this for her. He really was their guardian devil.

"You mean Lucifer is not his real name?" Trixie asked, confused now. She always thought that it really was his name.

"For him, that name really is his name, monkey. He changed his name because he and his daddy were angry at each other for a very very long time. So promise me only to use that name only for prayers." Chloe tried to explain. She too was shocked when she heard that Lucifer was a name he had only given himself.

"I promise mommy. What was his name before he got angry with his dad?" Chloe always knew her little girl was special but she didn't know she was this special. She accepted everything she said.

"If you are in danger you call the name Samael inside your head and ask him for help. He will come to you immediately. He promised me that. He said it works like a GPS so he will always find you wherever you are.

"Does Lucifer really have horns and a tail? How come that he doesn't look like the drawings grandma showed me?" Trixie's grandma always tried to make her granddaughter a believer in God. The problem was that Trixie knew well enough that Lucifer wasn't as evil as grandma Espinoza claimed. That made her angry, her grandma never met Lucifer so she couldn't know.

"Like Maze, Lucifer has another face he can hide and that he uses to punish bad people. So when Lucifer asks you to close your eyes you have to listen to him okay?" Chloe tried to explain it without revealing too much, "He has no horns and no tail, monkey."

"Too bad, he would look good with them. You could use them to do fun adult stuff." Trixie grinned.

"Come on it's time for little weasels to go to bed, I will be there soon to read you a bedtime story." Chloe giggled while she tickled her daughter.

Two hours later Chloe was watching her sleeping daughter, not knowing that there stood a truck at the other side of the street, watching her precious monkey's every move. Soon she would find out that Hell could also be a place on earth.

She smiled before going to the penthouse's luxury bathroom. Lucifer was needed down at Lux tonight so she would take a long hot bath and would go to the room she shared with her devilish boyfriend.

She didn't need much sleep now since she was the queen of Hell but she enjoyed the feeling of the silk sheets on her body while reading one of the books she didn't pack yet until sleep caught up with her. She didn't even notice Lucifer taking his side of the bed and wrapping his arm around her a few hours later.

TBC