It messed with Lucifer's head how much he wanted Elizabeth, but not as much as the realization of what he truly wanted from her. He had charged headlong into this without really thinking about what it might really mean and how it might be different for him than it was for Azazeal. Azazeal had had the luxury of not really knowing what was happening to him or how much he would end up caring for Cassie, while Lucifer had just come to understand what he was looking for and now knew exactly what was necessary from him to get what he really wanted. The thought both terrified and excited him. She could do it, he thought, but he just could not put himself in that position if she wasn't going to accept her part in this.

He'd finally decided that taking her to Cassie to have her fill in the missing piece was the best course of action, so he convinced her to come with him to England to meet them.

Elizabeth was actually quite irritated with Lucifer this morning. Last night he would not let her alone and he had finally crossed the line in tempting her to sleep with him. She'd know all along that he could have her if he wanted, he had that kind of power, but he'd been very careful not to use it on her until now. The fact that she'd enjoyed his body so much and the easy way he teased out such intense pleasure only made it worse. He was unapologetic but seemed to know that what he'd done might have dire consequences because he watched her carefully as she got ready to go meet Cassie and Azazeal. He was wrongly encouraged by the fact that she was still going to meet them because she was now hoping what ever she found out from Cassie would give her a way to get out of this.

When Elizabeth entered the church was first met my Azazael himself who relatively politely asked her what she was doing there.

"My name is Elizabeth and Lucifer sent me here to see Cassie."

"Welcome, Elizabeth," and then after a strange pause, " and Selith."

"Ah, yes, he apparently feels that he should be properly addressed when meeting other angels," Elizabeth explained and Azazeal nodded with a smile.

"Cassie is in her room, I'll take you to her."

"Thank you and Lucifer is outside. He said he's not supposed to see Cassie so he's waiting for you."

"Lucifer told me that you have the last piece of information that I need to figure this whole thing out. He's told me about his fall, Azazeal's fall, you, Malachi, the End of Days (sorry about what he did to Azazeal, by the way), and how you are working with the fallen angels, but he can't or won't tell me what he wants from me."

"Yes, it seems to be a problem that they all share," Cassie said, remembering how cryptic Azazeal was when she first met him.

"I am glad to see that he told the truth about you and you Azazeal, but I still don't trust him."

Cassie smiled knowingly, "Let me tell you what I know. Lucifer told me that our relationship, well it's more that that but, anyway, Azazeal's and my love for each other mirror the divine experience for him and allow him to be happy enough to be content here. And, sometimes, when we make love he experiences a state of being in love that feels to him almost like being in the divine presence. Azazeal showed this to me so that I could explain it to you for them."

"Hm," Elizabeth said thinking, "that makes some sense…but it's not him."

"What?" Cassie waited as Elizabeth thought this over.

"Ah!" A light bulb went on in Elizabeth's head and she smiled to herself calculatingly and appeared to be amused by what she had discovered. Her eyes dropped closed for a split second and a few seconds later Lucifer appeared in front of them looking intently at Elizabeth.

"I believe you and Cassie know each other," Elizabeth said. Lucifer turned his head and smiled at Cassie. He seemed different to Cassie, but she could quite put her finger on how.

"Cassie, would you be kind enough to ask Azazeal to come in here?" Elizabeth asked, clearly knowing what a problem it would create.

"But…"

"Please?"

Azazeal was irritated when Lucifer disappeared mid-conversation, but then he heard Cassie call to him, so he walked into the other room.

"What the hell do you think your doing?" he yelled upon seeing Lucifer precisely were he didn't want him, in the same room with a very pregnant Cassie.

Lucifer just smiled at him and took a step forward in challenge, which infuriated Azazeal even further.

"You will pay for breaking your promise," Azazeal spat.

Then Elizabeth broke the tension between them saying, "Fine! Take him," to Azazeal, which he assumed meant the she was annoyed at them for interrupting and wanted them to leave. Lucifer gave her with a questioning look, which she returned with a steady gaze, but he did not say anything. Azazeal reached out and took his arm and they vanished.

"What's going on?" Cassie asked when they had left.

"Let me explain, if I can, it's really quite…What you have to understand about Lucifer is that everything about him more extreme than Azazeal. He is more powerful and what his purpose was, is beyond our comprehension. He wants weld his power but never wanted to be in charge and he wants love but not as much as he wants attention. In the past few weeks that I've been with him, all he's done, besides trying to sleep with me, is ask me to give him something to do and make sure I was paying attention to him. I thought that he was just trying to win me over so he could get what he really wants but I think that was it. He wants to have at least some control in his life, someone whose watching and who he answers to, even if he's put them there himself."

"How do you know this?"

"Because he's been trying to tell me for days."

"Okay and why did you set up the confrontation between them?"

"Well, depending on what Azazeal does, I've put Lucifer a position where he can confirm my theory if he chooses."

To see if he could pick a fight, Azazeal took Lucifer to the place in the abyss where the post to which he had been tied to still stood. Lucifer took a look around, smiling.

"You remember this place don't you?" he said to Lucifer, turning back to look at him. To his surprise Lucifer was just slipping off his coat and then began to undo his shirt buttons as he gave Azazeal a defiant look. Azazeal moved closer and when Lucifer was done taking off his shirt, he walked over to the post as Azazeal followed him and wrapped his arms around it. After only a few moments of confused hesitation, Azazeal used the ties that were still attached to the post to secure Lucifer firmly to the post. He walked back and conveniently found the lash that he needed innocently lying on the ground. He reached down, picked it up, and began to take his revenge on Lucifer.

Azazeal took no small amount of satisfaction in the fact that Lucifer was soon crying out in pain, but to his credit he was not trying to escape. Azazeal finally got bored and stopped and went over to his victim to gloat.

"How was that?" he said smugly and waited for Lucifer to respond.

"Do you want to know the difference between you and I?" he said as he managed a naughty grin even though he was still in pain. "Right now, I am as hard as a rock for her, because this…was what she wanted." And he laughed a little to himself at his strange predicament.

"And will she reward you?" Azazeal asked, trying to figure him out.

"It doesn't matter," he replied and closed his eyes.

Azazeal did not know what to think so he went back to Elizabeth and Cassie.

"I think you should come and get him," he told her.

Her concerned but not surprised reaction seemed to confirm what Lucifer had said. After a glance at Cassie, she stood and let Azazeal take her to him.

When she saw him, sadness showed on her face and she quickly went to him, but did not untie him. Instead she put her hand to his face and lifted his head to kiss him on the mouth. Then she just looked at him for a minute before kissing him again and allowing her other hand to slide down from where it had been on his shoulder along his chest and down between his legs. As she had suspected he was excited and as she felt him through the fabric of his pants, he shuddered. She undid his pants and as soon as she touched his bare skin, he took a sharp intake of breath and tensed, almost jerking away, but as soon as he relaxed she took hold of him and began to stroke him. He moaned only once before losing control and coming in her hand like a young boy. His breath remained heavy for a few minutes. Azazeal had already left them.

Finally, Elizabeth shook her head and said, "You know I didn't really think you'd do it."

"I know…but it was the only real thing you've ever asked of me."

She wanted to say that she was sorry but, as she had predicted, she knew that he actually felt a twisted since of satisfaction to have done something, anything, that touched her. And now she could not ignore him.

"So, are you going to untie me or what?"

"I'm still considering it," she replied with a smirk, but started to work at the knots.

Once Elizabeth accepted her role and allowed him to come to her bed, he fell completely in love with her and soon Lucifer fully realized, to his delight, what a sick, sick man he was. She didn't try to control everything and he didn't always listen, but when he paid for his mistakes, it was almost as fun as when he'd done what she wanted. He found that wanted to belong to her in ways that were completely inappropriate not to mention entirely undignified. And that was before he felt what it was like to tremble before her in angelic ecstasy that he hadn't felt for centuries. But they found a balance and she kept him from making too much mischief.