Open Your Heart

Chapter 15

The room was interesting to say the least. Large, with intricate red and white wallpaper that stopped halfway down the wall for a deep mahogany wood paneling. In the room were a few couches set to face each other, a coffee table and large, ornate fireplace with a fire blazing, and monitors. A lot of monitors covering one of the walls, that were all off. Opposite the fireplace were two floor to ceiling chambers massive enough to fit those well over even Orco's size. Staring at the chambers, Char followed his lover to one of the couches and sat beside him, his curiosity peaked beyond compare. "So, what do you want, if you win?" Henroin wasted no time getting to the point. Lucifer chuckled and waved a finger at him.

"I want to know if there's anything more that you want from this. A simple file doesn't quite seem worth while for what I'm about to do to you." Char narrowed his gaze on the man suspiciously. One one hand, he wanted to know what atrocities the man had planned. On the other, he knew he'd much rather play a game of chess than this, and he hated chess. Looking up at Henroin, he caught his lover's eyes and cocked a brow.

"More than the file? How much more than the file?" Lucifer hummed.

"I can do quite a bit more, if that's what you want. However, big things will take a bit of time. Can't rush the grandeur." Pursing his lips in thought, Henroin turned toward Char and held a finger up at Lucifer. His lover leaned in close to whisper in his ear so as not to be heard.

"What do you say? Is there anything else you want?" Holding his breath, he reminded his body that this was not the time nor place for reacting to the soft brush of breath against his neck. Forcing his mind for try and focus on his deepest desires, he could only think of one thing, but he didn't want to get it this way. Shaking his head slightly, he looked at Henroin and lightly swiped a finger down the back of the forest scorpion's hand.

"There must be something you want." Henroin paused to lick his lips before leaning back and facing Lucifer once more.

"Alright, here's my addition; I want..." Lucifer leaned forward in his excitement. "An IOU." The king's shoulders fell at the new information and he rolled his head back.

"An IOU? That's all? One little thing to ask me later because you can't think of anything now?" The man rolled his eyes.

"Not a little thing. This is an IOU for anything I want later. Just once, but anything at all." Lucifer sat up and looked Henroin over slowly, narrowing his slitted eyes at the larger man. After a hum, the snake smiled.

"Anything at all could be a big order. You could ask me to dispose of every other Overlord, wipe out city blocks, publicly praise you as the best, or even..." He took a deep breath and looked somewhat mortified at even the thought. "You could even ask me for a night with my wife." The fallen angel shuddered.

"Exactly. Practically limitless and without a timeline. So, do you agree to the new terms? The file on Seamus Dullhan and one limitless IOU to be used whenever in the future I see fit?" Their host stood and paced over to the fireplace, staring down at the flames in thought. After a minute or two, he turned on his heel and sat back down.

"Alright, I agree to your terms. Let's see if you'll agree to mine." Char watched as Lucifer leaned back and threw leg over his knee, lightly bouncing it. "If I should win this little game of ours, I want you, Henroin, to... release your son." He couldn't help the confusion that he knew passed over his face as he turned to look at Henroin. The smile his lover had worn was gone now, and he was staring intently at the King. "I know how much you depend on Alessandro, and how much your contract with him is worth. You've had it since he fell in, right? If I remember correctly, your own son was your first, even before your bodyguard." Lucifer pointed to Orco, who was staring it Henroin with worry. "He's invaluable to you, does just about everything for you from files to hits. Losing him would be an absolute blow, and that's why you've never dissolved his contract. You need him, and if you set him free... he might leave you. I wonder how many people would it take to replace him? If anyone could, that is." Lucifer paused and watched Henroin as he thought for a moment. "So, do we have a deal?"