Dee raised her eyebrows. “I didn’t ask you.”
“Bianca and Lucifer had sex?” Sophia slipped into the room.
“Bad sex, apparently.” Eddie filled her in.
Daniel joined the party. “Who had bad sex?”
“It was not—” Lucifer took a slow, careful breath. “We are not talking about this anymore.”
“He would say that,” Shade said to Eddie.
“We’re not talking about anything.” Bianca glowered at Lucifer. He was her biggest problem in this room. “Because you’re leaving.”
Lucifer folded his arms and stuck his chin out. “I’m not leaving.”
“Not this time,” Dee murmured.
“Say it again.” Shade sniffed. “Dick move.”
Raphael nodded. “And no eggs benny either.”
Lucifer scowled at all of them. “Do you mind? This conversation doesn’t involve you, any of you.”
“Technically.” Raphael looked apologetic. “It does because Bianca called for us.”
There was a general murmur of agreement.
Eyes laughing, Eddie stepped closer to the bed. “How are you feeling?”
“I was about to ask.” Lucifer huffed.
“But you didn’t.” Shade smirked. “Another dick move.”
“The Tylenol helped.” Bianca kept her attention on Eddie, the only person she felt she could deal with. “Do you know anything more about whatever that was that trapped me?”
Eddie made a face. “Are you sure you’re up for this?”
After the conversation they’d had? “No.” Reliving those terrifying moments was never going to be something she was up for. “But let’s get this out of the way.”
“You’re going with the other witches to my demesne.” Sophia joined Eddie beside her bed. “Whatever that was, it scared us enough to know we need to get you safe.”
Nodding, Lucifer informed her as if the matter had already been decided, “And I’ll take you there.”
He could go right on deluding himself. She wouldn’t leave this room with him. “You all heard everything that being said?”
Eddie nodded. “We’ve been talking. Shade and I think the third is Emma, but we have no idea who the other two are of the three he referenced.”
“That’s not important right now.” Lucifer got his shoulder in front of Sophia. “The most important thing is getting you and the children safe.”
This dickhead never knew when to quit. She spoke to Sophia and Eddie. “You’re sending us to heaven?”
Who wouldn’t find that a little exciting? Especially considering she didn’t need to die to get there.
“I’d lower your expectations.” Sophia grinned. “It’s not all clouds and harps.” She got serious again. “My demesne is positioned between Michael’s and Ramiel’s, and they’d have to go through one of those to get to you.”
“As far as we know,” Raphael said. “There had been no incursion of this rebellion into the heavenly realm. You would have entire hosts to protect you.”
Bianca’s catechism classes as a girl made her ask, “But we’ll be able to come back, right? It’s not like a once you’re there, you’re there for eternity thing?”
Sophia smiled. “You’ll be coming back as soon as it’s safe for you to do so.”
Suspicion pinged. This seemed a lot like being gotten out of the way. “What about Leona?”
“We will be going to find Leona,” Lucifer said. “Raphael and I.”
Glances were exchanged.
Raphael cleared his throat and stared at the wall past her head.
The room reeked of what they weren’t telling her. She looked at Eddie. “How will you find her?”
More glances, and Shade whistled between his teeth.
“There was a gathering while you were sleeping,” Eddie said. “It’s been agreed that whoever is not needed on this plane, will return to their demesne.”
“Why?” After all she’d been through, Bianca wasn’t going to be sidelined.
“Whatever took you is powerful.” Shade joined the cover up. “Frankly, it scared the shit out of us.”
