Lilith watched as he closed the door behind them, spun on his toes then walked to back towards her. She stood with her arms across her chest completely unhappy with the night's events. She wanted answers, apologies and she wanted someone dead. The day seemed to stretch on forever and she just wanted it to end. She hadn't been able to recall when something had been so emotionally taxing until Russ did what he'd done to her. She was unhappy and angry that he'd been strong enough and allowed to get in her head the way he'd done. Lilith watched Lucifer walk and whistle him-self back to her. She'd grown tired, tired of Lucifer's plans, tired of men and tired of not having what she wanted. The evening she had, had been the last one like it and she was going to make sure of that.

"What was the point of my going to find them in fucking Chicago if you're just going to let them go? Are you insane? You had them right here! You'd have been ahead of schedule if you'd just made them stay!"

Lucifer bit his bottom lip and shoved his hands into the pockets of his golden silk smoking jacket. He took a deep breath, filled his lungs full of air then exhaled slowly while stretching his neck from side to side before responding to Lilith.

"It's better this way my love. I'll get everything I want when the time is right."

Lilith paced the floor near the fireplace then slowed as a dull pain pulsed at the front of her head. She sat down on the cushioned ledge of the large marble step in front of the fire and rubbed at the bridge of her nose. When the pain had subsided enough, she began searching the pockets of her black shirt dress for her cigarettes and lighter. She scanned the room and spotted her burgundy Louis Vuitton cigarette case on the bar. Lilith concentrated on her cigarette case being in her lap. The case rattled on top of the bar then stopped. It hadn't materialized where she wanted it to.

"Fuck! You see that Lu? Junior fucked me over and now shit doesn't work the way it should. This is an omen. You know we're just wasting our time."

Lucifer walked by the bar, grabbed her cigarettes and joined her by the fireplace, seating himself right next to her. He opened the case and pulled out a long slender black cigarette with a silver ring around the filter end and tapped it lightly on the outside of the case before handing it over to Lilith. Lilith placed the cigarette between her lips then reached over into the fireplace when Lucifer stopped her.

"No Lilith. What I do know is that we have no idea where the Garden is since its relocation, what WE do know now is that Our Father has been keeping very close tabs on them and what YOU know is that I am very patient and if we are patient my love, I'll have all I want and more."

Lilith grasped Lucifer's arm, drawing his attention to her. Lucifer snapped his fingers and a flame appeared at the tip of his thumb. He lit Lilith's cigarette then blew it out.

"Now is not the time for this pretentious perfection crap Lucifer. The hour is upon us to act now!" Lilith smoked her cigarette and rubbed her forehead. Lucifer gently removed her hand, held on to it and looked her in the eye. Lilith shrank back unsure of what was going to happen. He removed the cigarette from her lips, took a drag then tossed it in the fire. He stood up pulling Lilith with him, all the while still cupping her hand gently in his.

"You've no idea how long it has taken for my plan to come together", he said releasing one of her hands. He brushed her hair back behind her ear with his fingers. The hand he held gripped hers tightly and drew her into him forcefully.

"I would rather you be my willing little helper than a thorn in my side and we know how much I abhor thorns." Lucifer released her hand. Lilith pulled her hand away quickly and began rubbing it to soothe the pain in her fingers and to make sure nothing was broken. He stood behind her as she faced the fire, rubbed her hair and gazed into the flames while speaking into her ear.

"Calm yourself my dear. All will be well. As you know, I am all about the details. Details, details, details", he smiled and chuckled lightly then wrapped his arms around Lilith's waist. He planted a small kiss at the base of her neck after sweeping her long hair to the other shoulder.

The stereo system switched on and echoed Bryan Ferry's "You Can Dance" throughout the house. Lucifer swayed his hips in a slow and sexy dance behind Lilith, moving her hips along with his while his arms wrapped around her and pulled her into him.

"You need only trust me, My Love."

He moved her arms up and wrapped them around his neck and she began to sway her hips on her own. He ran his hands down the length of her body and stopped at her thighs. He gripped them and slid his hands to the insides of her warm flesh while she rested her body against his, writhing like a snake against him with her eyes closed.

"That's right my love, trust me."

"I will", Lilith said in a staggered breath.

She felt his hands move around her body, touching and grazing in places she hadn't wanted him to touch. Her mind raced with ways to do the things that Lucifer refused to do and as she focused thought on how to succeed where she thought he had failed, her thoughts were cut short as Lucifer slid his hands down the front of her panties beneath the bottom of her dress. She exhaled deeply and slowly and concentrated on the part of her that lives where Lucifer's fingers were probing. She roused it awake as Lucifer's fingers began to take their journey inward. She gave it a telepathic command while Lucifer's fingers circled her small fleshy pearl. His fingers slipped past that pearl and into the folds that hid the deepest warmth of her, the part that held the deepest dark of her.

The beast within laid still and aware, but still. It hadn't followed the command it was given, instead it awaited the presence of Lucifer within. Lilith fell still and stiff in her lovers arms. Lucifer laughed in her ear and removed his hand from her warmth. He spun her around to face her then kissed her deeply before pulling her down to the warm marble floor near the fireplace. A single tear rolled down her cheek as Lucifer's lips kissed and sucked at the breasts he exposed while pulling at her and making a place for them on the floor. At that moment she knew for certain that her body was not her own and this became the catalyst for her own plans. Lucifer would have her help and her trust but only for so long. She closed her eyes as Lucifer's tongue traveled down her stomach to her pelvis.

The new world had gone on long enough without mention of her name or knowing that she was in fact, alive and well. The world would once again feel her presence and know the power behind her name. Lucifer's tongue penetrated the folds of her vagina with a hunger she hadn't felt in some time. Lucifer summoned the beast to play with him then a thin black tentacle slid out from between Lilith's legs and met his tongue. He licked, kissed it then petted the slick tentacle and smiled as it receded back inside. Lilith relaxed beneath him while she secretly plotted her coming out to the world. Lucifer continued to pleasure himself with Lilith's body while she lay beneath him limp and uninterested. Plotting and scheming away.

He kissed at her inner thigh and began to work her body with his tongue. He was Lucifer after all and could use his tongue in ways no human knew. Lilith decided to feel the pleasure that Lucifer was exercising on her body. She ran her fingers through Lucifer's hair and for a brief moment while allowing her-self to enjoy the moment, Russ entered her mind. How he stuck to Inanna's side and didn't seem to want to control her upset Lilith. It upset her that Inanna should find someone that seemed a better catch than all the men she had, it was unfair.

She'd felt the new power that coursed through his body and she wanted it. She wanted to kill him and strip all his talents away. But she also found herself wondering...far in the back of her mind, what kind of lover he must be. What his body must feel like beneath her and how much he would adore the spectacular perfection of her body.

She felt her panties rip at her hips as Lucifer pulled them away from her body and plunged his face back between her legs. Her legs shook as the onset of an orgasm began to well up inside of her. Russ' face remained imprinted in her mind as her breath quickened and became broken. His muscled bare chest covered in blood in Chicago flashed before her eyes as small gasps and moans escaped her lips. And then a new thought came forward - Lilith plunging Samael's sword deep into Russ' chest and watching the life bleed out of his body, then consuming him just before he left his carcass to go and be with The Creator. The thought caused a fluttering in the pit of her stomach.

Lucifer gripped her thighs tight to keep her from squirming too much and spoke to her, happy to see orgasm near.

"Mmmm...Lilith. My sweet."

"Yes", Lilith said out of breath and unable to focus completely on speaking.

"Come for me. Come for me My Love."

In her mind, she saw Russ screaming out and bleeding, she saw his face twisted in pain and terror as his body fed her and it was this image that brought her screaming.

"I will...oh yes, I will."