Damon POV.
I didn’t expect this from Lucifer, but he is unpredictable, you could never tell with him, some people just fascinate him, that includes my baby girl, but she’s mine, I earned the honour of being her keeper, Lucifer doesn’t want to be her keeper. Instead what he wants is for her to be near him, she’s like the new shiny toy that has to be near him, to make him feel in charge and in power, she’s stronger than she looks.
The classes in the hell aren’t the worse, I didn’t lie to her, some young witches along with young demon lords go there to learn how to control their magic, I did that, I and Trent used to be in the best class and we did fight over being the number one no matter what. But Cici wouldn’t have to fight with anyone, she got my whole attention, I’m proud of her no matter what, she got me, I could make hell feel like home for her, I’ll make it safe, I’ll make sure she’s happy.
Cici soon fell asleep after whining, crying, and then eating half a tub of ice cream, she managed to put herself into a sugar rush and crash at the same time, I left her asleep in my room, casting a spell to keep her in and to notify me in case she wakes up or tries to leave the room.
I went to check with my other brothers, it’s not just me and Trent, he’s my least favourite one, but he’s not the only one around here, we got other siblings.
All demon lords are the sons of Lucifer, we’re actually his kids, he has thousands of wives, but the demons, only the strongest ones survive and we are raised as lords, we’re never allowed to call him father, it’s a knowledge to know and to keep our mouths shut about it. The younger demons are a creation of Lucifer and hell, they aren’t his kids, they are just his creation, they could develop and get stronger, but they would forever be underneath the demon lords, us.
“Athena! My favourite sister,” I say greeting my older sister, she’s my favourite around here.
“Damon, you’re back?” she says hugging me, we actually hug and greet each other just like humans do.
“Lucifer has summoned me,” I say trying not to growl, I shouldn’t be so mad at the fact I’m forced back here.
“And the little witch? You left her on earth?” she asks me, I wish I could have left her back on earth where it’s safe, but I had to bring her along.
“No, she’s in my room, asleep,” I answer her, I don’t mind introducing my baby to Athena, she might be the only one who hasn’t tried to fight me over Cici, she got her job back on earth and not much interest in witches.
“Oh, I heard all about her, she got the whole of hell shaking,” my sister says, she’s a full resident in hell, sometimes she gets back to earth, she got work there, and her squad to lead.
“Yeah, and what about your nightmare squad?” I ask her, meaning her firefighting team.
“Back on earth, don’t want to bring them down they’d be too tempted to turn all the fires off ,” she says with a chuckle.
“I think my baby is awake,” I say feeling a buzz, the spell was going off, meaning she’s awake or trying to leave the room.
“Can I come to say hi?” Athena asks joining me on the walk back to my room, the time works differently here, although we left near the morning, it’s almost dinner time here, I’ll have to put her down for the night soon too, maybe a good playing match with me and Tena would tire her out.
“Damon,” she whines, great, she learned my name, I’m gonna miss the Mr. Demon daddy days.
“It’s daddy, anything but daddy and you’ll be in troubles,” I warn her, but she only shrugs, trouble it is.
“Hello little girl,” Athena says sitting on the bed next to her, smiling showing off her teeths.
“Hi!” Cici says looking at her with big wide eyes, Tena is one of Lucifer’s daughter but she’s not just a demon, her powers are different, she’s not a lord, she’s a vampires, an original.
“Your teeth!” Cici says finally noticing them, Athena can hide her identity on earth, but in here, she can’t hide her fangs or her red eyes.
“I’m a vampire,” my sister admits.
“Wow! Can you teach me how to do that?” Cici asks making us chuckle, she’s just adorable.
“Aunty Athena can’t teach you that trick, but I’m sure she got other tricks to teach you,” I say begging my sister with my eyes to play along, we need to tire her out some way.