Lucifer The God of Hell

his vision as raindrops slid down his face. His breath came in shallow gasps, his hands clenched into fists at his si

e barely audible over the hum of traffi

wrong for weeks now-the late replies, the forced smiles, the way sh

ey?" His voice was

, her silence conf

itted. "They want me to have security, a fut

finished for her, his lips t

't fight for him, didn't tell him that money didn't matter

wealth over us,

gle," she whispered, hugging her arms. "You have

l distance could lessen the blow.

time to wait for

ned and walked away, her silhouette disappearing into the city

against the pavement as he fi

Vi

t suffocating-peeling wallpaper, flickering lights, the sound of leaking water from the kitchen sink. He had fou

t hadn't b

ng at the ceiling, his mind blank. The

t something about the sound-firm, deliberat

tood in the dim

e, Vince

t said, stepping inside with

hed. "I fe

rp gray eyes unreadable.

travel

st the counter. "That

h? Feels like a favo

ife for too long. Chasing after things that wer

ggest I do that? G

"No. You leave this plac

rowned.

ay. Somewhere you

nt's tone, something almost... knowi

ate the of

firm. "It's a choice. Stay here and waste away, or com

the idea outright, but another part-one he couldn

catch?" he f

smile. "The only catch is that once

breath. He had no

he said.

urney

as the world below faded into endless clouds. He had no idea where they were going-Vincen

r. It was heavy, charged with something unseen. The scent of rai

ing paths through dense forests, mist curling between the trees like ghostly finge

e him was nothing like he expected-towering walls of dark stone, wind

is place?"

smirked.

"I've never be

gaze was unreadable. "Or

tepped through the entrance, he felt it-a shift in the a

ent texts and artifacts pulsing with unseen energy. A f

ncent said. "It's a sanctuar

ned to him

before stepping closer. "You've a

ened. "What

ng in the world you knew. Like something

child, there had been moments-unexplainable moments. Times when he had felt the world around

ordinary life," Vincent continued. "Yo

ick with an invisible force. Adrian's vision

woke up

nd ice all at once. The world around him rippled, and fo

ling back. "What

s gleamed with something dangerous. "It's who y

eepened, swirling around

come here to e

ad stepped in