Marks?

"Satanic marks?" Chloe stared at her ex husband. "Really?" Dan nodded.

"Nothing to do with me." Lucifer raised a hand as Chloe shook her head slightly. The man in front of her was unlike anyone she had met before. "Shall we?" He ushered her out of the club as Dan led the way. All three were oblivious to Lucifer's family watching.

"He hasn't told her." Maze shook her head. "You made him believe he is a human being and now he is going with those two. To a murder scene! He won't be safe. He'll believe he's vulnerable."

"He is when Chloe is around." Jesus frowned. "That's what love does - makes you vulnerable."

"Oh Brother, Brother." Amenadiel shook his head as they watched the Detectives and their brother walked towards the bar at the end of the block. "Dad, you know what he's like. He won't believe you. He's gonna try something to get hurt or worse and then he actually won't be. This is twisted! Incredibly twisted."

"I'm not going to stand here and watch." Maze marched across the road as the angels slowly vanished.

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"This is the victim." The forensic science officer looked up. Her dark hair fell on her face.

"Ms Lopez." Lucifer frowned as she got to her feet. "Satanic marks? What made Detective Douche here tell us this poor girl had Satanic marks on her?"

"Because she does." Ella looked from Chloe to Lucifer. "This, according to the driver licence found in her purse was Angelina Smith. 25."

"Oh. My God." Chloe crouched down. "She's. That's."

"The hooker arrested for narcotic offences last week. Released on bail." Dan stated as Chloe covered her mouth with one hand.

"This is evil."

"What?"

"Lucifer look." Chloe pointed to the marks on the inside of the girl's wrist.

"Yeah." Ella spoke calmly. "Distal aspect left forearm. Oriental tattoo - like the ones that were fashionable back in the late 1990s. And."

"The sign for evil. Ancient symbol for the Antichrist." Lucifer completed. "Along with the sign for the witch. That is not a sign of evil. Not all witches are. It's just propaganda from the sexist, pathetic little men in Salem that was picked up by Hollywood movie moguls."

"Ok. So you what? Think this was Glenda the Good Witch?" Maze spoke as all eyes fell on her. "What?"

"No. I just don't buy into the stereotype. Not all witches are evil. Wicca is a growing religion. Maze? Why are you here?" Lucifer glared.

"You need help. And that girl needs justice. And I was bored." She shrugged. Dan smirked. Lucifer wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. "What?"

"I need help? Maziel really?"

"Yes, really. Or should I go run and get daddy for you?"

Lucifer's eyes flashed a dangerous red as Maze held his gaze. She could not be scared of him. Demon Blood had run through her veins but she'd always thought of him as an annoying brother. Knowing what God had told him she wanted to protect him. Chloe watched the whole exchange wondering what she had missed.

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The night air bit through her as she walked out of the club. Forensic experts were combing the bar as Dan and other uniformed officers talked to potential witnesses as Lucifer joined her.

"Detective."

"Yeah?"

"Maze has no right to.."

"Use your father against you." Chloe turned to him, clearly frustrated and upset on his behalf. "I don't know why she would do that. It's cruel."

Lucifer's shoulders dropped. He didn't want her pity. He wanted her to see him. The real him and not run away. "Well, we go way back."

"Not the point."

"The dead girl? Angelina. She wasn't evil. Those marks. They are put on as protection from evil. And Ms Lopez thinks they were applied before she was found but after her demise." He explained. Chloe looked up at the stars for a moment.

"Someone thought they were protecting her? After she died?" Skeptically she turned to him.

"Yes. Well? Why not Detective? There are people in this world that would walk through Hell for the person they love. Why is marking the corpse with protective inscriptions so hopefully the dead person doesn't go to Hell so different?"

Chloe shook her head. "Because they didn't call police or paramedics. They left her. Sorta screams guilt to me." She pushed her hair back from her face as he watched her. "Didn't you have something to tell me? Before Dan arrived?"

Lucifer nodded, knowing the moment had gone. Maybe lost forever. "Another time."

"Lucifer."

"As I said, I have never lied to you and I never shall. Now, when the time is right I'll tell you my whole life story if it pleases you. But don't we have a killer to catch first?"

Chloe watched him walk away. She loved him; she didn't care about his back story. He was a good man, the only thing seemed to be that he didn't see that. She started to follow him, wondering how she could change that.

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