Scar POV.
"What's this meeting
about?" I ask my fellow demon lord, Lucifer have called us to another
meeting, we all hope he's in a good mood, and that his pet is there, your
chance of not getting killed when she's there are higher than when she's not.
Lucifer got a pet, what a funny story, what a weird idea, tell me before that
my king would be getting a pet, one that would make him smile, that would make
him act nice! Lucifer is never nice, I'd just laugh at them, but now seeing it
for real with my own eyes, that was something that got me speechless, he's
something, she's something for sure.
"No idea," the
other lord says, only the higher demons are allowed on his floor, only us are
allowed inside his throne room, and when we're called we better go before he
comes after us, hunting our asses, he's not that nice really.
We both walked inside, me and most of the lords, every one of us was the leader
of their own family and house, we are in charge of lower demons, of recruiting
more demons, of making sure to keep them in line and obeying the king orders. I
saw the king, in all his dark glory sitting on the throne, lucky us the pet was
there too, but she's napping, damn it, he could kill all of us and demand to
get new lords before her nap is over.
Nova is sleeping on her
bed-chair like, her head turned toward Lucifer, his hand touching her head
every now and then, her tail moving every now and then slowly meaning she's
fully asleep. Lucifer was smiling, but that smile might just be meant for the puppy
and not out of happiness, or joy to see us.
Keiran, the falling angel and the hell leader right hand, he seemed to be
enjoying all this, he knew something we don't and that's never a good sign,
they might just be planning on taking over heaven, god knows the first time we
tried to do that, it's how all of us came here to become fallen, demons, and
king of hell.
"My lords, my loyal
servants..." he says breaking in a laugh, the king of laughing, lord have
mercy.
"I'm feeling nice, I'm feeling generous, having Nova has changed me, I
think she's the most joy I've had since the day I became king," he says,
he hated being the king of hell, he was forced down here, he tolerates it, but
hates it.
"We getting a raise?" one of the lords says, but the thing is, I'm
not the most social one, I'm not the most loved or popular one, even my family
is mostly afraid of me, but they have to respect me as do most of the other
lords.
"No, you're getting
a chance," he says, now that got most of my attention, a chance to leave?
A chance to kill the jerk standing in front of me.
"King has decided, that you all could have a chance and get a little of
your own, a pet," Keiran says, everyone started to murmur, they are
happy about this, they all want what the king has.
"When can we go and get them" the same jerk who'd I love to hit asks.
"I think you have mistaken my kindness to foulness," the king says
angrily now, standing, they've messed up now, he's not nice for sure.
"You idiots, think
I'll let you roam free and kidnap some worthless humans and call them your
pets" he says between gritted teeth, that was what they all understood, no
one wants a pet like Nova, they wouldn't care for love or care like the one she
provides.
"If and only if you want one, you have to take my permission first, Keiran
would always supervise. You have three hundred and sixty-five days to get a
willing pet, under the condition that they fall for you without knowing what
you are, and you all get one and one pet only" Lucifer says, here comes
the Lucifer we know, it's the king of hell, after all, he's not that nice.
"One!" one of the idiots shout.
"What should we tell them? We are a vampire?" another one calls, he's
right, if we can't show up what we are, how would the littles fall for us.
"Figure it out! If
you do anything I don't approve of, you'll be pulled back to hell."
Lucifer yells at us, his yelling and anger got Nova to wake up, the red-haired
puppy, looked around searching for him, when he doesn't pay her the attention she
wanted. She ran toward him, hugging his leg, he doesn't answer right away,
dismissing everyone, before pulling her into his arms.
I was the last one to leave, but I stayed long enough to see how his anger
turned to love and care when he held the puppy in his arms.
Something inside me shifted, I knew one thing, I wanted one like her, I want a
little too, someone to love and care for.