Page 130 of Broken Shadows

I love you too, My Demon.

He stands, commanding eyes taking ahold of the crowd as Lucifer transfers his powers to Lorcan, the shift invisible to the untrained eye, but I notice a few spectral swirls of smoke dancing from Lucifer’s fingers and into Lorcan’s. His eyes close in what seems like a peaceful transference.

Silver outlines Lorcan’s black pupils, melding with the pastel green in his irises. After a few minutes of silence, Lucifer sucks in a deep breath and smiles at Lorcan, then embraces him. “I love you, Son.”

Lorcan’s heart balloons in the bond. I walk the few steps as Lucifer descends them, the taste of his blood still potent on my tongue from this morning when he’d kindly mixed his angel blood with a sweet tea.

Suddenly, no one else matters as I stand before my king, my immortal heart racing for his touch.

“Immortality is breathtaking on you.” His fingers entwine with mine. “How did I get so lucky to become the demon with everything?”

“To think, this started with you stalking me,” I tease, and our conversation falls silent, slipping into our bond instead where our words are all our own.

Even then,he speaks into my mind.You captivated me. It’s why I wanted to hurt you, punish you even. It was never because you were my key to freedom, or your affiliation with Evangeline.

No?

It was because no one has ever made me hornier.I catch the laugh in my mouth, and he grins.I always knew you were my salvation, but I didn’t understand then that it wasn’t just from the Shadow Realm. You were always the key to my happiness, and I could sense it then.

I could sense it too.

Sense what, exactly?He asks.

That what we had was something epic.

He grabs a crown of obsidian, similar to Gomez’s, but full size. “Kneel,” he commands. “For it’ll be the last time you kneel for anyone, My Queen.”

The crown is heavy as it settles around my head. I lift my fingers to touch the cool metal and a smile creeps over my face.

Aiden whistles from the crowd, clapping in tandem with Rosa. “Woo! Bromina!”

I smirk and before I can take in the moment, Lorcan spins me to face him and takes my mouth in his, his tongue meeting mine with the same obsessive word filtering through our bond as he grips me with fervor.

Mine.

Mine.

Mine.

Always mine.

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