In honor of Lucifer's 2 year anniversary, here is the latest chapter !
Kidding, just a lucky timing :D.
Enjoy

CHAPTER 3

The Devil reached his place in less than half the time he usually does. After all, he was Satan, and Satan did not stop at red lights, or adhere to speed limits, especially when a rogue demon was waiting for him. To be honest, Lucifer had never been the violent type, but he was willing to give it a try for this case. Lower demons were a pain in the arse and Astaroth could turn out to be very dangerous. For now, Chloe was safe, and this was the most important part. Amaymon might not have been the best demon, but he was loyal, and most importantly, scared into loyalty by yours truly.

He doesn't even bother to park his car. Instead, he simply stops in front of the main entrance of his club, a valet immediately rushing to his car to take his keys. The Devil looks at the line waiting to enter his club and each time the door opens, he can hear Lux is once again packed up with LA best party-goers. He avoids the main entrance, in no mood at all to deal with the Brittanies, or Brads desperately looking for him tonight. As he steps into his private elevator, he hears the muffled music and chatter of the people inside. "Good." He says. "The louder the club is, the less likely the demon's screams are to be heard." He finishes in his head.

He taps his foot on the floor as the elevator goes up. Finally the doors open and his lips curve into a dark smile. He can hear a stiffened cry.

"Mazikeen!" The cry stops. His voice is half-joking, half-scolding her. "Tsk! Tsk!" He laughs. "You bad girl. Did you start the fun without me?"

With that sentence, Lucifer fully embraces his devil personna, entering his new role fully, leaving human Lucifer at the door. Although he knows all this is an act, it still feels good to let go for a while. Being in control of his inner Devil can be challenging from time to time, especially around humanity. In all his eons of being the Devil, he never found any other race capable of so many sins at once. Throw in the self-control and patience he has to keep around the Detective constantly teasing him with her looks, the way she stares at him, and more recently her kiss, and the feel of her body. He growls. This demon is going to be his way of getting rid of all this pent-up frustration that has been piling up over the last few months.

"I wouldn't dare." Maze answers, bringing him back to the present, her tone matching his.

For an instant she even wonders if Lucifer is really here, or if he's definitely gone back to Good Old Lucifer when they arrived here 5 years ago. She looks at him, and to the untrained eyes, he looks every bit like her former master, Fallen Angel and former favorite son, as well as the first torturer of Hell and ruthless master of a kingdom he never wished for. She bows down and puts one knee on the floor, fully embracing his game.

"I just got him ready for you, My King."

Although he knows Maze came up with the idea of this little pretend, he's still surprised to hear her address him as King. It had been ages since she showed that much blatant respect for his title, but her eyes don't lie, and he sees she still has that fire in her. Their original plan was to pretend to be his former self, but the more he walks towards the demon, the more his inner beast takes over. He finally sees the position the demon's in. He hangs from his feet, over his hot tub, the water already bubbling up, the tip of his hair barely touching the surface of the water underneath. In order to stop his screams, Maze gagged him with some toy she found in his one of his drawers.

"I knew this hook would be of some use when I bought it, although I imagined other uses for it." He effortlessly brings one of his huge leather armchairs in front of the demon's face. "And I have to say, Maze, torture by drowning." He adds, sitting on his makeshift throne. "I wholy approve." He casually grabs a glass and a bottle of scotch from the tub bar. He lifts the glass to his lips. "How rude of me." He tells the poor soul hanging upside down. "Want one?" The only reply the demon can give is a muffled sound. He looks at Maze, smirking, then back at him. "I can't understand a word you're saying."

He smiles at the perp, flashing his eyes to him. He sees the fear slowly settling into his eyes. The helpless creature tries to wiggle from his hook, trying to put some distance between him and the Lord of Hell.

"I think your limited intellect still allowed you to understand that I am not as weak as Astaroth made me out to be." The demon tries to nod, but his position makes it quite difficult. "I believe you now regret leaving the warmth of Hell to run after a foolish dream, now don't you?" Another sorta-nod. "Good." He says. "Now that we got this little point cleared up as to who I am and how much I can hurt you, I have one question for you." The demon's eyes grow wide. "Who are you and where can I find your treacherous master?"

The demon tried to speak, but no sound came out of his mouth. Lucifer puts his glass on the table near his armchair. He turns to Maze. For a brief instant, she almost believes Lucifer isn't playing his role anymore, and this worries her. She puts the thought at the back of her mind and smiles, "Can you please ungag the poor soul, Maze."

"But he was louder than a baby screaming after you kicked his puppy."

"Well, I'm sure he'll be a good boy now." He looks at the demon. "Won't you?"

"Hmmm, hmmm."

Maze takes his gag off. Lucifer stands up and pushes the dark-haired demon just a bit. He swings ever so slowly. Then the Lord of Hell sits back, crossing his legs.

"So, vile creature." He asks, after a full minute of silence. "Although I should be the one you're bowing down to, I know you sold your soul to your new master Astaroth."

"Yes." The demon answers.

Maze comes behind the demon, brings him to her and slaps him hard. "Don't talk back to your Master, unless you're requested to do so."

"Mazikeen, calm down." He takes a sip. "But she's right. Speak to me without my permission again, and you'll get more than a slap." Lucifer doesn't give him time to acknowledge his answer. "From what I gathered lately, it seems your so called "master" has been eyeing my throne for a bit now. And he planned some sort of coup. And that's where you come in." He stops. "Am I right so far?"

When the demon doesn't answer, Maze slaps him again. "Answer him!"

"Yes."

"Very well." He finishes his drink. "So let me ask you again. Who are you, and what is Astaroth's plan for this plane? I also want to know what's the name of the body you stole."

"Merihim." He looks away. "But I don't know the name of the human body I borrowed."

"Maze, can you check his pockets?" Within 30 seconds, Maze throws her former boss a leather wallet. He catches it mid-flight, and opens it. "Apparently, your name is Keith Jones." He chuckles, going back to this time he said men named Keith were not to be trusted. He comes closer to the escapee of Hell. "So, Keith, what have you been doing here in LA since your arrival. I'm pretty sure Astaroth didn't send the Prince of Pestilence just for the fun of it."

"I haven't done anything."

"Is that your final word?"

He nods. Lucifer looks at Maze and all of a sudden the head of the demon drops in the water in a loud chain noise. After a minute, she brings him back up. Merihim takes a huge breath in.

"Maybe Astaroth didn't tell you about this, but when you took over this human envelope, you also inherited its weaknesses. Amongst those, you have breathing, and pain. You see, not breathing cuts the flow of oxygen and blood to your brain. This absence of air and blood sends the message to your brain to go in an emergency mode. Your brain believes you're not awake, and so it decides to switch on the nerve endings of your system on to wake you up. And this translates in an awful lot of pain. So, Keith, what's your mission?"

"I don't know anything."

"Don't you now!" He laughs "Maze, please drop him."

Maze pulls the lever down and the demon finishes head first in the water again. This time she keeps him under the water for a longer time, until bubbles come up. Lucifer moves his head up. Reluctantly Maze lifts him up out of the water. Lucifer grabs his tied up hand and pulls on them, breaking the ties at his feet. Merihim slumps down in the tub. And if it wasn't for the Devil's grip, he'd have hit the bottom of the jacuzzi. He pulls him out of the water and pins him against the nearest wall. The shock brings Merihim back to life.

"You see." His tone is icy. "Living amongst humans for 5 years has taught me a few tricks, especially what their limits are. And you can take my word for it when I tell you I can either keep you on the brink of orgasm, or if necessary, on the edge of death for a very long time, before you actually pass the threshold." His eyes turn dark as night, before flaming up. His voice is barely above a whisper, but echoes through the penthouse nonetheless. "So let me ask you one last time: What's your mission and what did Astaroth wish to achieve with this?"

He drops him on the floor. Just like Amaymon did, Merihim quivers in fear and finally speaks. "I'll tell you everything I know, My King"

Maze shivers at Lucifer's voice. The last time she had heard this tone was when Amenadiel forcefully brought him back down after his first "vacation". She looks over at him, afraid he might be too far gone. The number of times he's lost control ever since his mom came back had been more and more frequent, especially since the whole Uriel incident. She decides to break character for a brief moment and taps him on the shoulder.

"Lucifer." He turns to her, eyes bright red. "My Lord." She quickly corrects herself. "Can I talk to you, in private?"

"Alright. Follow me."

Lucifer heads for a small wooden table at the far end of his penthouse, near his library. He checks one last time where the demon lies, making sure they're now out his hearing range.

"I'm listening Maze."

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?" He snaps back.

"Well." She hesitates. "You seem to be a bit lost at the moment."

"I thought the point of this whole thing was to scare him into betraying his so-called boss." He looks at the demon on his floor. "Besides, why do you care for this demon."

"I don't give a fuck about this low-life being Lucifer. I care about you." She looks into his eyes. "And ever since your Mom came back, you've been prone to be angered rather quickly. You seem less in control of yourself." He looks at her, puzzled. "Especially since Uriel's death, you've been…"

"I've been what, Maze?"

"Well, THIS." She answers. She looks for the best word to to describe how he is. "Snappy!" She finishes, finally finding the right word. "Not to mention what happened with Chloe earlier on."

"Amaymon was threatening her." He says, all too quickly.

"And you nearly lost her."

Maze's last sentence hits him hard and is enough to bring him back down. He gives Maze his best smile.

"This is an act, Maze."

"I thought the Devil never lied."

"I don't!" His voice sounds outraged.

"So you're telling me you're not enjoying this, and that you didn't get lost in it just a minute earlier."

"I…"

"Thought as much." She smirks. "Just make sure you don't lose sight of who you are and what you're doing here." She brushes some sort of dust from his jacket. "It'd be a shame for you to turn into the Devil they expect you to be, not after everything you've been through."

He nods, silently thanking her. "Let's finish this."

He walks towards Merihim again. "So. What's his plan?"

The demon remains silent on the floor, his eyes avoiding Lucifer's. Lucifer grabs his top and lifts him up. "Do I need to repeat myself?" He says, through gritted teeth.

Merihim shakes his head and finally starts talking.

"Astaroth needed me and Agares to get close to a human."

"Who?"

He looks away, already knowing the Devil's reaction. "The detective. Your human pet." The last part is spat out.

The growl that comes out of the Devil's mouth almost makes the walls tremble and reverberates through the whole penthouse. If not for Maze's hand on his shoulder, somehow grounding him into reality, the poor demon would have been torn into pieces.

"Why?" His voice is dangerously low.

"Word is in Hell that you care more for this insignificant human than for your own family, and that you're mortal around her." His voice is filled with disgust.

"What if that was the case?"

He doesn't answer. Instead he continues with his previous thought, "Astaroth thinks she makes you weak. He thinks that if he hurts her, it'll hurt you in turn, and bring him an easy victory."

The demon doesn't have the time to finish his line of thoughts. Lucifer grabs him again and throws him to the other side of the room, taking one of his pilar down in the process.

"Does that seem weak to you?" He hisses. "And let me ask you one thing, Merihim. If I was capable of killing my own flesh and blood because the Detective's life was at stake, what do you think will happen to someone I already didn't care about to begin with?"

"I apologize, My King." He quickly says, "I was merely conveying the message of my former Lord and Master." He dares to look back up at Lucifer again, briefly seeing his eyes shift back to their normal hazel color.

Then realization hits him, he thinks back at what he read in Keith's wallet. His smile grows wide. He finally found a way to kill two demons with one prayer. He gets the demon back to his feet and holds him up.

"Here's what you're going to do, Keith!" He explains what he wants from him. And then he finally adds. "If all this goes according to my plan, then I won't kill you." The demon nods and heads for the garage where Lucifer told him to wait for him to get down. After he's gone, he turns to Maze. "Once we're done with this plan, you can dispose of the both of them any way you see fit."

Maze nods and grins. After all it had been a while since she'd have some fun, and since Lucifer denied her her fun with the human envelope of his mother, she'd enjoy this a lot.

Chloe's condo - A few minutes after Lucifer left

Chloe sat on her couch, surfing through the different channels of her TV. She trusted Lucifer's judgement and she knew he'd never put her life at risks, but this knowledge didn't stop her from feeling very ill-at-ease with Amaymon eyeing her from afar, the disdain for her evident in his crystal eyes. She quickly looks at him, before turning her eyes back on the TV, trying to find a way to get him to not see her as a weak being. "That's it!" She exclaims. Amaymon looks at her, curious as to what happened. Chloe gives him a small smile and continues her plan in her head. "Why didn't I think of that. Maze is a demon, so the only thing I need to ask myself is WWMD (What Would Maze Do.)" She weighs her different options before finally gathering her courage. She stands up and using all of her acting skills, walks confidently to Amaymon.

"Amaymon." She tells him, her tone more than confident. "I can call you Amaymon, right?"

"What do you want, Human? Don't you see I'm busy. You should feel lucky I'm letting you live." His tone is full of contempt. "I'll never understand what my King sees in you."

Her eyes narrow, "Is that any way to speak to your Queen?" She forces herself to remain into character, knowing the demon could snap her neck anytime. She steels herself and goes on, "I believe your King - Lucifer, Lord of Hell - told you to treat me as his equal." She takes a step closer to him. "Would you address him this way?" Amaymon looks back at Chloe's eyes, surprised at the strength he sees in them. His stance shifts.

"I apologize, My Queen."

Chloe decides to push her luck. After all, if he could respect Lucifer, why not her. Or at least, he wouldn't look at her in contempt anymore. And who knows, maybe, one day, she'll be Lucifer's consort. "I'm willing to let this one slip, if you do something for me."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Let's just say a later IOU will do the trick."

"So you want a blank check from me." She nods. When he doesn't answer she continues,

"It's your choice. You can either take my offer, or you can try to explain to Lucifer why you disrespected me, threatened me and doubted his judgement." She smiles. "I'm not sure he'll take it kindly, especially the part about my safety and his mental abilities."

"Not so weak after all." He mumbled. "Fine."

"Then I guess we have a deal." She extends her hand and Amaymon shakes it. The ring of her phone puts a definitive end to their conversation. "Decker." A pause. Then followed by "Okay." Another pause. "I'll be right over." She turns to Amaymon once her phone is back in her pocket. "Come on. We're going to the Station."

"Why should I go." He quickly catches himself, "My Queen."

"Lucifer told you to protect me and treat me as his equal." Amaymon nods. "So I'm going to the station, and if you want to protect me, you have to follow me. So that's why we're going to see your friend at the station. He killed a lot of people, including kids." Amaymon shrugs his shoulders. "Since Lucifer is busy at the moment, and you have to follow me, why not give me a hand in cracking him open."

"Will that count as my IOU?"

"No, but it's not like you have a choice anyway. I'm going with or without you. So if anything happens to me, it's on you. You ready to take that risk?" He simply stands up and walks to the door. "I'm glad we're on the same page."

The drive is awkward, but Chloe couldn't have cared less. What she really wanted was to get to the bottom of all this and then talk to Lucifer, hoping no other demon would crawl out of their hole.

LAPD Precinct - Around the same time

Dan welcomes her as she steps into the bullpen.

"Hey Chloe, thanks for coming. I know it's been a rough night."

"You have no idea." She replies, once the surprise of seeing him here is gone. "Where's Trixie?"

"I left her with my parents." He feels the need to justify his action. "The Lieutenant called, she said it was an emergency and that she needed every available officer."

"Why? I thought we caught the guy."

"After you left, the techs found two limbs not matching any of the bodies we found. What's even worse, is that the limbs, according to the ME, are those of a female pre-teen between 9 and 11." Chloe suddenly understands why Dan decided to help. The missing body was just about Trixie's age. "So we're pretty sure there's at least another body missing. The Lieutenant asked all of us to go over all of the elements we have from the beginning, since the suspect still refuses to talk." Dan finally takes notice of Amaymon. "Who's he?"

"Maze's assistant, she asked if I could show him how we work around here. I figured he could watch the interview, maybe give us a few insights. Off the record of course."

"I'm not sure Chloe, it's a pretty complicated case."

"I know. He's worked such cases before, or at least he knows these kinds of people."

"If the Lieutenant is okay with it, why not. " He looks at Amaymon again. "Maze sure knows how to pick 'em."

"I'll take care of the Lieutenant. She said all hands on deck, after all. And he's not going to take an active part in the investigation, he's just going to watch."

"Whatever you say Chloe. The perp is waiting for us in interrogation room two. I've spent some time with him and he's not talking. He even refused a lawyer."

"Okay." Chloe shows Amaymon to the room adjacent to the interrogation room for him to wait in. Once he closes the door, Chloe steps into the interrogation room and sits opposite to the monstrous soul that escaped Hell. "Hello, I'm Detective Decker. I'm here to ask you a few questions." She looks deep into his eyes, trying to read him, but to no avail. She suppresses the chill in her body when she thinks this monster isn't under Lucifer's orders, making the danger of getting hurt all the more real. She gestures towards Dan. "And this is Detective Espinoza." Dan sits down as well. "You do know why we have you here, right?"

The demon remained a wall of ice and silence. "Look Buddy," Dan says. "We have all we need to make you go away for a very long time, with or without a written confession. If you help us find the other body, then maybe we can see if we can find something to make the next 35 years more comfortable."

"Your prisons are a holiday center compared to where I come from." He smirks. Chloe knows all too well where he comes from and shivers slightly. "So you're Chloe Decker."

"How do you know my first name? I didn't give it to you."

He ignores her reply. "I thought you'd look less…" He pauses. "Human...I don't understand why he thinks you're so important to his plan."

Dan looks lost, but before he can inquire more about what the guy meant, Lucifer barges into the room with Merihim at his side.

"Detectives." He says. "I believe his lawyer has arrived."

"Where did you find him? He refused a lawyer when we asked him."

"Brought him here myself. As it turns out, this lovely chap showed up on my doorstep. So I thought I could give him a ride here." The demon eyes snap open when he sees his "lawyer" come in.

Chloe looks at Lucifer dumbfounded. She stands up, taking his arm and leads him to the other side of the room, near the two-way mirror. He ignores the daggers coming out of Dan's eyes and focuses on the Detective.

"What do you think you're doing Lucifer?" She looks over at Dan. "He refused a lawyer. For us, it's a piece of cake and we can send him away for good."

"Detective, I know what I'm doing." Then aloud. "As the law states, he has the right to consult with his client in private, so we should leave them alone for a few minutes."

Chloe hesitates for a second before finally deciding to trust the Devil. Up until now, he had never let her down, so why not give his plan a go. "Alright." She agrees. She opens the door and the three of them exit. "You have 5 minutes." She says before closing the door and entering the adjacent room. Before she does so, she turns to Dan.

"I understand why you want to help Dan, but Trixie needs you. Lucifer and I can handle it from here."

Dan looks back at Chloe while Lucifer gives Dan his trademark smirk. This earns him a stern look from Chloe and a slap on the shoulder. Still he continues, "You heard the Lady, Daniel, you're dismissed."

As soon as Lucifer enters the room Amaymon drops on one knee. "My Lord." He says.

"Just stand up." He dismisses him. After all these years, he still couldn't get use to this kneeling thing, but apparently it came with the job. Before he can drift to another thought, Chloe tugs at his sleeve.

"Are you going to tell me what happened? What's this stunt you pulled with his lawyer? Do you want him to walk free?"

"Keith Jones happened."

"Care to elaborate?" Her tone is pissed.

"Right." He answers. "Keith, or rather Merihim - aka the man in the next room - is the second demon that escaped Hell with Astaroth."

"And you thought putting them alone in the same room was a good idea because?"

"Let's just say Merihim discovered I was not the weak King Astaroth said I was, and I'm pretty confident when I say his allegiance has recently turned. I can give you my word that you'll know the location of the missing body, and as a bonus, a full written confession from the both of them very soon." He flashes her one of his smiles.

She gives him a you-better-be-right look. He decides to change the conversation,

"So how did it go with Amaymon?"

"We came to an understanding." She simply answers. Before he digs deeper, Keith knocks on the mirror.

"Looks like our friend is ready to talk." He smiles. "Shall we, Detective."

"After you." Chloe says.

They finally enter the interrogation room. Chloe immediately takes notice of the change in the demon's posture. His eyes are now empty of the cockyness and defiance before his lawyer talked to him. They're now filled with a mix of fear and doubt, especially as they stop upon Lucifer.

"I'm ready to talk." He says.

"Alright." Chloe sits down again. "Why don't you start with your name."

"I'm Agares." He looks over at Lucifer to gauge the reaction of the Lord of Hell. "But I don't know his human name."

"Where's the body?"

"Hidden." Keith/Merihim jumps in "We'll lead you to him, but my client wants to accompany you."

"No way." Chloe answers, not thinking twice.

"We all go, or you'll never find the missing body."

"Give us the location." The Detective sticks to her position.

"Very well. You got yourself a deal gentlemen." Lucifer says. He looks at Chloe. "Let's go!"

"Lucifer!" She hisses. "A word?"

He follows suite. After several minutes of a heated discussion with Chloe and some intense convincing of their Lieutenant, the five of them finally climb into a police cruiser to reach the location where the body's hidden.

Somewhere up in the hills around LA - Short before dawn

After an hour drive, the group finally arrives at some place far from the noise and lights of the city. They pass a small town in the middle of Angeles National Forest - Falling Spring. They stop and park the car near the road. Lucifer quickly sends the location to Maze so she can meet him and take care of the two demons once they confirmed the body is here. Merihim and Agares lead the way and walk into the forest, following a small path. They stop near a big tree. When Lucifer sees the tree he stops for barely a second, the memory of Uriel's buried body still fresh in his mind. The group stops.

"So the body's here?" Chloe asks.

"Yes." Ageres says, looking at Lucifer. "It's in the small cave behind the tree."

Chloe walks forward. Lucifer grabs her arm. "Let me check it first."

Lucifer carefully enters the cave and sees a small body. His eyes turn red. A closer look confirms the body is the one they were looking for, given the lack of one leg and one arm. And the body matches the age and size given by the lab. He walks out of the small cave.

"The body's here." He simply says to Chloe, not looking at the demons, for fear of tearing their limbs apart to make them feel what the kid felt.

His features are tensed and all remorses he might have had at letting Maze have fun with the demons just disappeared into thin air. As he's about to walk away, he hears one of them snicker. He instantly turns around and grabs the closest one - who happens to be Merihim.

"Why?"

"We just followed orders."

"So torturing these kids was part of the plan?"

Agares smirks. Lucifer lets go of Merihim and lands a punch straight in Agares' smug face. The force of his blow is enough to break his cheekbone and the cracking noise resonates in the forest. Agares drops on the floor, knocked out. He turns to Amaymon.

"You stay here and watch them over until Maze arrives. She should be here in few minutes. Then you can help her dispose of them as she wishes."

Amaymon smirks. "With pleasure, My King."

"My Lord," Merihim tries to argue. "You said you'd let us leave if we helped, we had a deal!" He knows the Devil never goes back on a deal, no matter the situation.

"We did, Merihim. And I held up my end of the bargain, just as you did."

"Then you can't kill us."

"And I won't. But I never said I would prevent anyone else from doing so. Besides who knows, maybe Maze will be in a good mood."

Just as he finishes his sentence, Maze joins them. "Perfect timing Maze!" He smiles at her. "I believe I promised them to you. You can take them away and do as you please. Just make sure you clean up and don't leave any proof behind."

Maze doesn't reply but smiles darkly. She takes Agares and carries him to her car, tying him up and locking him in the trunk, then she comes back and cuffs Merihim. She pushes him forward as Amaymon follows her. As she walks away, she turns to Chloe.

"Told you these weren't a stupid purchase."

Once everyone's gone, Lucifer walks up to Chloe. Before he can speak, Chloe blurts out.

"Was it necessary to leave them to Maze?"

"Chloe, they're monsters."

"I know… But…"

"They deserve what's coming to them, they tortured kids, they threatened you, they wanted to bring havoc on Earth. They need to feel the pain and know you don't just decide to escape Hell. I need to send a message."

"Lucifer…"

"I know it's not what you want to hear, but I won't lie to you."

"What happens once they die?"

"If they were to die, they'd just die. Demons don't have a soul. When they die, they just die. That's why Maze is how she is. She knows she won't get a second chance around." He sees her worried look. "If it makes you feel better, I don't think Maze is going to kill them. She'll probably play with them for a bit before dropping them back at the station."

"Probably?"

"I don't lie, remember. It's Maze we're talking about, you never know what she's going to do until she does it." He smiles. "But she was in a good mood, so I'm confident."

"What about the Lieutenant?"

"If Maze kills them, she'll make sure she had a really good reason for it. You can trust her on this, she won't endanger you or your career." She looks back at him, still not convinced. "Trust me on this, Chloe. This was the only solution."

Chloe nods and walks towards the top of the hill, she looks at the view of the city bellow. Lucifer gives her a minute to compose herself before he finally gathers the courage to walk up to her. He stops at her side.

"So…" He starts uneasy, seeking her eyes. "How are you feeling?"

She turns her head and catches his eyes. She's amazed at the change in them. They're now soft, kind, and is that a hint of fear?

"I'm still confused." She chuckles. "I mean you're really the Devil, and that sheds a whole new light on a lot of things I thought I knew. That's a lot to process."

She looks at LA again. Lucifer takes a steps closer and slowly puts his hand on her shoulder. When she doesn't pull back, he trails it down her arm and stops at her lower back, before softly relocating it to her hip. She exceeds all his hopes when she snuggles into his embrace. The night is pitch black, but Chloe can clearly see the spark in Lucifer's eyes. Their gazes lock. Slowly but surely their lips come closer. Lucifer stops only an inch away from her rosy lips. Chloe finally closes the distance. When their lips touch, all her fears and doubts melt away. "There would always be time for questions later." She thinks before getting lost in the tender kiss. Before she can even realize what happens, she feels a cold breeze on her lips. She comes back to reality, trying to register what happened. She sees Lucifer flying and crashing hard on the floor about 16 yards away. She runs to him and helps him up. Lucifer needs a second to gather his bearings. He feels weak in his legs and still dizzy. He stands in front of Chloe, ready to shield her if necessary. Then he finally sees him. He balls his fists and his eyes flame up. He growls out

"Astaroth!"

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