Lucy, Fallen (3 page)

“Are you okay, Lucy?” he asked curiously.

My face turned red when I realized that he had caught me reliving that moment.

“Yes.” I cleared my throat. “I’ll be out in a few moments,” I said walking past him.

I stepped into the water and let it run over my face, going back to Brazil in my mind. I had gone there of my own volition because I remember one of my brothers telling us how it had to be one of the more beautiful spots on Earth. I left that next dawn rising and found the waterfall. He hadn’t mentioned it so I felt proud of myself; almost as if I had made some discovery no one had known about. That’s where I slept that night as well. I didn’t want to leave just yet so I crawled inside the cavern and lay next to a jaguar that had made her home in there as well. She, noticing me for what I was, had moved to the back wall to allow me room as to not get splashed by the water as we slept. The next morning I awoke with her head in my lap, her ears flicking to the sounds of the jungle. I remembered running my hands affectionately over her head causing her to purr before she got to her feet and nudged me to do the same. Then she licked my hand before she disappeared into the jungle. I remembered stepping out from behind the waterfall and –

The pounding on the door cut through my thoughts like a knife through butter and I dropped the wash cloth I was using in surprise. The pounding grew more frantic as I could hear faintly over the water the sound of blaring in the sky.

The next thing I knew Deveraux put his weight into the door to bust it open and pulled the curtains back. In a frantic motion he threw a towel around and grabbed me, soaking wet out of the shower.

“What’s going on?” I asked in a panic.

“The Thunderbirds know there’s an angel hiding in our Province. They’re coming to find this angel and execute it, I have to hide you,” he explained as he ran down the hall and jumped down the staircases holding tightly onto me.

The devils in the House of Deveraux were moving quickly and with determination. Windows were being reinforced with steel and doors were barricaded with metal beams. The children were being ushered away by the women devils.

It looked like a war was going to be waged right here.

“NO! I have to hide her!” A small voice shouted so loudly that the walls about shook.

There was a collective gasp in the room. It was Keilyn. She spoke and she was so forceful that it caused all the activity to stop. Spotting me and Deveraux, she ran over to us and pushed him as hard as she could which caused him to fall over and me with him.

“Kei, what are you doing?” he shouted at her.

She immediately gave him a deadly stare before grabbing my hand and running half dragging me along with her. It took me a few steps to be able to keep up with her and even though I didn’t know where she was taking me, I trusted her fully as she led me down toward the catacombs and pushed aside a stone wall that seemed to be a secret passage.  She pulled me in and then moved the door back into place before she grabbed my hand again and we ran down the narrow hallway. I had to run half bent because the ceiling was low, but I followed the bouncing head of curls as she lead the way through the darkness. When we reached what looked to be a dead end, she put her weight into the stones and another door opened into a larger well lit room. She had me follow her in and she pushed the stone closed behind us. She looked around frantically with tears in her eyes. When she found a piece of paper and a pen she began to frantically write before handing it to me.

I have to help them. I don’t want to leave you alone but I have to go. Stay here and you’ll be safe. I’ll bring Master Deveraux back to you once we get rid of them. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

She gave me a strong hug before she ran out of the room like a shot shoving the stone door behind her firmly into place before I had a chance to argue with her. I couldn’t hear anything in this room so I didn’t know if anything was happening and if so, what. I was terrified, pacing back and forth hoping they would be okay especially her. I would be beside myself if something happened to Keilyn and I would do something irrational. I glanced around the room and saw some old layers of linen and cotton lying in piles and grabbed some of them to dry myself off and make a makeshift dress. I felt like a Roman princess the way the dress wrapped around me, but if I had to run out and help them, I wanted to make sure that I was dressed and ready.

I settled myself onto the floor and wrapped my legs around myself praying that they would all be okay. I couldn’t believe I was actually praying for the safety of devils, but Deveraux and Keilyn had been nothing but good to me, and I needed them to be okay along with the rest of their family.

Suddenly I heard the muffled sounds of one of the loudest screams I had ever witnessed in the history of creation. It lasted for at least one solid minute before the silence took over again.

A half an hour of the pure agony of waiting passed before the door was being rustled. I looked around the room and grabbed an old rusty dagger to defend myself and crouched where I was ready to kill anything that came through the door that wasn’t a devil. I watched as the door slowly was pushed aside and tightened my grip on the hilt, tensing up.

Then a small, familiar face peeked around the corner with a smile and a slightly dirty face. Kei ran toward me and hugged me tightly with Deveraux following close behind her.

I started to weep in relief as I held her tightly and dropped the dagger.

“I never knew this place existed,” he said in an awed voice, as he looked around. I sniffled as I tried to calm myself and he looked over at Kei and myself still hugging each other before he spoke again. “She saved everyone you know,” he said softly.

“How?” I asked looking up at him.

“That child has the damnedest scream I’ve ever heard in my life. It caused the Thunderbirds that were in close by to fall from the skies dead,” he explained with a chuckle.

She looked up at me with a big smile and hopeful eyes.

“You’re one brave little girl, Kei. I’m very proud of you. Thank you for helping them and for hiding me,” I said to her.

She gave me one quick nod and walked over to Deveraux, grabbing him by his hand and pushing him toward me, before leaving us in the room with the door slightly cracked. I looked up at him as he stood next to me.

“Up you go,” he said gently as he reached down and pulled me to my feet.

I looked into his eyes for a lingering moment. I could kiss him right now and I wasn’t sure why. But I had two days left and he would have to wait until then.

“I’m glad you’re okay,” I said.

Smiling, he pushed my hair back out of my face, “They wouldn’t have stood a chance if they got any closer. We need you, Lucy. My Province, my family, Keilyn; we need you.
I
need you,” he said bringing his face close to mine.

I could feel his breath on me and my heart began to race.

I pulled away from him before our lips touched.

“My brothers and sisters need me too, Deveraux,” I reminded him.

“I haven’t forgotten my promise. I will help you find them and we will help you keep them safe until it’s time to return them where they belong. But you...
you’re
mine.”

“As agreed.”

I felt his hands gently grip my shoulders and his breath on the back of my neck. The sensation was enough to make me weak in the knees.

Fight it,
I commanded myself.

I didn’t have to fight too hard though.

There was a sound of erratic footsteps coming our way and one of the male devils was shouting for Deveraux.

“Sire! Sire! They took her!” he was yelling down the hallway.

“Took who?” he asked letting go of me and turning to face him.

“Keilyn!”

M
y heart broke into a million pieces. They took the little girl that I had grown to love so fiercely in a matter of days. I fell to my knees and tried to think of what I could possibly to do save her in my current state.

Nothing
.

I got to my feet and looked Deveraux straight in the eyes.

“Give me my wings,” I said fiercely.

“What?”

“My wings. Give them to me you promised! It’s the only way I can save her. Give them to me,” I shouted lunging at him and hitting him in his chest.

“It’s not that simple Lucy,” he said grabbing me by the wrists. “I can only give them to you at our highest point of ecstasy. That’s why I’ve given you the time to heal, because I’m afraid that if you get them before then the pain could kill you.”

I looked at him in shock. He wasn’t waiting for the right time for no reason at all. He was waiting to make sure I would survive.

But will Keilyn last another day?

I looked at Deveraux and pulled my makeshift dress off and let it fall to the floor.

“Then I’m yours for the taking,” I said in a shaky voice.

He stood there for a moment looking at my naked body almost as if he were going to devour me.

“Out.”

“My Lord?” the man devil who had come in to tell us that Kei was taken asked.

“
Now
,” he said turning to give him a deadly look.

The man devil bowed briefly before retreating and running from the room.

He stepped close to me so that I could feel him breathing on my bare skin again and took my nipples in between his fingers.

“If you do this, you are bound to me forever.”

I closed my eyes and saw my brothers and sisters. I saw them dead, mutilated, hiding, scared, and hoping for salvation. I saw Kei’s face and her big smile whenever she would see me.

I opened my eyes.

“I give myself to you Deveraux. Wholly and freely. I give myself to you by my own accord and do agree and acknowledge that I will be bound to you for eternity,” I whispered.

Not hesitating a moment longer he took me into his arms and kissed me passionately. I was surprised at how good just a kiss felt, so I returned it eagerly after a few moments of figuring out how.

“Lay down,” he commanded breathing heavily after we pulled apart.

I did as I was told and pulled the linens underneath me. He stood above me and pulled his shirt off. He threw his jealous lover aside, kicking his shoes off, and undid his belt as I watched him. He seemed to be enjoying my eyes on him as he pulled his pants and underwear off, showing me his desire.

Slowly, he descended upon me with a whispered promise that he would try to make it as painless as possible as he spread my legs gently open.

Oh God, how can I want something I’ve never had so much?

I felt his lips on my neck as he put his weight on me. My eyes fluttered and my breathing was becoming slightly erratic. His lips moved down to my breasts where he suckled my nipples gently as he teased me with his desire, rubbing it against my sex.

“Are you sure this is what you want?” he finally asked after moments of torturous pleasure.

“Yes,” I breathed wrapping my arms around his body. “Yes.”

Pressing his lips against mine, he started to slide himself inside me. Slowly, gently.

He didn’t put himself completely inside of me because he knew there was a barrier that had to be broken, so he wanted to be gentle about it. After a few more precious, gentle thrusts I felt a sharp pain and the warm rush of blood come from inside of me, signaling the loss of my chastity, as he slid himself all the way in. My eyes rolled back in my head and I gripped him tightly as he began to methodically push himself in and out of me.

With each moan I let out, he would push just a little harder and a little faster until he had found a pace that we were both comfortable with. I lay beneath him in the throes of passion digging my nails into his back and desperately feeling myself wanting more of him.

“Harder,” I whispered in a voice quite not my own.

Letting out a moan, he did as I asked and pushed hard inside of me, deeper than before.

The stimulation was getting to be too much for me as I felt something rising deep within me. I reached up and hungrily kissed him as he continued to thrust, sweat starting to cover our bodies.

Please don’t stop.

My body was beginning to shake as was his.

“Together,” he whispered into my ear as he turned on his back hosting me on top of him.

I put my hands against his chest as I started to rock back and forth on top of him at first feeling his throbbing desire deep inside of me. He sat up and grabbed me around the waist and I began to move up and down in a rhythmic motion.

“Faster, Lucy!” he commanded.

I did as I was told, like a good little pet, I bounced on him faster and grabbed him around the neck.

“Deveraux,” I whispered in a shaky voice.

I felt something inside of me yearning to be released and I wasn’t going to be able to fight it back much longer.

He tightened his grip around my waist and his body began to shake. I knew this was what he meant when he said ‘together’ and I let the release take over me, feeling a quick stabbing pain in my back as I did.

My breath came in heaves and gasps as I leaned forward against his sweaty chest and he held me tightly.

“That was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” he said in an awed voice.

“Hmm?” I asked into his chest.

“When you ... When
we
reached our highest point of desire, your wings... They burst through your back,” he said.

“My... Wings?” I asked in disbelief.

“The ones I promised you. You have them now Lucy. Look,” he said glancing over my shoulder.

I looked and saw the feathers. The dark feathers of dusk just as he had promised.

Just as Keilyn had drawn.

“Deveraux...” my voice trailed off but he smiled because he knew what I was going to ask, so he simply nodded and crossed his arms behind his head as I lifted myself off of him.

While I stood there spreading my new wings and examining them, I could feel the juices of our highest desire slowly trailing down my inner thigh but I also felt the warmth of my blood running with it.

It made me smile for some reason I couldn’t quite understand.