Book 1: The Wrong Girl in the Devildom

From Heaven, with Intent

Alicia? Alicia, sweetie...Can you hear me?

Alicia whined when the light finally broke through to her. She gasped and opened her eyes, quickly throwing her arm over them to protect them. A figure stepped in front of the blinding sun and offered her a hand.

She took it gratefully and slowly got to her feet. She found herself staring at a warm face, the woman kinda looked like her, just a couple of decades older, and with blue eyes.

"I'm glad you finally woke up. I hope my brothers didn't give you too much trouble down there." The woman laughed lightly and Alicia stared at her in shock.

"You're Lilith...I thought you died."

"I did, but Lucifer made a very selfless deal in exchange for my life, but that was a long time ago." Lilith pushed Alicia's hair out of her face and cupped the girl's cheeks. "It's so nice to finally meet the person who's been picking at my memories these last few months."

"Sorry, it wasn't intentional...Listen, Lilith, I-"

"Alicia!" The girl was quickly tackled to the ground by a flying cherub...oh wait. That was Luke. She looked down at the boy's crying face and she reached out to wipe his tears.

"How did you two know I was here?"

"We got a call from Barbatos when they left to retrieve your body. What happened?" Simeon asked, crossing his arms. He couldn't help but feel awful, but at least she was safe. 

"Look, that's a long story that I don't have time to get into right now. I need to get back to the Devildom now, before anyone else gets hurt."

"What?! You can't go back to the Devildom now." Luke protested. "If you get kicked out of the Celestial Realm, you won't be welcomed back."

"That's fine...Honestly, I have no business here anyway."

Lilith laughed a little, though it was lace with confusion. "What? No. You were welcomed here. That means you repented, when you repent you're welcomed."

"I wasn't repenting for my sins. I was apologizing to myself." Alicia let out a frustrated sigh. "There's a lot of things I wanted to do, and dying kinda throws a wrench in all of that, but it's not about that right now. That witch is down there right now using my body as bait to lure the guys and Diavolo to their deaths. I can't stay here."

Luke refused to move from his spot, he held on to Alicia as tight as he could. "Alicia, please."

"She's right." Lilith interrupted. She shooed Luke off of the girl and helped her up, resting her hands on Alicia's shoulders and looked at the angels in front of them. "You know what's going to happen if my brothers are killed down there."

"They know the risks they're taking!" Luke snapped.

"It's not a risk they should be taking...and if Alicia is willing to go down there and do something about it, I'm not going to let anything stop her. And that includes you two." She turned Alicia around and smiled. "Okay, Michael will be here any minute to greet you. If you want to get kicked out, you need to get on his bad side."

"That should be easy. I'm usually on people's bad sides."

Another laugh escaped the woman. "Michael is different. You're going to have to cut him deeply."

"This is insane, Alicia." Simeon reached out and took her hand. "If you're serious about this, there's nothing Luke or I will be able to do to change Michael's mind."

"You mean to tell me if you could do something to stop Lucifer from dying, you wouldn't?" The two stared at each other for a moment, and a familiar pain started anew in Simeon's chest. He let go of her shoulder and nodded.