Chapter 41
Celix ran straight to Sydney and demanded to know what was happening.
But I already knew because the same thing happened to me.
I might not have said much, but I had been listening.
This wasn’t supposed to happen to her yet.
I wasn’t sure of the exact time frame, but this should have been a ways off.
I looked to Wrathhog and Satan because they had more experience with Sydney’s kind than I did. Even they looked confused, like this shouldn’t be happening.
“What’s happening?” Celix demanded.
“Her wings are coming in,” I said. “It’s different for half breeds. It’s sheer agony until they decide to come out. Should this even be happening right now?” I asked.
“No, it shouldn’t,” Satan said. “Even our children that are half angel-half demon don’t get their wings this quickly.
Kir didn’t get his this early, so it’s not a Lucifer thing.
Something else is going on. Sydney might have something interesting from her human side.
Someone, carry her. Lucifer is going to have those answers and we know where he is now. ”
Celix scooped her up, and I immediately took her from him. Celix scowled at me but it was just logical I be the one to protect her. Apparently, I was a seer and a powerful one, but I was still in the baby stages and just dreaming. I never got a full view in the dream.
I saw the cage bars and one imp. I hadn’t seen the ghosts or the army of imps that had ambushed us.
If I kidnapped the King of Hell, I’d have left a ton of protection.
One imp was just a menace, but when there were a bunch of them that wanted to fight, you really didn’t want to be out on the street.
There were only a few demons who could easily take them out, and it was illegal for one of them to do that.
Sydney needed someone with wings who could get her out of there if things went sideways when we found the cage. The Incubi were stronger than the Furies in the sense that they could overload someone’s brain with senses and knock them out, but Furies were much faster.
So, yeah, it should be me that was holding her right now. I definitely wasn’t noticing that she smelled like red musk, honey, and spices because of the bath products Lucifer bought. I definitely wasn’t noticing that I liked that or how it felt holding her.
Because she was just going to insult me or assault my nuts again. Best not get attached to the crazy ones with fathers who could smite you. I wasn’t stupid. Celix and Nero would come around and realize this.
“Listen, the three of you hang back with Sydney while my daughter and I see what’s waiting by the cage.
We can fully use our magic without worrying about hurting you.
She’s going to be vulnerable until her wings come in and then again for a while after they are fully in.
She picked you, so take care of her. We’re on the right track to finding Lucifer and you really don’t want to know how he’s going to get when he meets her.
If she breaks a nail and he thinks it’s your fault, he’s going to be a total dick about it. ”
Awesome. I’d never met the King of Hell and neither had she, but it was clear where she got it from. Nero and Celix crowded around me as Satan and Wrathhog scouted ahead. I nearly dropped her when her entire body bowed and she cried out in pain.
Fuck. My mother was a shit parent, and I’d had to endure this, but I’d extensively researched Cambion kids in case any that came after me also had shit parents.
I didn’t know if it worked on Sydney’s kind, but there was a salve for Cambion with wings.
My mother didn’t get it for me because she said I was a weak little shit and the pain would toughen me up.
I didn’t think anyone should have to go through that kind of pain.
Her body was shaking with pain and I couldn’t do shit about it out here.
The ingredients were only available in Hell.
I knew enough to know sometimes wings came out early in times of stress and we didn’t exactly bring her back to a loving father and a stable Hell.
She’d had nothing but shit thrown at her so far.
But Lucifer should be back and he could put a stop to that.
Satan and Wrathhog would get him out of that cage and Lucifer could name who took him.
If it was one of the Princes, it would be dealt with and maybe things would get less shitty.
Now that I’d met them, I wouldn’t put it past Asmodeus to convince some of the others to do his dirty work for him.
He was the loudest, and I saw how the others deferred to him.
Then again, we might all get smote by an army of angels before any of this was over.
Wrathhog stuck her head out and called us into the volcano.
I didn’t hear some epic fight go down, and that didn’t make sense.
Nothing was foolproof. Obviously, if I saw through Lucifer’s eyes when I wasn’t supposed to.
The kind of person who was able to get the Prince of Lies in a cage would have thought of everything and left way more than just imps guarding Lucifer.
I didn’t like this.
I carried Sydney into the volcano and found it empty. The cage was gone and there was glowing blue script on the wall. I couldn’t read it, so I was guessing it was Enochian.
“What does that say?” Celix asked.
“Enochian is an ancient language that’s fairly flowery, but basically too late.
Someone knew we were coming. See that sigil near the entrance?
Basically, angels can’t portal inside, even the one who kidnapped Lucifer.
Lucifer was already gone when we got here.
Whoever took him moved the cage out with magic and then portalled him somewhere else.
There’s a leak somewhere. Someone who works at Lucifer’s estate could have turned or I wouldn’t put it past some of my siblings to have the place bugged. ”
Great. We still didn’t have Lucifer, Sydney was going to be vulnerable until her wings came in and settled, and whoever was at the helm of all of this knew we got close.
I doubted they would let us get this close a second time.