Book 1: The Wrong Girl in the Devildom

Promises

The morning after the fight, Alicia stayed under her covers most of the morning. She wasn't afraid of whatever punishment Lucifer had to deliver, her head was just killing her, and her sides hurt. It hadn't been long since her last fight but it damn sure felt like it. She rolled over on her back and groaned, moving her hand to her side. "Fucking Hell." Hearing a knocking at the door, she rolled her eyes and sat up. "Yeah yeah, I'll be down in a second Lucifer."

"Don't ever call me that again." Asmodeus walked into her room and sat his bag down on his chair. "I heard about what happened, look at your beautiful face." He cupped her face in his hands and studied her bruises. "What were you thinking? You know what, I don't want to know." 

"I'm going to ice my bruises after I see Lucifer." Alicia moved his hands off her face and she yawned. 

"What do you need to see Lucifer for? You need to stay in bed and recover." 

"I'm going to be punished for disobeying him." Alicia laughed a little and went to the bathroom. 

"What a hypocrite." Asmo laughed and sat on her bed. 

"Get off my bed with your outside clothes!"

"Sorry." Asmo moved to sit on the computer chair and he spun around slowly. "Well, if you can stand to sit down by Friday, do you want to come with me to the Fall? It'll be Vixens and Victims night and I saw the perfect outfit for you at Majolish."

"Clubs really aren't my thing. Never have been, I'm more of a wallflower." Alicia said after she brushed her teeth. 

"Oh come on, all wallflowers need to bloom. And it's not like you're going to see anyone you know back home." He quickly spun around to face the door. "Yes, the purpose of this program is to strengthen ties between the realms and to make you stronger, but you should also use this as a chance to do all the things you couldn't do back home. Party, swing on a chandelier, go cliff diving. There's nothing stopping you."

"Except something called mortality." Alicia stepped out of the bathroom in one of her kick around outfits; a pair of jeans and a dark red tee shirt. "Two of those three things might kill me."

"Boo." He looked the girl up and down and smiled approvingly. "Nice choice. The material might soften the blow from his paddle."

"Paddle? I thought this was RAD, not a Catholic school." 

"Where do you think they got the idea from?" Asmodeus grinned wickedly and stood up, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Please come out on Friday? I promise you'll have the time of your life, I'll make sure you'll look so amazing, you won't be able to stay on the wall because everyone will want to dance with you."

"If I promise to go, you need to get me a special wine from the human world. That's the only way I'll loosen up." 

"That's what we have Demonus for my love."

"I'm not drinking Devildom alcohol." Alicia sighed and went to the door. "Do we have a deal?"

"I'll grab it and keep it chilled for you."

"Thanks. I'll see you later." With that, Alicia walked out of her room and left for Lucifer's study. 

"I was afraid I was going to have to come looking for you." Lucifer crossed his arms and smirked at the girl. "How did you sleep?"

"I slept fine, but I woke up this morning feeling like I got hit by a truck." Alicia's eyes moved from the demon in front of her to the paddle on his desk. "Are you really about to paddle me?"

Lucifer moved his hand to the paddle and turned it over in his hands. "I thought about it, but then I realized that there's a 50% chance that you might not take it as a punishment."