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to the floor like a cookie he was caught stealing.
    “I see you’re enjoying yourself already,” Lucifer
says, ignoring my presence and focusing solely on Noah.
    “You’re not mad, are you?” he asks, taking a step
back.
    “Of course not. I don’t blame you for wanting Keira.
Many men have found their way into Hell because of her. But if you don’t mind,
I need to borrow her for awhile.” Lucifer adjusts his collar.
    “Wait a minute,” Noah says, regaining some composure.
“Can’t you get someone else?”
    “Ah. You’re horny,” Lucifer says. “Okay. Who’s the
sexiest woman you can think of?”
    Noah’s mouth snaps closed for a moment. “That’s not…
Can you take another Demon so Keira can stay?”
    Lucifer snaps and a girl with long, brown hair and
glasses appears in Noah’s bedroom dressed in a bikini. Of course I know it
isn’t a real girl, just a creation of Lucifer’s made to emulate one. But to
Noah, she’s the real thing, and he’s struck speechless.
    “You’ll enjoy Emily Roberts’ company, I believe,”
Lucifer says. “Keira can come back when I’m done with her.”
    I bristle at this. I’ve gotten used to Lucifer
treating me like bait he can dangle to get a dog to behave, but this time, I
feel more like a piece of meat than ever before. Maybe because he’s about to
torture me and then offer me to this kid like I have no feelings at all.
    Noah swallows, eyes floating between Emily and me. Typical.
Some part of me is disappointed in him. Probably just my pride. I’m hotter than
this girl.
    “Send Emily home,” he says, and I can’t help but drop
my mouth open. “Maybe you didn’t hear what I asked for. We made a deal and I
intend to get what I want. I’ll wait for Keira.” He meets my eyes, face
flushed.
    That’s more like it.
    Lucifer’s fingers sear into my flesh as he yanks me up
by the arm. In a moment I’m stumbling in his throne room, right between his
leather recliner and the giant, flat-screen TV.
    “So you failed your assignment in record time and
thought you could hide it from me? On top of that, Josh admits to finding out
about my plans—a fact I would have preferred you come to me with
immediately. But no, you decide to snoop around on your own first just to save
your own skin.” He sits and crosses his legs, tapping his foot up and down in
front of me.
    “I was trying to get on Josh’s good side. If I did
what he wanted I thought maybe he’d think I was on his side and then he’d—”
    “Make love to you?” Lucifer laughs. “Josh has no
interest in trash like you. Why would he, when he has Grace? Luckily, I was
able to salvage the situation. You will continue to play his new girlfriend,
Hope.”
    I try to minimize my trembling by hugging myself. “But…he
didn’t want me,” I say.
    “He’s agreed to break up with Grace for awhile and
pretend to be with you.”
    What? Just like that? Big brave Angel of goodness, he
is. “That’s impressive, Lucifer.” I try a smile. Maybe he’ll let me off the
hook now that it’s working out?
    His eyes burn with Hellfire and I shrink back as he
uncrosses his legs and leans toward me. “I spoil you too much, don’t I, Mrs. Campbell?”
    No—not this. He hasn’t called me by that name in
nearly a century, and I know what it means. I back away instinctively, even
though I know there’s nowhere to run.
    “You don’t like that name? No, of course you don’t.
Remind me again how you died?” He stands and beckons me closer.
    I don’t dare disobey, so I edge closer, willing the
words to come out like they mean nothing to me. “I drowned.”
    Lucifer tsk s softly and puts an arm around me. I
press my eyes closed, trying to gather myself for what’s coming next. “In a
washbasin, isn’t that right?”
    I nod, not trusting my voice not to waiver.
    “Isn’t that unusual?” Lucifer asks. “How does one die
while standing over a washbasin? Typically once you feel the water enter your
lungs and you