Lucifer had released his hand, and Adam returned to the present. His body was shaking, and he was struggling not to cry. He didn't want these people to see any more of his tears. They didn't deserve it.
Not since Eden had he felt such a whirlwind of emotions. Rage, mourning, pain, hatred, dread, and betrayal all rolled into the man that was Adam.
Sera had warned him not to fight Lucifer, but Adam would've preferred that. A punch to the face would've been far less painful than what he had just witnessed.
"Adam... I didn't intend for that to happen. I was just trying to get them out of here–" Lucifer tried to say, but Adam stopped him.
"Why the fuck would you show me that?!" Adam couldn't keep his voice from trembling. "Do you two hate me that much?!"
"No, I didn't know how to tell you. Adam, I really am sor–"
"NO! FUCK YOU!" Adam screamed with so much intensity, that he nearly went hoarse. "You don't get to act like the good guy all of a sudden! There's nothing you can do or say that will ever make you the good guy!"
Lucifer remained silent for a moment before nodding his head. "You're right."
The sad look in their eyes made Adam even angrier. How dare they pity him? How dare they feel remorse after all the damage they had caused?
They had no right.
In some twisted way, he would have preferred if they had been gloating. At least then, he would have expected that type of reaction from the heartless sociopaths he knew them as.
This had to be another one of their lies. Because there was no way they'd ever be able to feel anything resembling compassion or sympathy.
"No, I know you're just trying to trick me again!" Adam pointed a finger at Lilith. "I saw you! When Abel was murdered, I saw you laughing!"
"Adam, what are you talking about?" Lilith furrowed her eyebrows and frowned. "This is the first time I've seen you since Eden."
Was this actually true? His mind told him this seemed more probable. Because if she had been there that day, then how did the angels or anyone else not see her?
But he ignored these lingering doubts and his brain's attempts to reason with him. His heart cried out for vengeance, and he would listen to it. He knew what he saw that day. It wasn't a trick of the light or a hallucination.
Using his towering height, Adam easily pushed past Lucifer and stormed up to Lilith. "Don't even try to deny it, you lying slut! You were there, mocking me!"
"Do you even hear yourself? You sound crazy!" Lilith glared back at Adam. "You are crazy!"
Adam let out a maniacal laugh. "You think I'm crazy? You haven't seen the half of it, bitch!"
Even Lucifer looked puzzled as he intervened and stepped in between Lilith and Adam. "Adam, no one was mocking you. Lilith has been here with me since we last saw each other. But it's time for you to go. There's nothing else for you here."
"Oh, you haven't seen the last of me, asshole!" Adam grinned as he started to take flight. "And you better hope that baby of yours is already dead when I get back!"
Lucifer's expression darkened. "We already made a binding deal. You can not harm me or my family. If you break it, you won't ever see the gates of Heaven again."
Adam continued to leer down at them, the smirk on his face never wavering. "And you better count your blessings for that! Because I would have no problem ripping that baby right out of Lilith while you're forced to watch."
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Lose Those Chains
أدب الهواةAfter the last extermination, Adam survives but is cast out of Heaven and sent to Hell. Charlie encounters him and learns there's more to the story she was told growing up. Adam wasn't always the villain he was portrayed as and her parents weren't t...
