Halfling (editing in process)

Chapter Forty-Four

Payne's nightmares had been bad, hell, even her own nightmares after the various traumas she had endured had been bad, but nothing compared to the horror that waited her inside Lucien's head. Never before had she ventured to him, it had always been the opposite, the sights before her made her want to scream and wake immediately just so she could feel Payne's arms around her. Sex demons were all around, the screams of humans a bone chilling sound that was a mix of agony and pleasure. There were humans that were missing body parts, some that were torn in half; others were being drained into skeletal husks, their eyes begging for a mercy that wouldn't be granted to them. Raised on a platform sat Lucien in a throne similar to the one her father had. Lying at his feet was a copy of herself, mewling as she rubbed her head on his knee, her stomach swelled with another child. Two boys with messy blond hair and crimson eyes sat on either side of him, a carbon copy of their father save for their eyes and the slight point to their ears. Both looked to be no more than eight years old or so, and already they had two women each.

Lucien looked up, as if sensing she was watching and grinned.

"What do you think Aria? Soon this will be our future, and we shall rule over both hell and earth. My power will grow with each human destroyed, as will the power of our sons. One day we'll destroy Lucifer himself, and nothing will be able to stop us, not that anyone can now. Mmm... To see your belly swelled with child again fills me with desire, how about it, you come out of your little hiding spot and we'll give Lilianna a brother." He smirked.

"Don't you dare say her name!" Aria spat. "She is too good to grace your lips, and I will die before I see any of this happen."

She began to walk towards him, ignoring the humans and sex demons as they pulled at her, her gaze set on Lucien.

"We are going to finish this, once and for all. I am coming out of hiding tomorrow, and if you think you are man enough you can come reclaim me. We'll see if this dream of yours will remain that, a dream, or you can somehow make it a reality."

Lucien laughed and stood, kicking Aria's copy down the pedestal where it was quickly swarmed by the orgy that went on around them.

"You really think you can fight me? You are weak Aria, you don't have the magic or fighting skills you would need to defeat me, and you never will."

"So what kind of coward are you that you won't fight me? Or is little Lucy too afraid of the big bad Halfling?"

In an instant, he was in front of her, his hand wrapped around her throat, her body dangling in the air. She choked out a laugh as she stared down at him, not bothering to try and break free.

"When I get my hands on you again I guarantee you will regret calling me both a coward and that stupid nickname. I will make you scream my name so you'll never forget it. You need to be taught your place, and I'll have all the time in the world to do it."

Aria looked down at him and spat in his face, laughing as he crushed her throat. She started to fade out of his dream, knowing she would need rest for the day ahead.

"Come and get me Lucien." She gaveoff one last taunt before exiting his mind completely, resigning herself to ablissful, dreamless slumber.