“We can dispose of it,” Lucifer assured them. “I’m not sure what his beliefs were, but chances are we’ll be seeing him here soon anyway. If so, I’ll make sure he’s punished accordingly.”
Kensington nodded. “I guess we should get started so we can make the Borderlands as soon as possible.”
“That won’t be necessary,” Lucifer said. “I can send you back from here.”
“Oh. Well, thank you. It’s much appreciated.”
Lucifer nodded, and then turned and smiled at Drew. “Take care in the kitchen, Drew Phillips.”
Drew huffed. “I’m never living this down.”
Lucifer laughed, and then in the blink of an eye, the entire group was standing in Drew and Zach’s kitchen.
They were home.
Chapter 29
A brief debrief
Their kitchen had never felt more cramped than it did with five grown men, a chicken, and an urco in it. The urco—Princess, what a fucking ridiculous name—immediately went into the living room and jumped up onto the couch, making himself comfortable. Zach was too tired and too relieved to be home to make a fuss, but he knew they’d have to have the couch cleaned. The urco’s snout was still covered in Tremblay’s blood.
Leilabokkedand then flew over to the couch, settling herself down on top of Princess, and went straight to sleep. Drew looked dead on his feet, so Zach pulled out a chair at their small kitchen table and urged him to sit. “When did you last eat something?” he asked.
Drew shrugged. “I have no idea.”
“That would be the traanllylln,” Andras supplied.
Zach’s eyes flew to Andras. “He hadtraanllylln?”
Andras winced. “Uh, yeah.”
“Do you know what that does to humans?”
“I do now,” Andrasconfirmed.
“Don’t remind me,” Drew groaned, laying his head on his crossed arms and hiding his face. “I’m so embarrassed.”
“What is tra—whatever you said, and what does it do?” Cavendish asked.
“It’s a root vegetable in Hell,” Zach explained. “It’s also used as a pain reliever and has a similar effect on humans as MDMA.”
Cavendish looked lost. “I’ve never done drugs in my life. What does MDMA do?”
“He was high as fuck, made friends with everyone, and taught everyone the ‘Macarena,’” Andras supplied.
“Don’t forget the ants,” Drew mumbled.
Deciding to revisit this later, Zach shooed everyone out of the kitchen. “Let me make food, then we can sit down and eat.”
Andras hadn’t moved and was staring at Zach.
“What?”
Andras gave a small shake of his head, as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. “You have wings,” he said softly. “I could only ever imagine what they looked like. When we were first fighting the Shadow Blades I caught a glimpse of them, but I didn’t have time to really look.”
“Oh.” Zach felt silly for not realizing Andras would have been curious about his wings. “They returned not long after Drew summoned me.”
“They’re beautiful,” Andras whispered. “I’m so happy for you, Zachariel.”
