Evil with a D

Chapter 24

Stacy woke screaming fighting the hands on her shoulders trying to calm her. She was gasping as she clung to the person holding her, eyes closing as she fought to calm herself. "It's okay now Stacy." Greg whispered as he hugged her, hands rubbing over her back.

"Well, at least she's breathing now. Lucas doesn't have a reason to kill you."

"Shut up Alex." Greg snapped out.

"So ungrateful. I mean we came over when you came begging. You could at least thank mom and dad." Alex muttered.

"You're not my parents. Stop being weird."

Alex laughed a little. "Think Stacy needs the distraction."

A slow breath left her before she started to lean back. Her eyes took in her room, pausing on the twins who both flashed her a smile. "Where's Lucas?" she whispered, voice rough and achy.

"After your little fiasco, Alec and I took him to a safe house to heal. Greg brought you back here. It was touch and go for a while."

Stacy frowned, struggling to get up only to fall forward when a wave of dizziness swept through her. Greg's arms shot out to catch her. "I need to go to Lucas." she said with a small frown.

"No, you need to stay here and get yourself better. You couldn't do anything for him anyway. So get ready and be here for him when he gets back." Alex said as he waved at her to lay down.

Stacy hesitated before letting out a small sigh as she laid back. "Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on?"

"It was a play for power," Alex said with a small frown. "It's not uncommon now that Lucifer is gone, but...well, it's extremely frowned upon. Lucifer chose the current leaders, handpicked each one. So most people just leave it. But a few demons want to position of Lordship. The only problem being, Lucifer would never stand for it and would probably kill anyone who stole a throne."

Stacy frowned as she watched them. "Then why even try? I mean Lucas even told me that Lucifer still visits to attend those meeting things."

Alex let out a laugh and Alec snorted. "More like it's a glorified party. They just call it a meeting to make it sound formal," Alec said as he leaned back in his chair. "Give's Lucifer time to put the fear of the Devil in them and knock them back in line."

"Then who the hell would be stupid enough to try something like this!" she snapped out, hands going to her face. "Deme obviously." she said with a small sigh.

"I donno," Alec said with a frown. "I mean, Deme is a devious asshole, but he isn't...dense. He'd only try something like this if he thought he could get away with it. It had to be someone else pulling the strings."

Alex frowned and nodded. "It's true honestly. Who though?"

"It has to be another Lord with the way the spell was done." Greg added. Stacy frowning as she looked between them.

"Okay, so another Lord of Hell is trying to steal Lucas' throne?" she asked almost tentatively.

"Yes. More than likely Greed. I've been hearing rumors when we visit." Alec muttered in thought.

"How shocking that Mammon is trying something. Guy is a grade A dick." Alex said with a roll of his eyes.

"Huh?" Stacy said with a small frown.