Page 60 of Hell Fae King
Goose bumps pebbled my arms, uncertainty settling in my gut. I couldn’t handle anything else new right now, not after feeling all thosesoulsfrom the overheated prison.
Fae, I’d forgotten how hot it burned down there.
How uncomfortable it felt to just walk in those corridors.
How horrible it had been my first time there…
Yet my cell had been nothing compared to Dakota’s cell. She lived in true purgatory.
“Technically speaking, she deserves to live in agony for eternity. But I’m offering you a chance to end her cruel existence, should you choose to.”
Lucifer’s words echoed through my mind as the familiar walls of the palace appeared around me and Melek, the flowing lava a welcome sight. Because it meant we weren’t going anywhere unique. Just home.
I stilled.Home,I repeated to myself.Is this home?
It… it felt comfortable. And the scents reminded me of my mates.
Mint.
Embers from a simmering bonfire.
Sin.
Underlined with burning cinnamon.
I inhaled, then frowned at that last bit.Cinnamon.That part was Lucifer. My eyes instantly scanned for him, but he was nowhere to be seen. However, I knew exactly where he was—behind the massive double doors ahead.
Doors I recognized.
The Contract Room.
Melek had shown me this before. Only, the chains were no longer crisscrossed and the skull-shaped fastener wasn’t spewing flames like the last time I’d been here. The metal doors were also ajar, almost as if to invite us inside.
“He calls this his den?” I asked, raising a brow.
“It’s somewhat attached to his den,” Melek replied.
I looked at him. “Physically or metaphorically?”
“Both and neither,” Lucifer called from behind the doors. “I consider it an extension of my den, and there’s a door I can use that connects them. But it’s not attached in a typical sense.”
Yeah, because that wasn’t ominous at all.
Rather than focus on what Lucifer had just said, I opted for another topic. One I used as a distraction from whatever was about to happen behind those heavy doors.
“Did you fly us here?” I asked Melek. “Because usually we travel a lot faster than that.” And it felt like I’d been wrapped up in his feathers for several minutes, not seconds.
“I lingered,” he replied, the cryptic comment one he left hanging between us like bait.
“Do I even want to ask what that means?”
“He was coating you in his scent,” Lucifer answered, this time from the doorway as he poked his head out. “Trying to make you even more alluring than you already are.” His sapphire gaze went to Melek. “The tiny shorts and tight white top weren’t enough?”
Melek shrugged. “You didn’t seem to notice the outfit choice, so I decided to make her skin glow.”
Skin… glow?I dropped my gaze to my arms and cursed as gold glittered up at me. “Melek!” I was covered in his fucking golden jizz again. “Ugh!” Now I needed a bath. Or a shower. Or… or to be dunked in a damn ocean. “This stuff takes forever to wash off.”
“Oh, I noticed,” Lucifer said, ignoring my outbursts. “Ialwaysfucking notice.” The edge in his voice stirred the hairs along my arms and had me glancing at him again.
