Noctis was standing at the foot of the bed with an annoyed look on his face. He couldn't believe he agreed to this humiliation.
He was degraded, or at least that's how he felt while Angel Dust took full advantage with an amused grin that reeked of mischief after having his way.
"Hubba hubba." Angel Dust was aroused at the sight with a tight bite of his lip, his eyes taking in every inch. "Guess unlocking your power came with perks."
"Why do I have to be shirtless?" Noctis asked while adjusting the bowtie in his neck. "I feel like a jackass."
"Yes but a sexy jackass." Angel praised much to his enjoyment of annoying the divine beast.
Noctis groaned at his compliment and stood there impatiently as the spider demon tapped a finger to his chin in contemplating the first order to be given.
"Should I make you worship me?" Angel asked rhetorically and gazed up to the ceiling with playful thoughts. "Maybe massage my body, or bathe me, or even—"
He froze at the last idea that came to mind, and gave a sinister smile that made the divine beast gulp nervously. "I know just the thing."
"Oh crap." Noctis regretted mentally and braced himself, gulping audibly whe his wing's shivered.
Angel held up his uninjured hand and gave a squeezing motion. It was very obvious what he wanted to do, and that's what made it so hard for Noctis to remain composed while his body urged to run.
"You're gonna feed me while I grope your butt."
"What is with you and my ass!?" Noctis shouted dramatically.
"It's a nice ass!" Angel Dust shouted back, complaining as everyone heard their echoes, causing a laugh around the palace for certain demons. "You know how many asses I see at the studio that are just nasty!?"
Husk could be heard laughing somewhere.
"No!" Noctis barked.
"Well too many. So today I'm gonna indulge with touching one that actually has some meat to it!"
It was a loss for Noctis, no way out of the agreement he made. Angel Dust wanted to touch it and he would get that by showing how firm he was.
He snapped his fingers and pointed at the food cart that was brought in. "Now get the grapes and come stand over to me so I can squeeze your juicy man ass."
"No." Noctis huffed defiantly, arms crossed and a small pout as he looked away. "It's my body."
Angel would normally be irked or mad about said defiance, but that growing smile on his face spoke different ideas as to how he would get what he wanted.
Noctis suddenly felt unsettled with another shiver in his wings, his pout falling into suspicion.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Angel Dust raised his hand to his mouth and inhaled at the extent of pain on his ribs, preparing to get what he wanted even if it meant pretending to be pathetic.
"Oh Charlie!" He hollered.
Noctis stiffened at that raise of voice, his eyes wide to how Angel Dust would manipulate him into doing as he was told. He wasted not another second of thinking and sprinted around the bed to stop the spider demon that eyed him with a cocky grin.
"Noctis is being mean to—MMPH!?"
"Alright!" Noctis hissed after slapping his hand over the spider demon's mouth. "I'll do it. Just don't yell for her."
Even with his hand covering Angel's mouth he could feel the smirk grow against his fingers and the loss of control when that same hand slipped around and squeezed his backside.
He could almost recoil at the invasion of his body and fell irritated after removing his hand from Angel.
"Good boy." The injured demon praised and relaxed against his pillows. "Now feed me."
Noctis felt his heartbeat throb from the building annoyance as he reluctantly complied with plucking each grape and dropping it in Angel's mouth.
As disturbing as it was to hear the demon moan with each bite, some relief came to the man with how his friend was so energetic and alive. That reassurance made him remember why Angel was the first demon he got closest with, and why he trusted him the most.
It was a shred of peace that he could cling to through all the trauma and torment of knowing the evil of Adam and Lyoria and the responsibility of stopping them both.
But for now, as he looked down to his spoiled friend eat from his fingers and grabbing his butt, he had a moment to smile.
"What's got you so happy?" Angel asked with a rude mouthful.
"Just glad you're still with us." Noctis replied softly.
Angel Dust was surprised by that answer and actually showed such an expression. He didn't expect Noctis to show so much care even after the admittence when he fought Lyoria.
Noctis wasn't like everyone though, he genuinely cared just for the well-being of others.
It wasn't like with Charlie and her project. No, this was what it meant to be around someone who loved unconditionally.
Angel had always known deep down that there would come a time where a shred of that dignity and love would be found in another person, but it didn't confuse him any less now when he still thought the care of another was a game to him.
And he had Valentino to thank for that with all the years of lying and manipulating him to be what he became.
An uncaring pornstar.
Now he wasn't so sure of himself, that lingering insecurity and fear of letting someone close coursing with the clinging false security Valentino poisoned his mind with.
"Angel baby, everyone is a toy."
These various thoughts of having a teue friend would be unbecoming and even punishment-worthy if Angel Dust was around the porn overlord. But there was no overlord to bash him or degrade his thoughts. Truth be told he felt free to linger on these thoughts. He felt free to be himself truly with the presence of Noctis still feeding him and letting him continue groping that supple backside.
Sure he had Charlie to tolerate his behavior, but with Noctis he was accepted not with bitterness but a kindness so rare in hell it was like a priceless gem.
"Do you really love me?" He asked out of the blue with his head down.
Noctis stopped the feeding and detached his senses from the hand squeezing a little tighter on his cheek.
"Angel you know I—"
"Tell the truth!" Angel held on tighter, giving the man indication that his hold was now desperate and clingy.
Noctis leaned down to see under Angel's drooping hair the uncertainty, and felt himself smile at that question.
He didn't need to be a genius to know why his best friend would question him.
A tear was not unseen from Angel as he gave the answer in a gentle tone of voice.
"Yes I do."
Angel was about to express the doubt that latched to his heart for so long, but the warmth that came next sent a tingle across his injured body.
A comfort he didn't find in anyone, not even in the last fortress he built for himself.
His imagination.
"I do love you." Noctis whispered with the tightening of the hug and kissed Angel on the top of his head. "You're my family."
He could feel the flinch from Angel Dust at the bombardment of comfort and love, and relaxed himself so deeply his wings moved on their own to curl into a cocoon, closing the spider demon into a safety from the hell around them.
Angel felt his heartbeat become rapid as he shook with acceptance.
He clenched his entire form with need and sobbed silently, taking his hand back to claw Noctis on his arm with desperate want to hang on.
The tears were not held back while praying internally that this was reality and not some drug-induced dream or a coma from Lyoria's torture on the battlefield.
"Do me a favor, man." He cried silently, unaware of his own nails scratching and digging into Noctis' skin.
Noctis met his gaze but nodded, seeing the real Angel Dust for the first time with mascara runbing down before he was asked pitifully.
"Don't ever give up on me."
Noctis knew how deep that favor meant and responded with another kiss to his head. Only this time he let it sit a little longer, that press of his lips while letting Angel collapsed against his chest and just cried in the safety of his arms and wings.
"I promise...."
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Lucifer was sitting stiff at a table, nervous and batting his gaze between the four women that came together as a unit of hostility after Charlie calmed down from her nightmarish tendencies to get answers. However, his freedom was long away when behind him a trail of claw marks were left in the wake of his daughter bringing him into said guest room against his will by holding his tail.
And now he could only sit there with all four pairs of eyes boring into him, making his usually energetic and commanding manner crumble into beads of sweat off his body and an audible gulp before smiling nervously.
He was in so much trouble.
Carmilla, Charlie, Vaggie, Beezlebub— the four most dangerous demons in the goetia palace sat in box formation with around the table with arms crossed and tensions running high and similar to the same argumentative subject.
Noctis….
"So….." Lucifer moved his gaze around the room, a hazardous first action of stalling when it made the girls growl together.
The real fear though came when Charlie was visibly with her horns and her tail flicking in irritation before he continued.
"I sense there is a lot of tension—" he gulped at how Carmilla clenched her fist so tightly the knuckles cracked. "—and it revolves around the whole marriage thing with Beezlebub.
"Which is legit!" Beezlebub raised her voice, earning the glares of Charlie and Vaggie.
Thankfully there was one demon at least calm enough to get the facts straight.
"Well Lucifer—" Carmilla carried a harshness in her tone as she leaned back and crossed her legs. "Is it true that Beezlebub is his wife?"
"Of course it is!" Beezlebub exclaimed with a slap of her hands on the table. "Reincarnated or not he is my fucking husband and those two—"
"Bullshit!" Vaggie interrupted the sin and raised her own voice. "Charlie bit him after he swore himself to us. He is our mate and you're not taking him."
"Wanna bet bitch!?" Beezlebub snapped and shot up from her chair, glaring over the table at Vaggie and Charlie with honey dripping from her maw.
"Oh I do!" Charlie got into it now, even so boldly she pressed her forehead against the sin. "I am the Princess of Hell and I say you are not taking Noctis when he is our mate and more importantly our consort!"
The tension got higher and heavier with Lucifer shrinking down in his seat as the three girls bickered and screamed, completely forgetting why they banned together in the first place.
That is until Carmilla whistled an ear-splitting tune to get their attention.
"HEY!" She screamed.
The three lovestruck women paused from reaching physical altercation and turned to the overlord as she stood up and scowled at them for their childish act.
"We are here because he has the answers!" She thrusted an accusatory finger to the king sliding more out of his seat. "All of you sit down and shut up. I will do the talking."
Logic was definitely her strongsuit but the overwhelming maternal nature that is Carmilla Carmine had her on edge with her hands gripping the seat so tightly the arms splintered.
Methodically speaking she was already plotting how to get Noctis away from these girls so he can master his powers without any interruptions. It was one of very few of her primary intentions out of the entire ordeal starting back with Adam and the attack.
For now though, she crossed her arms and legs once more and kept these thoughts on the back burner until the time was right before glaring back Lucifer.
Of course he slid right back up in his seat and smiled nervously.
Charlie took in a breath and calmed down first before giving a subtle to nod to Vaggie.
With Vaggie giving the same, Charlie glared to her nervously fidgeting father.
"Tell us now, dad." She commanded firmly.
Every fiber Lucifer's being was screaming to not tell the truth and simply teleport out of that hostile room of women. But at the same time he did not want to relive his daughter going full demon and tracking him down like a rabid dog. It was terrifying already when she found him under that bed.
The four woman sat at attention and waited for further explanation as to who was in the right.
Begrudgingly he gulped and told them.
"Beezlebub is his wife in a way. When Noctis was Romna, they had their wedding with me officiating it against Sera's wishes. They exchanged vows that I bound them to."
Normally any girl with a lover would be shovk or breaking down and crying. Charlie and Vaggie on the other immediately went red with fury while Beezlebub gave them middle fingers and laughed.
"How!?" Vaggie snapped with almost to the point of tearing her own hair out.
Lucifer was going to answer that, but Beezlebub had other plans of adding salt to the wound for these two furiously possessive women that wanted to fight.
"Suck it cream puffs!" She mocked with a firm slap of her own butt and strutted to the door confidently. "Now if y'all don't mind, I'm going to find my hubby and take him home and fuck the—"
"However—" Lucifer interrupted with an umamused stare, making Beezlebub's smile smile freeze and twitch jusy as she grabbed the door handle.
Carmilla was now intrigued as she, Charlie and Vaggir turned their animosity back to the king of hell who was now growing some courage in his explanation.
"That marriage was done with magically binding vows that Romna made specific for being beyond Till Death Do Us Part, and it was done under heavenly law wheb I was an angel. But since this is hell and Charlie bit him in her mate claim with Vaggie, the rules apply for my daughter."
"Meaning?" Carmilla drawled with a cocked eyebrow while Charlie started to light up with hope.
Lucifer looked right to Carmilla with that same intensity, ignoring that his own child was almost vibrating in her seat.
"Meaning by the laws of hell my daughter is primary in this relationship, so Beezlebub has no authority of just taking Noctis when he is consort."
"WHAT!?" Beezlebub squealed angrily and spun away from the door.
It was Charlie's turn now to be a bitch and she was going to let the sin know.
She hopped out of her seat and mocked with authority and joy, throwing her middle fingers up to the Sin as she thrusted her pelvis.
"EAT IT BEE-YOTCH!"
Beezlebub looked like she was about to explode with how her third eye opened when she was drawn in by the mockery. She was definitely ready to get into a fight with both smiling girls and make sure they knew who was the head bitch in charge.
"But…." Lucifer coughed to clear his throat, making his own daughter freeze and the queen of gluttony smirk. "That doesn't mean you can't keep her from him, Charlie."
Charlie remained frozen in place, eyes twitching with bubbling rage while Vaggie turned herself back to the king and Carmilla pondered this entire situation by questioning him.
"So by magically done vows Noctis is bound even when he isn't Romna, but Charlie has authority as to where he can go."
"Precisely that." Lucifer nodded. "And it's not my call anyway. These laws were built by Lilith in the beginning of our reign."
"What!?" Charlie squealed angrily with her hair exploding from the bands.
"The vows," Carmilla continued to bring Lucifer to focus on her. "What were they?"
"I, Romna, pledge that no matter what life we share you will always be my wife."
"Oh that is bullshit!" Charlie looked as if she was going to turn full demon while Beezlebub grinned smugly with her arms crossed. "You used your powers to bind them by that!?"
"Your mother helped!" Lucifer shouted out of the blue, but immediately clapped a hand to his mouth at that giveaway.
Charlie went quiet and wide eyed with her hair slowly falling back into its usual form. She knew deep down her father was always a cruel man for secrets, but this was the icing on the cake for all the trouble she has been going through to keep Noctis to herself and Vaggie.
"Helped?" Vaggie asked, glaring at the once again sweating king right before Carmilla stood up and loomed with dangerous glint in her now glowing eyes.
"Lucifer, what did Lilith do?" She asked coldly.
Beezlebub couldn't believe she had forgotten about Lilith and her involvement so long ago. It was delicious, almost satisfying to see the shock and anger on Charlie's face when her own father was still holding back the whole truth.
"Oh that's fucking sweet!" She laughed with intentional mockery by hugging the disgusting princess in one arm. "Yeah sweetie, your precious mommy helped seal the deal in my marriage."
Charlie couldn't handle this tension any longer and brimmed with tears before she shoved Beezlebub away to confront her father. At this point she was just desperate to make sure Noctis was not taken from them.
"Just tell me, dad!" She yelled angrily, grabbing the fallen angel by his shoulders. "What do you mean mom helped?"
Lucifer knew this was a touchy subject alrewdy and it didn't help bringing Lilith into the conversation when abandonment issues were Charlie's weakness. He hated this, he hated himself for seeing his own daughter dig her nails into his skin and make him see how much she was hurting behind those tears he was causing.
"Is he mine?" She cried before thrusting a finger to Vaggie. "Does he belong to Vaggie and me? Just tell me right now and tell me how mom helped with these vows!"
Lucifer was still stalling, or he thought he would and find an excuse. Carmilla had a different idea though to getting the answers out of him and ending this lover drama. This entire ordeal finally hit it's breaking point with Charlie and Vaggie on edge and Beezlebub just standing there watching in amusement how Noctis belonged to whoever.
And that hell-given right was hers alone. Noctis was spoken for, but the one who truly owned him was her. She was his mother, and she had enough when her instincts felt that Noctis was being threatened by all this possessiveness.
"Enough of this bullshit!" She snarled mentally.
Without warning, the overlord herself pushed Charlie aside and grabbed Lucifer by the collar of his shirt with fierce motherly intensity in those eyes of hers. She took the king by surprise and the girls into a shocking silence whike raising him off his feet.
"Okay, your majesty," Carmilla spat the last part with disgust. "Now you're dealing with a mother."
Lucifer flinched at that foreshadowing danger and gulped thickly, knowing the worst about Carmilla wasn't her title as an overlord but her ferocity as a parental figure with no patience behing those strong red eyes. Time and time again she proved that her love was genuine but also very dangerous when it came to Noctis' safety.
And right now he could see without having to guess what hardened eyes screamed— that his stalling made her feel her son was threatened.
"Carmilla I—"
"Do you remember what I yelled during our battle?" She interrupted sharply, ignoring how the girls watched after Charlie was helped on her feet. "How I yelled that Lyoria would not touch my baby?"
Lucifer couldn't forget the rage that night, and he never would. He nodded and remained as stiff as a board in her grasp, showing no sign of defiance or struggle.
Carmilla took that as a sign of submission and held him tighter.
"Well then, it would be wise for you to tell us right now because adopted or not Noctis is what I meant—my baby. And right now your stalling is starting to piss me off."
With that Carmilla opened her hand and dropped the king on his butt and crossed her arms with an impatient tap of her ballet slipper.
"Well out with it!" She commanded authority.
It was inescapable now. Lucifer was not dumb enough to risk his biggest secret about his power in hell by showing some dominance against Carmilla, not when it could change the hierarchy.
Still, pride was his strength and weakness. However, he knew within hikself now was not the time to be a proud king with one very angry demon mother wanting answers.
Begrudgingly he answered after standing up, wearing a less than friendly tightness in his lips.
"Lilith made the laws with Sera so that they are absolute in either realm, the laws of hell apply to Charlie. Noctis belongs to her since her rank as princess supersedes Beezlebub."
"Yes!" Charlie hissed before giving Vaggie a high-five.
"Okay." Carmilla eased the tension in her posture and nodded whike Beezlebub fumed with a pout of her lips. "But at the same time she cannot deny Beezlebub, correct?"
"Correct." He growled through clenched teeth, his eye twitching with malice.
Carmilla nodded once more and sharpened her glare before she decided to bring back up the drama from earlier.
"Good, now how is Lilith involved with this binding marriage even after Romna's death?"
Lucifer took in a deep breath and exhaled his emotions to that memory, bracing the truth of his past with all eyes locked on him.
"Because the scroll that binds their vows is written in their both of their bloods, and Lilith used her powers to bind and seal it."
"And where is this parchment now?" Carmilla leaned down with a critical eyes.
Lucifer gulped while Beezlebub smirked once more.
"Wherever Lilith hid it." He squeaked.
"And why would she hide it?" Carmilla interrogated more firmly, ignoring Charlie and Vaggie taking her sides to pressure the fallen angel.
It was without a doubt another secret from Lucifer, but it wasn't his secret alone.
"Because Sera did try to stop the marriage, so I asked her to hide it after I gave my signature of approval."
"Charlie?" Vaggie touched the princess by her shoulder as she watched the fires in her hair ignite.
Charlie was blank, a clean slate of no emotion in her expression as she processed that fact that her own mother was involved.
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"I'm telling you, it's him." Ozzy whispered into his phone with need, pausing to look around long enough to make sure no one was listening. "He's back but he's reincarnated."
"Are you certain?" The other voice asked in a powerful and commanding tone.
Oddly enough Ozzy nodded as he answered the demon on the other end.
"No doubt. Romna is back and Beezlebub is going bat-shit crazy over how Lucifer's kid owns him from a mate claim."
"Smart girl." The demon chuckled deeply. "By rank the princess has Beezlebub beaten. Doesn't mean Bee won't try to win him back."
"That's the—" Ozzy flinched and looked back at the sound of footsteps moving at a rapid pace. "I gotta go. Someone is coming."
"When you can, bring him to me. I want to see my old friend in the flesh." The demon ordered, making Ozzy shiver before he hung up.
He didn't like the idea of snatching Noctis away from everyone, but he knew better than to piss off his superior when anger was shorter than any fuse in existence.
"Oh Bee is gonna be pissed."
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"Find anything Nifty?" Pentious asked tiredly as he flipped through the pages of another book.
The little housemaid was starting to lose hope in her search throughout the goetia library after helping the snake slither his way in undetected.
"Nope." She chirped halfheartedly while holding a fussy max. "And Max is getting hungry I think."
Hours, simply hours of researching after sneaking around to find a way past the guards and get answers. Sadly there was nothing to be found, not even a small index that might lead the snake demon to everybody needed.
"Dammit." He sighed as his egg boys made the conscious effort of cleaning up and organizing.
Pentious was standing at the library desk, the stress of failure touching his strong intellect whilst the piles of books continued to grow more and more with frustrating detail proving no worth to the knowing of Noctis and his divine power.
"Uh boss, maybe take a break?" Eggboy one suggested, hoping he would so they could make some progress.
Pentious looked around the royal room and found himself unable to look at another useless sentence in a book. It was a hopeless effort to finding answers they need to understand Noctis being the leviathan.
He looked down to Nifty when she returned with Max and smiled tiredly as he saw how the little hellhound was indeed getting irritable.
"You go on ahead with him. I'll look a little more."
"Okay." Nifty chimed and disappeared as fast as her legs could move.
He held on that smile a tad longer before exasperating his defeat by pressing his face against the table.
"There must be an answer to his behavior." He spoke to himself with no bite left in his tone, his eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep.
He looked up from said desk and frowned as he thought back to the various incidents of Noctis being aggressive and snappy at everyone.
He began to slither in a long pace wuth his minions watching.
"He was stabbed by Michael and that hellhound sacrificed herself to save us, and now he is exhibiting a larger physical body underneath his behavior."
"Don't forget his transformation." Eggboy four reminded with the others nodding.
Pentious stopped and tapped a claw to his fangs, pondering every incident he remembered until a small light sparked to life in front of him without warning.
Of course his eyes widened at this strange light as it dimmed out to reveal a black leather book of red angelic etchings.
"A book?"
This was definitely unprecedented for the snake demon as he reached out and took said book into his hands. It looked so big but felt as light as a feather and with the only hope to answers about the leviathan—a note taped to it.
Curiosity got the better of Pentious, he took said note off the cover and unfolded to find more questions than answers to this journey of discovery.
"Everything you need to know. Keep it safe— Natasha.
P.S. Thank you for defending Noctis. You truly are changing for the better, Sir Pentious."
"You again." He narrowed his eyes in suspicion and opened the book to find everything on black pages with gold writing. "Just what is your purpose in all this, Natasha?"
He began reading over the first page of about the divine beasts and slowly widened his eyes with each detailed word opening his mind to the truth about Noctis.
"What is it boss?" Eggboy five askee, only to hear the demon yell in shock.
"HOLY SHIT!"
The eggboys jumped at his tone and backed away before Pentious suddenly closed the book and slithered as fast as he could, lookong back to them and leaving at the same time.
"Clean this all up and sneak out!" He ordered excitedly.
Ten minutes later…..
"Charlie!" Pentious screamed after bursting inside the room where Carmilla and Lucifer were watching her and Vaggie argue with Beezlebub.
The slam of the doors startled everyone into a jolt and diverted their attention, which of course fid relieve some of the animosity permeating the room.
"Pentious?" The princess worried on the spot when her snake friend slithered as fast as he could to her and Vaggie.
"What's with you?" The fallen angel crossed her arms and glared at the approaching snake suspiciously.
"I found something!" He slammed the book down on the table for all eyes tossed, his fascination clearly showing before he used his tail to yank her close. "It's a book on the divine beasts and everything about Noctis and his power."
Charlie and Vaggie widened their eyes and focused on the book while the others came up behind and huddled together.
"Where did you find this?" Vaggie asked as he flipped through pages.
"It appeared to me, from Natasha."
"His aunt?" Lucifer questioned, earning a nod from said demon while Charlie read over the first piece of information outloud with Carmilla hovering.
"Look at this….." she took in a deep breath. "The Leviathan is the sworn guardian of heaven and hell, the representation of God's belief in balance. This beast was born from the relinquish of grace by Seraphim Lord Romna, Son of Seraphim Sera, to be the highest acting power of authority to safeguard both realms from imbalance. Though the leviathan is a keeper of peace, it is still capable of cataclysmic destruction due to its full size being equal to its divine brother— The Behemoth, Guardian of The Mortal World."
"How big is that?" Vaggie asked rhetorically as Charlie looked for more answers.
Charlie gasped at the answer after she flipped through the index and found the next section. She read the sentence with both a hitch in her voice and a shaky finger in her tracing of each word.
"The Behemoth, known as the representation of god's protection. The Ophanim Sussex, who volunteered to relinquish his grace for protecting the mortals, is so large it has the capability of swallowing entire mountains and causing earthquakes simply by stomping. It is the acting neutral beast to maintain the order of heaven and hell to never interfere with mortal affairs, nor to allow war or invasion from either side. Some believe his appearance is a land massed turtle.
"Wait." Vaggie looked over the sentence for a silent minute. "They represent different parts of god?"
"Well yeah that's how dad made them." Lucifer said abruptly.
He really should not have opened his mouth when those girls were alrewdy wanting to strangle him for various reason. It was too late though with all four of them boring their stares into his short stature, having no patience for him to finish his answer.
Nervously he chuckled and cleared his throat while Charlie went demon mode once more and stomped to him to him, causing the room to heat up in the flames of her fury.
"Is that why Lyoria wanted to kill Noctis?" Charlie growled with deep rage, her eyes igniting as her father shrank at the raise of her voice. "BECAUSE HE IS A PIECE OF GOD!?"
"Figuratively!" Lucifer answerd hastily and threw his hands up defensively.
Charlie didn't like that answer one bit, not one bit at all. She was ready to explode underneath that kindness that still chained her down from reminding her own father how many similarities she had of her mother.
Her fury was stopped though by Pentious reading over another page that gave some hope as to what was going on with Noctis.
"Charlie there's a page here on their behavior!"
Charlie perked up instantly in her hostile intentions as he father waited for the the potential beating to come. For his benefit it did not, thanks to the snake demon being fast to read.
"What!?" She responded sharply and powered down, turning away from her father that snuck away to hide behind Carmilla.
Not that it was any safer when the overlord was still very unhappy with him and his tendency to stall.
Charlie lost all attention of her father and ran back to the group that huddled tighter around Pentious, almost to the point of crushing him while trying to read the page.
He frowned though when he started reading off the important details.
"It's says the angels that are remade into dovone beasts are born young in power and behavior. Their physical are both internal and external from a simple change of body mass in their normal state down to the very hormonal structure. These changes can random occur from very docile or even dangerously aggressive."
"Hormonal?" Charlie pondered with Vaggie, wondering if Noctis' troubles was part of that.
"Maybe that's part of the problem?" Vaggie asked, getting a nod of agreement from the princess.
"What about appetite?" Carmilla asked curiously, though the need for answers did have her worried and showed in how she was trying to take over reading said book.
Pentious looked over the page more and answered her, after smacking her hand away of course.
"An increase in appetite can also occur due to the bodily changes making their metabolism magnify in order to maintain the nutrition needed."
"So the platter earlier….." Carmilla puzzled on that memory of her encounter in the kitchen. "Noctis is not getting enough protein with his new muscle growth. He needs it."
"That makes sense," Vaggie agreed with the overlord. "The first night of recovery when he was snappy he did calm down when the maids brought a steak for dinner."
"But all the protein infused salads made him more irritable." Charlie pointed out, finally lighting up tocher bubbly self again and realizing with a spark in her eyes. "Noctis is going through a lot but it's not just what happened!"
"It's literally his body!" Carmilla said sharply to the princess.
Pentious nodded in agreement while they discussed more of the situation. Unbeknownst and unfortunately for them though, all this information became a key factor for Beezlebub in her need to have her husband back.
Nobody saw that she snuck out after absorbing all this information.
"So he needs a high protein diet." Lucifer pointed out while Pentious flipped to another page that had his hood vibrate with concern.
"What is this?" He hissed curiously, eyeing the page that was magically forming a picture and title.
"What?" The others said in unison.
Pentious' eyes widened as soon as he read the title of the page, and looked his shoulder to Charlie and Vaggie.
"This isn't just a book of information, it has spells for Noctis to learn."
He showed the picture before anyone could question, pointed right at the intricate detailing and image of a figure firing what looked like a beam.
"Judgment Breaker." Lucifer hummed in thought with squinted eyes. "I remember that spell."
"You do?" Carmilla cocked an eyebrow out of suspicion. "Does that mean you know the significance of this book?"
He nodded and crossed his arms, his expression darkening as he glared at the book now with dark remembrance.
"I know what this book is now. It's heaven's version of a grimoire."
"And how would you know that?" Carmilla asked rudely, earning the familiar scrutiny of the king as he thought back with regret.
"Because I watched Metatron write every word The Speaker reiterated from god."
As soon as those words escaped with such arrogance in his tone, the chess pieces to a certain demon's intention with Noctis moved with foul motivation to the plan still at hand.
His shadow cackled while he quietly chuckled, his smile wide with excitement.
"Investing in that boy was the right move." Alastor twirled his cane and moved away from the doors, heading with his shadow to the next step of his understanding about Noctis.
"You never cease to entertain me.... Boy."
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"Don't forget to be gentle Noct."
"I know, Angel."
"And I want snuggles afterward."
"Okay but you have to be still so I can finish."
"The fuck?" Loona whispered to herself, listening closely from outside the room and wondering just what the hell was going on when she heard Angel Dust moaning slightly.
She was standing outside the room, the strange intimacy of the man and the spider making her nose scrunch in discomfort and jealousy. She wondered just what kind of man Noctis was to be alone in a room with a pornstar enslaved by an overlord.
"Oh this is so good." Angel moaned happily.
Her eyes widened when said moan sounded too intimate to be anything normal. Whatever was going on was definitely something she should not be hearing, but she could not turn away when Noctis caught her attention in a way nobody had done before.
No, this pull was so deep she was certain Vortex didn't catch her eye this hard on that beach back on earth.
"Is it that good?" Noctis asked.
Angel moaned again before laughing with the man.
Loona felt her heart start throbbing with wild thoughts of male interaction between these two, and it made her tail whip in irritation that Noctis was potentially for both genders.
It was worse when she thought back to how Beezlebub made the husband claim and kissed him earlier in the kitchen.
She frowned at both that memory and the sounds inside bedore her anger fueled her curiosity.
Slowly she peeked inside to see if Noctis and Angel Dust were having having bedroom fun.
And to her surprise…..
"So good!" Angel moaned for a third time before popping another chocolate strawberry in his mouth. "Oh this is better than sex."
Loona's jaw dropped at the truth past said doors, feeling like an idiot for believing what she heard was Noctis railing Angel Dust when really he was sitting in front of him, painting his nails like some salon expert in the midst of the strawberry indulgence.
"Here." Angel used what strength he had in his casted arm to hold out a strawberry with eagerness. "Put this is your face-hole suga."
Noctis chuckled at his lighthearted behavior but opened his mouth and bit down with a savory chewing while Loona continued to watch in secret. Angel Dust was enjoying himself to much with the whole 24 hour servant agreement, but Noctis seemed to be cooperative now when he couldn't stop painting the nails.
Loona gawked even harder at how casual the divine beast was acting with such an intimate gesture, as if there was nothing between him and Angel as they enjoyed eachother's company.
"Are they fuck buddies or something!?" She yelled mentally as the scene made her both irritated and so jealous that her tail was flicking between her legs.
"What chocolate is that?" Noctis asked after swallowing with bits of the fruit in his fangs.
"Bloodhaven from the Lust District. It's a specialty chocolate you can rarely find." Angel Dust took another and rested his third hand in Noctis' lap, watching him start with filing the tips. "You know, you've gotten pretty good at doing nails."
Noctis focused on perfecting the cuticles next with careful lifting of the extra skin, but he had to be precise when Angel had sensitive nerves in his finger and didn't want to hurt him.
"Charlie and Vaggie taught me over the course of our relationship. Something about bringing us closer if I do this."
Angrl Dust nodded and popped another strawberry in Noctis' mouth, dropping it on his tongue like nothing was going on between them. The sight of this made Loona's instincts scream bad her blood boil when she wanted to get close to him.
At the same time though there confusion behind her thinking.
"He's definitely an alpha and yet he's so gentle. What kind of bullshit is this!?"
"Hey Noct."
"Yeah Angel?" Noctis stopped working and looked up to meet the spider demon at eye level.
Angel tried to be casual about his next thought but had an uneasy tension about what came to mind while his nails dried.
"Can you tell me why you let me be... well myself with you?"
Noctis blinked at that question and knew what Angel was asking of him. He laughed musically and continued to work with a soft smile.
"Because it feels right being that guy, the one you can be yourself with without any loophole or catch. You can just be you and not have to worry about having to give sex because it's just us spending time together."
"You'll let me just be me without having to suck your dick?" Angel Dust replied questioningly.
Noctis nodded and blew gently on the nail polish to help it dry, and Angel Dust found himself seeking that comfort.
"So if I just ever need you to listen or hug me, you'll just do it?"
Noctis nodded and was about to reassure his friend but was suddenly picking up an unfamiliar scent in the room that should be occupied by themselves.
He frowned, unbeknownst to this development with his sense of smell, and glared back to the door with a faint glow in his eyes when it slowly opened with Loona finally taking a brave step inside.
Suddenly his pupils shrank to sharp slits, his serpentine eyes coming back and glowing faintly.
He watched the hellhound come in carefully and approach with a nervous smile underneath the tough facade she hyped herself into earlier.
It didn't help though when Noctis thought her to be a stranger that he decided to widen his cheek line in the similar fashion of a hellhound raising their hackles. He growled and spun on the bed with his wings fanning out to shield Angel Dust before the eyes opened and locked on the surprised demon.
Loona stopped immediately with her instincts screaming both danger and attraction at how dominant Noctis became in his next movement.
He moved back on all fours and gently laid the confused Angel Dust down on his belly and stood over him whike reeking of his power that showed in his transformation that slowly formed.
"Noctis?" Angel Dust said worriedly and looked up from over his shoulder.
This wasn't like him at all. Not gentleness, no friendly approach, just an animal acting as if he was backed into a corner.
Like an alpha protecting part of its pack.
Loona remained still but her wagging tail was a dead giveaway as she slowly raised her hands up in surrender.
The admiration in her smile didn't help either.
"Easy big guy." She said softly and braved a slow approach. "I get what you're doing."
"Back off toots, I don't know what's gotten into him!" Angel Dust warned before forcing himself to lean up.
Loona didn't listen and continued to approach them with no hostility in her posture.
"I know what's going on." She said knowingly.
"How do you know?" Angel asked worriedly. He didn't know if she should believe or trust the hellhound but for some reason he felt it was best to go along with it.
Loona nodded with a definite amount appreciation at the animalistic traits coming from Noctis.
"I can sense these things, part of our nature." Loona continued to explain in a non-threatening tone during her approach. "He doesn't know me since we haven't actually met, so right now his instincts are screaming at him to protect you since you're all fucked up. He's being an alpha protecting what's his."
Angel Dust blinked at that and looked up to the growling man. His mind was filled with every caring emotion he had for Noctis. He forced himself up and used his hand to touch the man on his cheek.
"He's changing."
"Noct, look at me suga." Angel pleaded softly and cupped his cheek. "Look at me."
Noctis felt this touch and snapped his gaze down at Angel, snarling like a feral monster with an intensity that made the demon flinch but not falter.
Angel was very aware that was was happening to Noctis was definitely changes they didn't understand for the most part. He did know though from everything that happened that Noctis was in pain and protective from all the suffering that transpired.
Angel knew he was part of it, but instead of feeling guilty he smiled reassuringly and rubbed Noctis on his cheek.
"Look suga, ain't nobody gonna hurt me. She ain't the enemy and I'm right here. You gotta take a breath."
Noctis breathed each growl with heavy stress but listened to Angel Dust talking him into a flicker of recognition.
"She's one of us. She helped keep you safe when you were out cold. You don't need to be defensive with everyone. Just calm down hotstuff."
Eventually Noctis slowly softened his posture from the defensiveness he radiated and powered down. He blinked a few times and took in deep breaths, grasping at straws of his sanity but reaching with visible thought wheb he realized he was on top of Angel.
"Angel?"
"There you are." Angel praised, ignoring the clear admiration Loona was having. "Didn't know you liked being on top."
Noctis looked down to see the compromising position before blushing. He shot back but made careful effort not to so much as brush a single part of his friend that took this problem as a grain of salt by laughing.
"He's definitely an alpha!" Loona screamed mentally, uncaring how her tail was almost fanning the room.
"You good?" Angel asked after touching his knee.
Noctis pondered for moment what he just did and felt mildly annoyed with himself for another emotional episode out of his control. It wasn't just outbursts and physical changes but a clouding of his own mind when he felt danger or uneasiness.
He felt so angry with himself. The moment he awakened and started to understand his purpose he felt like he was on a roller coaster of uncertainty about his power and changes... and he didn't know how to control it, no matter how hard he tried.
Loona on the other hand knew exactly what he was going through because she understood better than anyone in the palace what it meant to have instincts that conteol you when left alone.
She gave a knowing grin both sympathetic and smug while seeing her oppurtunity of getting close to the man. This was too good of a chance to let go to waste, so she approached and touched his shoulder while Angel Dust got comfortable again.
"Dude, you gotta relax. You're learning that you have animal instincts." She practically teased those words.
"What the hell does she mean by that?"
"What are you talking about?" Noctis asked curiously.
Loona had to control her tail as she finally got an interaction from him. Now she just had to play her cards right without coming off as a clingy hellhound reacting to her own instincts and emotions.
Noctis watched with Angel leaning on him as Loona hopped on the bed while putting her phone away, takiing a breath before explaining.
"Okay dude. So take it from a girl who learned the hard way. You're a divine beast and that means you're an animal, which means you have natural instincts that are waking up, like earlier when you reacted to me coming in."
"But why?" Noctis asked dramatically, making the hellhound laugh.
"You're an alpha."
"A what?" Noctis and Angel asked and cocked their brows in unison.
She shook her head playfully and continued explaining while her tail swayed over the edge of the bed as a giveaway to her enjoyment.
"It means you're an animal it strength and you have a pack—" she pointed a lazy finger at Angel. "You watch over them and your body is naturally responding by expressing hostility when a random stranger gets close."
"So when he acted the way he did just now..." Angel Dust paused with implication.
"He thought you were in danger." Loona clarified and scooted closer to Noctis. "And those instincts are waking up and going haywire because you see someone in your pack is hurt. So naturally you're gonna be protective."
She then touched a claw to his forehead and watched the comfused grow on him, in a way she actually found stupid but adorable.
"It's all up in here. You just have to learn to control your emotions." She finished and flicked his head.
Noctis groaned at the sharp pain and rubbed his forehead, absorbing every bit of information he can get from this new demon. He then widened his eyes as if suddenly remembering something very critical, and looked to Angel Dust.
"So maybe that time when Charlie and I were at the studio….."
"It's possible." Angel Dust pondered that moment when their friendship on that specific day was very strained. "Say Loona, how strong can these instincts of his get?"
Loona's smile shrank a little at the thought of how deep Noctis could be in his changes, and answered honestly.
"I don't know. But I can say it depends on what you are. Whether you're an alpha, omega, or even a beta."
"Like wolves?" Noctis asked with a tilt of his head.
She nodded and explained more.
"Kind of. Right now I know you're an alpha in your own way because the way you fought that asshole, and how protective you got when I walked in the door. Plus I can sense it."
"Sense it?" Noctis and Angel questioned in unison, earning a nod from her.
"Yeah, dumbasses." She teased innocently. "I'm a hellhound so I pick up things from others. I can sense how strong your emotions are for others."
This was all new to Noctis without a doubt and like everything else it piled up on the alrewdy heavy load of stress on his shoulders that slumped.
He frowned with his gaze low and exhaled what tension he could before hopping off the bed.
"I need to think."
Angel blinked at Noctis' tone of voice, having never heard him sound so determined but down while was curious as to what she said.
Said spider demon lost his concern though when he realized he didn't get what he wanted still, and screamed out of frustration which made Loona flinch.
"GODDAMMIT I WANT MY CUDDLES!!!"
"What's with you?" Loona cocked a brow and rubbed her ears of the ringing.
Angel Dust was injured deeply without a doubt, but it didn't stop him from screaming out of frustration and having himself a tantrum at being cuddle-blocked again.
He thrusted a finger at the door and snapped at the hellhound.
"That perky ass divine motherfucker agreed to be my servant for twenty four hours. Well it's only been three AND I STILL AINT GOT MY FUCKING CUDDLES!"
Loona obviously didn't understand what the point was behind the cuddling, but she was suspicious when the interaction between him and Noctis had red flags going off in her head as she sat there watching him stress eat.
"Are you two together?" She asked bluntly.
"No." He scarfed a handful of strawberries, chomping and smacking his lips angrily with juice runbing down. "He's just my best friend."
Well that was confusing to the hellhound, it contradicted what she saw earlier and now she really needed to understand what the hell they had.
"So you two are not boyfriends?" She asked with a tilt of her head, irritating him more.
"No, he's just someone that lets me be myself without any catch or deal."
"Oh. So not a boyfriend?"
Angel was on the verge of exploding with how she wasn't understanding .
Later that evening
"Nifty wait!" Noctis yelled, reaching for the housemaid as she bolted out the door. "Nifty I'm sorry!"
It was too late for an apology after his accidental smack with his wings when she barged in to give him to Max. It startled him and by no control whatsoever he spun tocher at the time and got the little demon in her eye before she made a getaway.
The hurt in her expression bedore she did leave was like a knife in his stomach, almost as painful as the scarring reminder from Michael's sword.
But to hear her cry…..
"Nifty…." He dropped his hand and exhaled his heartache whike staring at the dooe in hope that she would come back.
To his dismay he was still alone and now emotionally draines.
"She didn't even let me talk." He sighed to himself and thought back to the day before when he snapped at Nifty for touching his bandages.
He laughed bitterly and wiped his eyes. "Why would she when I've been a jackass."
His thoughts clouded him just as Charlie and Vaggie came back inside from all the bickering and arguing with Beezlebub. Not even their presence was enough to make him look up and see both of his mates surprised but happy to see him.
"No shirt?" Vaggie asked with a lustful grin and approached with the hell princess, hoping to lighten the mood enough for some interaction that wasn't him having an outburst or breakdown.
He didn't respond, not even a twitch of recognition as he snapped his fingers and flickered some control by making a golden flame.
"Baby?" Charlie was concerned now when they got close enough to sit at his sides and see his longing gaze that showed the depth of his guilt and thoughts.
"Talk to us." Vaggie beckoned, almost pleading in the quiet of the room after she touched his shoulder.
Noctis finally looked up but stayed his attention away from them, his expression of emotional exhaustion.
Reluctantly he swallowed his pride and waved the flame away before speaking.
"I've been a real asshole to everyone, taking it out on everybody that so much as breathed in my general direction." His apology was definitely forced, but it was necessary. "I'm just so angry and scared with everything happening to me and how fast it's going."
Charlie and Vaggie stayed silent and understood while he moved his fingers intricately to create an image with his aura. He showed a little bit of his control with weaving in a ghostly gold the three of them dancing and laughing as they took turns holding Max.
"You two gave me a family before any of this started, and now I feel like I'm losing it."
"Noctis….." Charlie felt her heart breaking when he waved the image away.
"I accidentally hit Nifty." He admitted, his confession making their eyes widen. "She barged in to give Max to me and I got her with my wing."
"Is she okay?" Vaggie asked with firmness in her tone.
He nodded and said, "Yeah but she's upset now. Makes me wonder how long bedore I lose you two as well."
Charlie took his hand and squeezed while Vaggie took the other.
"You're not losing us. We are your mates and we love you."
"We just want you to be healthy after everything." Vaggie added and squeezed tighter. "And Nifty is smart. She knows you would not just hit her."
As loving and reassuring it was to know they weren't going anywhere, it didn't help Noctis find peace in his endeavors as he leaned on Charlie.
It wasn't long though before Vaggie leaned on him and joined in that possessive hold they shared after the day they had fighting with Beezlebub.
"I thought I could make a difference after what Jophiel told us back in heaven, but that asshole had everything planned out."
"Yeah, he did." Charlie agreed, glaring at the wall as Noctis' scream replayed in her mind when Michael stabbed him.
"Now we have some ancient angel to handle." Vaggie sighed, a dark reminder for the man drowning in thought by his self-torment.
That poisonous feeling filled his mind and brimmed him with tears as he started to finally break down with every hammering incident that stressed him so hard his heart throbbed.
Little did he know it wasn't a lonely feeling when the mate claim did more than signify their relationship. Charlie and Vaggie could feel some of it.
Still, as painful as it was to see and feel his suffering, Charlie and Vaggie were happy to see he was coming back to being himself through his emotions like before.
Together they nodded with smiles and an idea, and listened to him before deciding to take control.
Although part of of their was selfish when he denied them intimacy these last few days.
"I don't know what to do when I can't even figure out what's going on with me. Adam is gonna attack, Lyoria is gonna return and I can't fucking defend anyone when my body is changing and apparently I have instincts to quote that loona girl and I just—"
He was suddenly silenced into surprise by Vaggie putting a finger to his lips, a lustful smile on hers while Charlie made a little music with her magic.
"~That's enough you silly boy, we love you~"
She shook her head playfully at his confusion and continued as he tried to understand why Charlie was now undressing the three of them.
"~But you're feeling too deep and thinking too far ~"
She took the tears away with her thumbs, caressing for her own desire.
"Your life has been turned completely upside down~"
"Well let's remind you of who you are~"
Charlie joined in when the caressing gave back his smile and adoration of their togetherness. Finally something felt right as she and Vaggie took control in the almost naked straddling of his legs after rolling him to lay down.
Together they clasped his hands between their breasts, gazing lovingly in unison of song and need to help him remember through everything who he was.
(Charlie and Vaggie) "~You're a friend, a father, a man who has defied fate~"
With no need for interruption Charlie cast her power to lock the door and redo the room into what they needed for days— loving.
"But most of all you are our mate~"
Noctis was engulfed by the magic Charlie radiated when it darkened the room, changing into a romantic candle atmosphere while Max was floated to a crib that appeared.
When he sat up to his embarrassing nudity he looked back to both girls dancing the same motion seductively and now in perfect duo, flicking their hips at him as the heat of the moment rose at how touched he was by their provocative invitation.
(Vaggie) "~You're gonna save heaven and hell~"
"~You can do anything, baby~"
"~The two of us will get you through~"
"~To put life back on track and and make evil pay its due~"
Everything that weighed his heart lifted to their intimate dance, even bringing out the laugh in him they loved as they teased him with more touching of his body in places on they were allowed.
(Charlie) "~You already survived the evil of Adam and Lyoria~"
"~Two monsters that are fatal~"
"You are gonna save heaven and hell ~"
"But right now you have your princess and fallen angel~"
Finally he got up, re-igniting the joy that had been lost since the meeting in heaven by dancing away from them and playing hard to get as he gave his heart in the song.
(Noctis) "~You know I love you both so much~"
He fell purposely after so many spins and crawled away with them giving chase.
(Charlie) "~Then why push away our touch?~"
(Vaggie) "~Why do you feel the need to rush?~"
He continued to move away from them before landing in the makeshift love bed Charlie materialized, his stress coming back as he clung to his doubts under his wings to hide himself.
(Noctis) "~You're both my rock, even with this doomsday clock~"
"But I feel like destiny has me in a lock~"
"We have not one but two powerful enemies~"
"~How can I understand my power and make the suffering ease. Where do I start?~"
Charlie interrupted with a strong kiss and stood him up to dance again on the bed with her and Vaggie, both pulling with no room for defiance.
(Charlie) "~That's enough you silly boy, you listen with your heart~"
"~Together we will defy fate~"
"~Harnessing your power we will find a start~"
"~We will help you stop all the hate~"
(Vaggie) "~Extermination Day may be coming~"
"~But we will be right there to help take a stand~"
(Charlie and Vaggie) "~So what if we are taking on the first man~"
"~He won't be ready to fight The Leviathan~"
Noctis couldn't find any other reason to put doubt in himself, not with these two women now strutting and dancing to him as the passion came back to him.
All the warmth, the love— it washed away his mind and soul of negative thoughts.
His eyes sparked again with that spark he had been missing, making his mates smile joyfully before he smiled back and danced toward them as the candlelight dimmed.
They got their Noctis back.
(Charlie, Vaggie, Noctis) "~The three of us, defeat we need to worry the least~"
"~Together we will show him a divine beast~"
At last he extended his hands to both of his lovers, grabbing with confidence and dancing intricately only learned thanks to his overlord mother.
He swayed, he spun, he dipped, he took Charlie and Vaggie both into his embrace and flared all six of his wings in a gust that took out the candlelight completely, leaving only the light of his halo-crown while thrusting his pelvis against them in the high of their moment.
"~Cause we are gonna save heaven and hell~"
"~A Fallen Angel, a Princess and a Divine Beast~"
"~The three of us don't need to worry~"
"~We have just began our story~"
"~We have survived two enemies that are fatal~"
"~Defeat we need to worry the least~"
Both Charlie and Vaggie were in tears at this point, their conflict forgotten while overcome with relief of their mate having found himself so strongly he tucked his arms under to pick them up and hold them.
They latched to his neck needily, gazing into his eyes that shone the man they loved and adored.
(Noctis) "~Because I am a friend, a father and most of all your mate~"
(Vaggie) "~You already survived the evil of Adam and Lyoria~"
"~Two monsters that are fatal~"
"You are gonna save heaven and hell ~"
"But right now you have your princess and fallen angel~"
He nodded and held them closer, spinning even faster and drowning in the happiness as their fun was just about to start in the climax.
(Charlie and Vaggie) "~You're gonna save heaven and hell~"
"~You can do anything, baby~"
"~The two of us will get you through~"
"~To put life back on track and make evil pay its due~"
Noctis didn't doubt their words this time as the dance came to a powerful end of falling on the bed with both girls straddling his legs with possessive need, their voices now sultry and low as his halo-crown dimmed them into the darkness of their long needed night of physical release.
Slowly yet with certainty Charlie and Vaggie dragged their every effort of having his love and touch where his hands needed to be the most.
"~But right now you are our m-a-a-te~"
The room fell into completely darkness, leaving only sounds of them giggling before soft moans came in quiet echoes.
It was going to be a long night.
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The bitter hatred of a slow, heart throbbing walk filled the halls filled Octavia with an emptiness….. from the one that was supposed to love her yet had so much disdain.
Such misfortune made her scorn at the idea of a loving mother as she moved further away from her bedroom that was poisoned with the screams of her mother, even unwilling to consider that a good mother does exist in hell.
"Fucking bitch…..always on my ass about….."
She wiped her tears aggressively and stormed through the palace with a torn sketch pad of her recent work. She could only get so far though when the guards were stationed at every exit.
Imprisonment felt more like a subtle sensation than the dealing of her hateful mother that tore some of the pages out and cast them into the fireplace.
Suddenly she stopped at hearing voices in the room next to her. It was small but it was whispering between two that were talking about something.
Octavia knew she should keep walking and ignore whatever was going on, but her teenage curiosity got the better of her to peek inside and see who it was that remaines awake in the night of the palace.
When she peeked inside she saw Lucifer and Carmilla were alone and leaned over the desk together to read over a glowing book, sharing glares or even scowls as he read quietly.
"These spells seem ordinary." Carmilla commented as if unimpressed with the king and his past work in heaven.
Normally the king homself would be all over the place for such an insult when he helped make the book, but pride was overcome with his darkest secret.
Begrudgingly he swallowed said pride and decided to educate her.
"These spells are not common. They are dangerous." He whispered before looking to the door.
Octavia ducked away just in time, her heart throbbing with fear of being discovered as she listened through the crack.
Carmilla followed his gaze for but a moment before focusing back on the king.
"Dangerous how?"
Lucifer hardened himself and glared up from his seat to the overlord still stiff with worry about her son.
"Because they are designed to harm or kill angels and demons without limitations."
Octavia gasped into her hand as he continued explaining, but she couldn't believe such power existed when angels couldn't be killed in the first place.
"It makes sense now, besides removing obstacles to create extermination day, Adam tricked Sera into killing Romna, and now Michael into stabbing Noctis."
"It was to eliminate anyone with power that can kill him." Carmilla finished for him, her mind blank with shock except for one singular realization about her child. "He's a weapon."
Lucifer nodded and closed the book, pondering deeply while Octavia snuck away with this vital information.
"We can't let him out of sight."
"Especially around Alastor." Carmilla grimaced.