To Win The Devil's Heart

♦️Chapter 10♦️

♧Troye POV♧

Few weeks have gone by...and everything has changed.

Salem hasn't left his chambers after hearing of his pregnancy but he does allow me to check up on him and see how he's doing. So far he's only keeping himself alive for the sake of the child.

Lucifer has been getting much more angrier being separated from his mate but Axel insist he stays focused on the war. We haven't mentioned the child yet. Only the Gods know how he'll react.

As for my master. He's stressing out, with Salem and Lucifer relationship alongside the upcoming war....it's all to much for him.

"What are you thinking about pet?" Axel rubs my shoulders, slightly melting away the tension.

"About everything. Us, Lucifer and Salem plus the war"

"Well let's focus on one thing at a time. Rouge and Beau are taking care if our soldiers so we don't need to worry about that. You are taking care of Salem and I am taking care of Lucy" I got to hand it to my master being more prepared then I thought. But still Salem being pregnant only makes him a bigger target.

I gently kiss Axels cheek and hug him tightly, in which he soothes me with strokes to my hair.

"We'll be fine baby boy, check on Salem" I nod and we part ways.

I hurry up the spiral staircase and am greeted by Nethermore who I've found out can control his size. A power so rare only a few dragons have gone down in history to possess that ability.

I enter the door to depression and I wasn't wrong.

Salem is staring somberly out the window, with his hands plastered on the glass. His breathe fogs up the window ever so slightly.

"Hi." He doesn't react.

"I brought some soup" nothing.

"Salem please." I pull my best puppy eyes making him turn and then sigh in defeat.

He moves to the fire place and sits silently. Just a few weeks ago him and Lucifer where together forever but now it's as of something has come between them and destroyed them.

Something wasn't adding up. I have my suspicions but they haven't been confirmed.

"How are you?"

"Fine given the news that bare a child to ungrateful man" he speaks bitterly.

"Lucifer isn't himself. Something is wrong"

"Yes I know. Me coming and becoming his queen was a mistake. I'd rather live with the mortals free from all of this bullshit"

"You don't mean that"

"Yes I do. Everyday I'm reminded of his mistakes. I know he's the devil but I thought he loved me" his last words come out in a small whisper.

"The child will grow abnormally fast" it's true. The baby will grow like everyday until it reaches the end of puberty then it slows down. And with Salem and Lucifer's powers. Only the Gods know how strong the child will be.

"You know we could check up on the baby. See the gender." Salem touches his small bump and nods.

"Ok good eat and we shall see the baby's gender."

After Salem devoured the soup, we made our way down to the nurse who is currently putting that werid gel on his stomach.

"Does he know?" I bite my lip contemplating if we should but knowing Lucifer and his current state it's best we not.