There was a knock at Levi's door that startled both of us. We had been so entranced in what we were doing that I had forgotten what time was it and how long had passed since I had entered his room.

Another group of knocks followed only to go back to be silent, as if they had hope my voice or Levi's would answer to their inquiry.
My face flushed for a moment looking for a way to brush off whatever kiss had taken place moments ago and to utter the words I was quickly putting up together.

Surprisingly even if flushed all over, Levi was the one to respond more composed than ever.

"She'll be coming out now. Give us a second."

Now I was skeptical. He was acting as if he knew that whoever was beyond that door was looking not for him but for me.

I was ready to ask questions but Levi wasn't.

He immedietly hugged me and whispered,

"Thank you so much for being here with me. Although it was just a moment, it means a lot to me... You mean a lot to me... The kiss... It is all real... I meant what I said and did... Don't you forget it!"

With that said, he tightemed the embrace and walk me to the door.
When he opened it, Lucifer was standing, with a stern look on his face, which wasn't a surprise since he always wore that look. But something seemed different.

He looked up at Levi, who remaimed serious but his blush hadn't dicipated. Lucifer looked back down at me and then back to Levi who averted his eyes and uttered as he pushed me a little further unto Lucifers presence,

"There you go. Don't bother me now... I'll be playing my games..."

He closed the door and left Lucifer and me looking at each other intently in the quiet hall. From a far, voices came from downstairs but diminished as they reached my ears.

Lucifers penetrating cold stare wasn't something I was not used to but this time around he seemed agitated, or better say annoyed.

We had in some way argued back at the lake before the whole monster and evil sorcerer thing happened but that was about it. It surprised me more when he reached towards me and as he pulled me unto him, he burried his face on my neck and took a deep breath, softly letting it out, making the tip of my toes tingle and my face become warm as the blood rushed to my cheeks.

I could not see his face so I couldn't tell what expression was he making or far worse, the curiosity of why was he acting in such a way towards both Levi and me was eating me up.

When I was about to encircle him as well, he delicately but swiftly pushed me off him and cleared his throat.

"Sorry I... Come. Satan and Solomon are waiting in the secret study."

As he offered me his hand, I looked once again into his eyes to see them change into a different expression; tenderness, care, maybe a tinge of sympathy and a flicker of recentment, but also... Love...

Was he telling me he was sorry? That he felt bad about everything?That it wouldn't happen again? Any of it... That he loved his brother. That he cared about us and he felt powerless against it all?

Many questions rushed into my mind but one amswer from me blew them all away, because right now Levi was safe, I was safe, we all were and that was what matterd most.

I smiled tenderly at him, and as I watched his eyes shine at my response, he held tight as soon as I placed mine over his.

After we decended the stairs and he opened the door to the study, on Lucifer's desk, Satan was reading an open book as he held in one of his hands something that shined as the lights from the lamps hit it.

A very concentrated Solomon held another book on his hands and wrote some things on a piece of paper which Satan piked up, read and looked down upon to.

Solomon,

"Are you sure it will not activate it?"

Satan,

"I am sure. This stone is sealed with strong ancient magic and medium level witchcraft won't help it break the sealing spell on it."

Solomon sighed as he took the piece of paper and in just seconds it was completely burnt to ashes that fell into a trash can placed near the desk.

As me and Lucifer entered, both gentelmen looked up from their work and brightened up the tensed atmosphere with their smiles.

Satan,

" Seems like you are feeling better. Not cold anymore I hope."

Solomon's smile dissapeared as soon as he saw Lucifer walking beside me and saw our holding hands. His brows knitted a little but quikly softened, followed by him turning around and walking towards the book stands to place the book into its rightful place.

A chuckle from beside me grasped my attention and I couldn't help but think, that Lucifer was enjoyng whatever he thought was going on with Solomon.

Lucifer let go of my hand and placed it on my shoulder leading me near the desk where Satan awaited with a wide grin and Solomon remained with an emotionless gaze that shifted from the dark bluish stone on the desk and out the window.

I asked as I rechead for the stone on the table,

"What is this?"

Solomon's hand stopped mine before it reached the stone's surface.

He stated,

"I recommend not touching it. Its sealing spell is a curse. Mortals like us can't touch it unless being killed at instant contact with it."

That explained why Satan was the only one inspecting it so fervesently without dropping dead.

Satan frowned and mentioned,

"You can let go of her Solomon. I assure you she'll not touch it, right Pamy?"

Solomon let go of my hand and looked down unto the stone averting anyones gaze.

If the other Solomon was weird enough to say he was crazy as Hell, this other Solomon wasn't far from it either, or was it some other thing I wasn't getting to understand that made him act inconsistently all the while we are near each other.

I answered wearely,

"Right... So, what is it exactly we are looking at?"

The blue stone had a light spiral moving and glowing inside it. It was the size of a jawbreaker or better say ping pong ball sized.

Satan explained,

"This is one of the Universe Stones. There are five keys that open the segments of the forbidden hidden library in Devildom. Four of them are in this form, stones that represent the elements, Earth, Fire, Air and this one; Water."

Solomon continued.

"They open up the passages to the underground library, but our problem right now is that it seems that they are all sealed, taken into consideration that the Water Stone we have has its magic locked and for now, none of the books we've read has a spell powerful enough to break the sealing spell on it."

Satan,

"The only thing left now is to keep on looking inside the books here and keep on trying, until the stone finally gives out. Once its power is activated, following what it says here in this old manuscript, it'll open a portal into one of the areas of the hidden library."

I nodded in understanding but something was missing in all their explanation.

"What abouth the fifth key? You said only four of them were stones, what about the fifth one?"

Solomon and Satan remained thoughtful for a moment. Lucifer on the other hand answered without giving anymore chance for the suspence to prevail.

"The fifth key has no form whatsoever... The fifth key is the good spirit better say the untainted soul of a good person with no or little sin. The soul of someone like..."

Lucifer stopped his explanation as soon as he took notice of what he was about to say.

All three looked at me for some reason and all this leaving me aside and not telling me a thing was getting into my nerves.

I exclaimed,

"What's wrong with all of you?! I feel like you are all keeping secrets from me and I don't like it! You say we are in this together but I am being left in the dark! How can you be this cruel to me?!"

Solomon,

"We don't want you to get hurt that is why we don't tell you... OW!"

Satan smaked the back of his head.

I frowned. So, they WERE actually not telling me things and keeping secrets.

"Fine. Thank you for depriving me from what Asmo calls 'beauty sleep'. I'll go now..."

I turned and left the study, obviously displeased with the situation at hand. How was I able to help when they didn't share the information with me? I had enough. I'll sleep and just... I'll just do nothing then. Like a damsel in distress looking out the window as the World comes to its unwanted end.

I was right in front of my bed room door when a hand caught mine and spinned me around.

The room of my door was opened and I was pushed inside as the door locked behind the responsible for such tactics.

Lucifer's red eyes glowed in the dark room and stared down at me through the darkness as he stated,

"We need to talk..."