I don't mind you by my side ➳| Lucifer Morningstar

ch. XVI -- Your Mortal?

After the small talk, Maze didn't say anything else so she left Kate to her own devices.

'I have to pull this together... I have done really good job till this point...' Kate thought.

'This is just a little step back, it doesn't matter, live as if it hasn't happened...' she tried to talk herself into thinking it and excepting it.

And she fell asleep thinking these thoughts as the tears still were drying on her cheeks.

In the morning

"So what news?" Maze asked Devil as she was lounging on sofa with knife twirling between her fingers.

"Amenadiel said that Jophiel hasn't been in Heaven for some time." Lucifer said sitting on an opposite sofa and having drink by himself.

"And?" Maze asked.

"The last time he saw her was in New York." Lucifer said.

"Does she know about her whereabouts?" Maze asked and glanced in direction of Kate's bedroom.

"Not to my knowledge." Devil stated simply.

"Are you sure about that?" Maze narrowed her eyes.

"If she does, then it's surprising why she hasn't done anything." Lucifer answered.

"What about Mathew?" Maze asked dangerously dragging knife against her finger. Lucifer could clearly see that the demon wasn't quite fond of that man.

"He just does Jophiel's bidding. I'm not even sure if Jophiel is actually he's guardian." Lucifer said.

"You are telling me that your sister is here just to send you back to Hell?" Maze pointed at Lucifer with her knife. Lucifer only nodded curtly.

"Dad must be really desperate in getting me back there." Lucifer muttered.

"And also Anael was here on Earth." He soon continued.

"Did Anael himself confirm this?" Maze wanted to know.

"Yes, but he insisted that it has nothing to do with Jophiel." Lucifer said taking sip from His drink.

"Do you believe him?"

"Of course not! Besides, I don't think that he was at the party without any reason." Lucifer explained.

"Yeah, well, then why did he stab your mortal?" Maze said her eyes concentrated on the knife in her hands.

"She is not an object, Maze, I don't own her. And you know Anael, he just doesn't mark people out of boredom, that isn't how he works."

"She surely is marked for a reason then." Maze said in bored tone.

"She surely is marked for somebody." Lucifer silently corrected.

"What's the point of her falling for a stranger?" Maze asked and knitted her eyebrows together in confusion.

In this moment Kate woke up in her bed. Looked around her room and rubbed her eyes of sleep. Kate could hear somebody talking in living room since Maze left crack in her doors when she left last night.

"I don't know because I don't decide those things, Maze." Lucifer said taking another sip of His drink. To say that Lucifer was quite confused by all this situation was borderline wrong. He had no idea why Jophiel would want Kate to love some stranger. It was in no way beneficial for His sister.

"I hope everything run smoothly last night." Lucifer asked to change the subject while leaning back in sofa.

"Yeah. Just some nightmares." Maze said nonchalantly.

"Tell me." Lucifer leaned forward.

"She just said that Mathew had appeared in her dream." Maze stated simply not wanting to get into that entire sappy thing from last night.

"Is she alright?" Lucifer asked automatically while narrowing His eyes.

"I think so. Thought that I'm gonna drown in her tears." Maze rolled her eyes.

"She cried?" Lucifer's voice was laced with concern.

"Not that I couldn't handle it." Maze said smugly.

"Yes, of course." Devil answered coolly with strained smile on His lips. He emptied the glass making it disappear.

Kate was listening to all this conversation feeling little guilty for eves-dropping on them. She knew that she wasn't meant to hear any of that.

"Did she say anything else?" Lucifer asked in a tone that made Him look as if He actually wasn't interested in it.

"I think that's she has a cru--" Maze started and Kate knew that this was her Que. She opened the door and lazily went into the living room.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty." Lucifer smiled at her.

"Good morning, yeah." Kate said in distracted tone, her eyes franticly looking around the room.

"Hi." Maze said lying on sofa and stretching out her hand up so Kate could see that demon was lying on sofa.

"Hey, Mazikeen..." Kate quickly answered.

"Are you alright?" Lucifer asked eyeing Kate.

"Mhm... Yeah, fine, fine..." Girl answered absentmindedly and dragged herself in kitchen.

"Maze...you were telling..?" Lucifer asked demon but His eyes still were trained at the kitchen.

"Your mortal has a--" Maze started again.

"I have nothing Mazikeen!" Kate yelled from kitchen.

Maze sat up and looked at the kitchen where Kate was standing in the arc that led to it.

Devil glanced between Kate and Maze.

"And besides, I am not His mortal." Kate forced a smile. Lucifer looked at Kate. Why did that sentence make Him feel uneasy? Kate wasn't looking at Him; actually she wasn't looking anywhere in particular. But He could see that her green eyes were glossy and seemed empty yet somehow held a lot more emotions that she took credit for.

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A/N:

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