Our relationship might be weird to angels, but a lot of demons did this kind of thing. If an incubus and a succubus paired up, it usually balanced out, but if we didn’t, it was usually safer to have more people for us to feed on. My mom knew that and so did Celix’s mom. Lucifer thought the sun shone out of his daughter’s ass, but deep down, he knew that too.
I pegged Lucifer and Satan for coming to the party with the demons, but Mammon, Belphegor, and Beelzebub were here too and they were trying. Celix’s nieces and nephews were crawling all over Mammon. He seemed to be in wonder of the whole thing and actually good with kids.
Belphegor looked uncomfortable and kept hanging around Satan like he wanted him to protect him from us degenerates, but he was polite when demons approached. Satan and his wifewere mingling, but Lucifer was mostly focused on getting to know our families.
That left Beelzebub. That angelreallyliked food. He got distracted by a food truck in the market and we hadn’t seen him since. I was fairly certain he was off having more fun than Belphegor was because the street food in my old neighborhood was amazing.
My older sister adored Sydney like I knew she would, but she had a healthy distrust of angels. Amira was absolutely gorgeous and could throw a decent punch, but her strongest weapon was her magic and it was against the law for her to use it if some man wanted to take from her because she was a succubus.
“Is this even real?” she demanded. “You’re just going to give up lording over us? How is this even going to work?”
Yeah, my sister was the type to challenge the devil. I hadn’t known him that long, but I could tell he found it amusing.
“It’s very real. I haven’t enjoyed lording over anyone for a very long time. Believe it or not, this would have happened ages ago, but we didn’t all agree on it. We do now. Those of us that wanted this have thought about it and planned for it.”
“How would it work?” Celix asked.
Because if it didn’t work just right, then the upper demons would just take the place of the Fallen and nothing would change. Celix and I hadn’t been planning for this as long as Lucifer had, but we were considered lower demons, so it was pretty obvious to us.
“If you do it by location, then the lower demons are going to still get shat on,” Sydney said. “And I hate that term. We need to do away with it.”
“I agree and we actually thought about that. The best way to change all of this is to have each type of demon elect two people to represent them when it comes to matters that affect everyone and then have the provinces elect their own local leaders. Beforewe step down, we’re striking a lot of laws down. We’re doing away with the hierarchy and anything that preventsanytype of demon from defending themselves. Does this work for you? Because we all have a present for the rest of Hell.”
Yeah, that would actually work. I wasn’t like Kujo, but I could see Hell getting better. Some of the upper demons weren’t going to like it, but they wouldn’t be upper demons anymore and there wasn’t much they could do about it.
“That’s awesome,” Sydney said.
“Good. Now, let your old man show off a bit. I’ll teach you how to do this, but you’re going to need to learn to fly first.”
All the Fallen took their shirts off and brought their wings out. They took to the sky, and it was pretty amazing. I’d never seen this, but they were flying in formation and doing a light show.
“Holy shit, I’m going to be able to do that?” Sydney asked.
Wrathhog draped an arm around her shoulder and grinned.
“Yes, but I’m not teaching it to you. Learning that from my father is a fond memory. You missed a lot of those with your dad, but you have alotto learn and plenty of firsts with your father.”
“Yeah, I guess I do. Let’s enjoy the party and then have our own. I’ve had a demon threesome and now I want a foursome.”
Oh, game on.
Hell parties were fantastic, but I think the real reason I had so much fun was the people. My dad was a party animal, and I really liked Celix and Nero’s family. Wrathhog and I got along great with Nero’s sister Amira and set up a standing date for girl’s night every Thursday night so they could show me the best parts of Hell that weren’t exactly date or dad friendly.
But that wasn’t the last of it. Demons couldreallyparty. The food and booze was flowing, and I got my first taste of the kind of music demons made. When we raided Lucifer’s vinyl collection, I went straight for what I was familiar with. This was good too.
We were out till the sun came up and people were still going. We decided to leave when the general drunkenness on the streeton the street went from fun to mildly annoying. I thought I was going back to Lucifer’s place to get smashed between three demons, but as soon as we got there, he steered us towards the back of the house instead of the front door.
“So, I asked around. Mammon, Satan, and even Abaddon made sure my projects, charities, and businesses ran in my absence. I want to show you a project I put in motion and give you a gift. I was all in with your mother, but she knew I was holding back. I didn’t know if she’d be furious with me when I told her the truth, but I knew her well enough to know she would have come here if you were both in danger.
“I just didn’t know if she’d want to stay with me right away or even at all. So, I had a house built behind mine. You either would have grown up here or at my place, but it’s yours now. I like your men and I like their families, but you are dating averypotent incubus. It’s one thing knowing about it and it’s entirely another having tofeelit down the hall.”
“I know, right?” Kujo snorted. “You can’t even get drunk to drown it out. You end up defacing a self-portrait of the King of Hell.”
Yeah, Kujo was buzzed enough to finally let the real reason that painting ended up with a dick on it out. You couldn’t have water boarded that out of Nero, Celix, and me. My dad was cool, but I wasneverdiscussing that kind of thing with him. Lucifer just laughed.
“Thanks for the clarification. You’re all very young for immortals, but technically adults. I don’t need to know about it either. The only time I want to know about any of it is if there is a consent issue and I’m actually afraid for anyone who tries that once you’re fully trained. Asmodeus had to bring out killing magic because it was the only way to stop the embarrassment of getting his ass kicked by a baby Nephilim.
“Now, I personally designed this place before I knew your mother was pregnant, but I put in a work order for a nursery when I sensed you. The place shouldn’t be dated as I designed it to be timeless. And while you’re a lot like me, you’re also a lot like your mother, so the interior is comfortable and functional rather than ostentatious, though I did design it for beauty too.”
