Saved By The Devil - BOOK 1 ✔ (Edited)

Chapter 25 (Edited)

An hour had passed and Sarah still hadn't left and was currently in the conference room with us. I tried to kick her out but she somehow finds her way around it. She's like a tick, I swear. All my guys were gathered around the table and Jayson was in the far back of the room trying to get more information on Valentin and his guys. Lucifer was sitting next to me while James and Gabe were on the opposite side of the table.

"They're all Russian," Lucifer said, staring at the whiteboard behind us. Ethan was the writer, so he wrote down every detail we could find about them. Twirling the pen in my hand, I had so many questions. I stood up and walked around the room thinking.

"Alright, so we know Boris is dead. I found it too easy to take him out," I stated in confusion. "Yeah, same. I did some research on him. He didn't really have training or anything," Justin filled me in. "It was more like he was a -"

"Tag along," I finished his sentence and he nodded. "We know the rest of them are well trained but what I want to know is how they know about us," I questioned, looking at the board from across the room.

"About that.." I heard Jayson's voice come from behind me. I turned to see a pissed-off, Jayson. "The organization's system went down for about 5 minutes and they were allowed to get into the system," he hissed. "Why do I even work for these idiots?" I mumbled.

"Because they pay us big," Felix sighed and I couldn't agree with him more.

"Percy, why are they after you?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the board. I didn't receive a reply but a giggle. I looked over to him to see his girlfriend and himself practically making out.

"I'm fucking done," I yelled raising my hands in surrendering motion. "We're done today," I growled.

"Wait, what happened?" I heard Percy's voice. I looked at him and felt the strongest urge to kill him with my bare hands.

"Are you serious?" I spat. I heard some shuffling around the room and I knew the guys were packing up and exiting the room.

"Percy, there are 25 people trying their best to save your ass right now and you just think this is all a joke," my hands formed into two tight fists and I held them close to my side trying not to punch, jump across the table and beat his ass. He looked at me shocked then looked around the room as if he realized what was happening.

I looked towards Sarah to see her tugging on him but he was ignoring her. "Does she even know anything?" I nodded to her. Percy's eyes landed back on me and he slowly looked at her. "No, not really," he sighed.

"What do you mean? I thought we're here for vacation," she stated with a frown and that's then I mentally face palmed myself. This chick couldn't be more stupid than she already is.

"So you didn't see that water tornado when you came?" I asked glaring at her.

"What water tornado?" her eyebrows rose in confusion.

Clueless is her main thing. "Percy, she's got to go," I ignored her glares at the end. Percy let out a groan of frustration and rubbed his hair roughly. "Fine," he mumbled. "She'll be out by tomorrow," he promised and I nodded.

"WHAT?!" she screamed. For a second I thought my eardrums would burst. "It's best if you don't make it hard on yourself," I hear a deep voice behind me. I turned to see Lucifer casually leaning against the doorway.

"NO! I CAME HERE FOR A VACATION AND I WILL GET ONE!" she demanded angrily. I focused on her and tightened my fist. She clenched her neck gasping for air. I watched as she struggled harder and hard to breathe. I heard my name being called but I ignored it. Her eyes started to turn white and I smiled.

I then saw myself in a different room. "Where -"

"Why the hell did you do that?!" I heard a loud growl behind me. I jumped a little and turned around to see Lucifer. I rolled my eyes and shrugged. "Just playing around with her," I lied. "Sky, playing around with someone does not involve almost killing them," he growled, stepping closer. I then looked at his eyes to see it was black. Fuck!

Pissing Lucifer off is the scariest thing you could do. I know I stand up to him sometimes but it was always a mistake. I took a step back as he got closer. As I swallowed, I felt a lump forming in my throat. "Skylar," he growled in a low deep voice. I turned around to walk out but dumped into a locked door.

"Fuck," I mumbled while rubbing my forehead. I was then spun around and pinned against the door. I looked up to see him inches away from my face. "You're being a bad person Sky. You need to stop," he whispered. I felt his cold minty breath hit my face as he spoke.

"I'm not being bad. You knew she had it coming either way," I mumbled with a sigh at the end. I scooted over to my left but he blocked me with his arm. I knew he wasn't going to let me go until he was done.

Before this mission, Lucifer was less hostile and rarely got mad but now it's been a bit different. Something changed within the last couple of days. I've never been pinned down like this before. This was kind of weird, to be honest. I forgot how to mean he can be and not to mention demanding. I knew I was in deep trouble when he fixed my necklace and then healed me on the plane. My feelings for him somewhat also grew and since then I've tried to not show it and also avoid it.

"Are you paying attention?" He spoke in a deep voice. Surprisingly I never noticed that every time he spoke in a deep voice, it was never a rough voice. It was more like a sweet voice that made your heart drop.

"Sky," he growled, which sent vibrations through me. "Huh?" I asked unaware I was staring at him for the longest while. I looked to the ground so my hair would fall and cover my now red cheeks. It worked but he gently lifted my chin so I was now looking at him once again. His eyes were no longer black. It was back to its greenish-gray color.

I watched as his hand came up to my face and tucked the strands of hair behind my ear. "I don't want to be the one to punish you Sky. Even though I'm with you, it doesn't mean I can't punish you for your behavior," he huffed. I looked at him in confusion then understood what he meant. Since he's the Devil, he punishes the ones who do wrong. It's his job and he can't give any free passes. He was warning me.

"So if I had killed her then I -"

"Would be punished," he finished off. My mouth formed an "o" shape in understanding but then it was dropped by a question I had. "What would you do as punishment?" I asked.

He looked shocked as if he thought I wouldn't ask. "I-I can't tell you," he replied, trying to find words. "Just don't do anything bad again," he pleaded while rubbing my cheeks. "I don't ever want to punish you," he said with a frown.

He continued to stroke my cheek. I looked at his eyes to see he was looking at my lips. I looked at eyes trying to read what he was feeling. Honestly, I couldn't tell. His eyes then looked up and once we made contact I felt like I couldn't breathe. The urge to just kiss you right now is unbearable. If I kiss you then I'm gonna be a horrible person. I can't fall for you. You're the Devil for crying out loud. He seemed to somewhat read my mind because he was now leaning in closer so I didn't have to.

Our lips were less than an inch away. I'm going to kiss Lucifer. Ha! Never thought I would ever be saying that in my life. Man, I'm so screwed.