Page 4 of Trust the Fall
He nods, continuing to rub at his neck. “God.” He finishes my sentence, and we stand in silence for a few tense moments.
“Boys,” a female voice calls from the entrance of the alley. “You’ve been summoned to a meeting with the archangels.”
Leeanna.
When I spin around, she’s already done a disappearing act.
“We’ve got to go.”
“Never,” I spit at Zeke’s feet.
I don’t have time to deal with whatever games Heaven is playing. Nolda might be smarter than I’d given him credit for, but I will find a way into Hell, and when I do... he will suffer.
“If the entrances to Hell are sealed, it’s for a reason. They want to talk, Lucifer. Hear them out. For her.”
“For her? Heaven doesn’t give a fuck about her!”
He shakes his head. “Your pride will get her killed.”
I laugh. “And you care?”
“You know I don’t. Not about you. But this isn’t about either of us. It’s about her.”
“You lied to her,” I bellow.
He huffs. “Living tall in that glass house,Luke,” he seethes, using the name I’d given to Tori. “It was you who deceived her first.”
I take a threatening step forward. “I’ll end your miserable existence right here, Ezekiel. Say one more word and I swear I won’t be able to stop.”
All the fight seems to drain out of Zeke. His shoulders sag and he looks tired. Defeated. “Meet with them, Lucifer. If you care about her at all. Help us.”
“Why do they want to help her, Zeke? What aren’t you saying?”
He shakes his head. “I don’t know.”
He’s not lying. Heaven’s plans for Victoria haven’t been fully outlined to him. There’s a sense of unease flowing through him as his mind works through all the scenarios he’s put together where she’s concerned. He does care for her.
“Heaven won’t work with me. Not where Victoria is concerned. They’ll use her to bend my will, but in the end, there will be war.”
His dead eyes penetrate mine. “He took her to Hell, Lucifer. We can’t enter without your permission, and my guess is Heaven needs in.”
My stomach falls and coldness creeps in. “Fuck,” I bellow, and the ground shakes. I throw my arms up, summoning every demon within miles to my side.
“What are you doing?” Zeke asks, looking around at the darkness crawling in.
“Going to find a damn way home to get her myself,” I growl.
He scoffs. “You think God is just going to unseal the entrances for you?”
“He will or he’ll die. Slowly.” I grit every word through my teeth. “I’ll go to war with Heaven... again.”
Zeke shakes his head. “You have too many traitors to take on Heaven, Lucifer. It’s not Heaven you need to war with. It’s your rogue demons. You need our help.”
I pull my hair at the roots, hating the truth in his words. Hating that despite every promise I ever made to myself, here I am, once again, at the mercy of Heaven.
“When? When do they want to meet?”
“If they sent Lee, I’d assume now.”