Lucifer's Cage (After Dark Book 6) by Sarah Bailey (short story to read .txt) 📗

turned his face back towards her. When he took in her expression, his heart thumped in his chest. Her tears had stopped, but she didn’t look at him in anger. Love radiated from her.

“Lucifer, you showed me how cruel He could be when you gave me the gift of your worst memory.” She put a hand on his heart. “I love you. I told you, nothing you do will change that fact. You’ve given us forever. If I hadn’t killed her, she’d have killed me. That’s what her spell was. I just turned it back against her. I don’t care that I’ve damned my soul. If that’s His price, then fucking so be it. I’m tired of expectations and duties. All I want is you and me. It’s done now, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Then neither of us can change it. I know why you chose it.”

She cupped his face, pulling him down towards her. When their lips met, he groaned, tugging her into his arms. She pressed herself closer, her hands curling around his neck, fingers in his hair.

I love you, little witch. I love you forever.

“I love you too, my beautiful dark angel.”

When they released each other, they both smiled. He wiped away her lingering tears.

“Should we return home?” he asked.

“I need to do something first. Just one thing then I promise we can go home.”

She went up on her tiptoes and whispered it in his ear. He picked her up and they took to the skies.

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He placed her gently down on the ground outside a house in a quiet street. She kissed his cheek and walked up to the door, pressing down on the bell.

A few minutes later, it opened, revealing a blonde girl with green eyes.

“Oh, hi,” the girl said.

“Is he here?” Candace asked.

“Um, yes… I didn’t expect to see you. He told me you were fighting.”

“We were. Look, I just need a minute with him, Sam.”

Sam turned, shouting Jaxon’s name. He walked out a moment later, stopping dead when he spied Candace with Lucifer standing a few feet behind her.

“Jax, I don’t want you to say anything. I just want you to know I forgive you. Whatever has happened in the past can stay there. I didn’t want to leave with there being bad blood between us. You’ll always be my best friend.”

Jax was silent for a moment before he stepped out and wrapped his arms around Candace. Lucifer stiffened, holding back a growl.

I still don’t trust that boy, but this is for her.

“I’m sorry, Cadmi,” Jax whispered. “I just want you to be happy.”

“I know.” She stepped back from his embrace. “I’ll see you soon, okay?”

He nodded. She turned away from him and walked back to Lucifer.

“I’m ready,” she said.

He picked her up, his wings flaring out. Sam let out an audible gasp.

“Who’s that?” she hissed at Jax.

“Lucifer, Cadmi’s lover.”

“What?”

“I’ll tell you about it in the house, come on.”

Lucifer took to the skies, smiling. They landed in Hyde Park and were through the portal half an hour later. He didn’t put her down, taking her straight into their bedroom. He placed her on the bed, crawling over her with a grin on his face.

“What are you so happy about?” she asked, brushing a lock of hair from his face.

“My queen is finally home with me.”

“Are you suddenly turning soppy on me?”

He frowned, growling a little. He took her wrists and pinned them above her head.

“No. Do you need me to teach you a lesson, little witch?”

She smiled at him, shaking her head.

“No, but I do need to speak to my dad.”

He released her, sitting up on his knees between her legs. She pulled her phone off the bedside table where she’d left it earlier and dialled. He’d modified it for her so she could speak to those on Earth she cared for.

“Hello Candace,” her father said when he answered.

Lucifer shifted back, capturing each of her legs and tugging off her shoes.

“Dad, I need to tell you something.”

“I already know, my child.”

Lucifer trailed his fingers up her calves, earning a hard stare from his little witch. He grinned, the smile wicked.

“You do?”

“You know the fae speak to their loved one for one last time before their soul fades.”

“She came to you? That’s… oh.”

Lucifer pushed up her dress, hooking his fingers into her underwear and tugging them off. She looked at him but didn’t comment.

“She’s sorry it happened that way. Her anger for you faded the moment she realised what she’d truly done. It’s okay, I know it was her or you.”

“It was. She went mental at me after I told her I wasn’t going to do her bidding. Perhaps I shouldn’t have provoked her with the prophecy and who it’s really about.”

Her dress bunched up around her waist. He leant down, kissing her inner thighs. She let out an almost inaudible gasp but didn’t stop him.

“You worked it out then. I knew you would eventually. I hope you and he are happy together. I love you.”

“We will be, love you too, Dad. Why did she appear to you?”

He buried his face in her softness, tongue lashing out against her core. She bucked her hips.

“I think your mother always regretted the way she left things between us. She often told me I was her greatest love, though she had many men before me. Perhaps that’s why. I think my love for her faded when I realised how little she cared about your happiness. I still cared for her though. She gave me you.”

Lucifer put his hand on her stomach, keeping her pinned to the bed as he continued to pleasure her.

Little witch, you’re mine. The taste of her is intoxicating.

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