In other words, Sorath wanted to know if Luke intended to fight him. Normally, he’d do so without hesitation and just on principle. But right now, he didn’t want to pummel his best friend.
He wanted to beat his father. Which would be nine kinds of stupid. A level of stupid he didn’t need or want right now. While he knew he could defeat Sorath, he didn’t stand a chance against Lucifer.
Grabbing his sword, he paused in front of Shaddix. “Find my betrayer.”
“I will, and I’ll keep asking Father to forgive you.”
Forgiveness? From Lucifer?
Their tropical haven would ice over first. No, he would have to find his betrayer and cut off their head, but not before he beat them enough that they’d go before his father and tell Lucifer they’d lied.
The four demons in his bed began to weep. Without him here, they’d be relegated back to their pits.
Such a shame given their beauty and talents. He’d miss them.
But right now, there was nothing he could do to spare them their pain.
With all the dignity in his rotted soul, he walked past Sorath, then out of his room and toward the portal that led to the human world.
The portal shimmered in the dim light. In the past, it’d been something he’d stepped through without a passing thought.
Today might be his last glimpse of home.
And that infuriated him to a dangerous level. He met Sorath’s gaze levelly. “Tell my father this isn’t over.”
Just as he was about to step through the shimmering portal, he heard a tiny voice.
“Dominus! Wait!”
He looked past Shaddix to see Helly rushing toward them. She wasn’t a demon. She was an imp…his servant since the day his mother had whelped him. Short in stature, she was classically beautiful with perfect features, dark brown hair and an adorable pair of curved horns that rose out from just above her ears.
“I’m going with you, dominus. You don’t need to be out there alone.”
Leave it to Helly to be loyal. Either that or his mother had insisted. Senka would be absolutely livid over this. Not that Lucifer would care.
While his mother, alone, held a special spot in Lucifer’s dark heart, theoretically Senka didn’t control him. If she protested Luke’s banishment, Lucifer would double down on it and refuse any leniency.
Luke’s only hope was to find his accuser and make that bastard undo this.
“Thanks, imp.”
Shaddix opened the portal.
Sorath met his gaze and held it. “I’ll find out who did this to you and together we’ll gut them.”
Luke clapped him on the arm. “I will find out who did this and when I do, there will be hell to pay.”
Chapter
One
“So, who did you piss off to be sentenced to our little corner of Hell?”
Standing in front of a large, antique mahogany desk, Sorcha O’Malley blinked twice at the unexpected question. “Beg pardon?”
The woman who’d introduced herself as Bernadette Corwin lifted a stack of papers and straightened them. “I saw your service record. It’s impressive and spotless. Means you must have pissed off someone significant to be sentenced to Infernal Affairs. So what did you do and who did you do it to? Details, please. I love gossip!”
Not something she was about to discuss, especially with someone she just met.
