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The handmaids nearly always came in twos when they were out and about and guarding Lucifer, and Roxy was always the warrior she paired up with.

“Nope,” she said, her gaze sliding to the bathroom door as it opened.

“You should come to one of our girls’ nights,” Roxy was saying as she walked out, petting a little bat that rested in her hands—I fucking stilled—when Sutton followed her.

Roxy spotted us, and her wide smile instantly lit up her lovely face.Sutton on the other hand seemed to freeze, her step faltering before she quickly looked down and followed Rox around the couch to stand with her and Ursula.

Rune followed, and the prick leaned in and said something low in her ear.

“Take a step back, motherfucker,” I snarled, the words bursting from me before I could choke them down.

Sutton’s head snapped up.

“I’ll remind you whose home you’re in,” Rune said, his now black eyes on me.

“How about you open one of those windows for me, Rox, and we’ll see how well Rune can fly.”My gaze slid to Sutton.“Come here.”The demand was impossible to hold back, and as soon as I said it and saw the look on her face, I knew I’d made a mistake.

I felt War’s stare as Sutton blinked over at me, cheeks bright red.I’d surprised even him.I got it.I didn’t do shit like this, but then I’d never been in this situation before either.

“Now, Sutton.”Again, even as I said it, I knew it was the wrong thing to say.

War, shaking his head, told me I was right.I was fucking things up…again, but I wanted her away from Rune right fucking now.Lucifer asked him something, but the buzzing in my head drowned it out.My entire focus was on my female and her proximity to that fucking arrogant demon.

She straightened her shoulders, fury radiating from her.“I’ve already told you, I’m not yours to order around.”

I was done talking.I strode toward her.

She took a step back, her eyes widening.

It was almost enough to make me stop in my tracks, but Rune was still too close to her.As I closed in, the alarm on her face switched back to anger.Before I could reach her, she’d transformed completely.Her eyes were red, her veins black, her nails now claws—then she surprised the fuck out of me and ran at me.

Her hands slammed into my sternum.“How fucking dare you tell me what to do!”she yelled.“After the shit you pulled last night, beating the fuck out of Poe like that.For what?To prove something?You have no idea what a mess you made for me.”

I dragged in a furious breath.“Poe?”I growled.“You’re angry I fucked up Poe?Why are you so concerned about that demon?”I loomed over her, my fingers itching to grab hold of her.“Are you fucking him?Is that it?Do you want him?”

Her beautiful red and black swirling eyes widened.“No,” she said, shaking with rage.“I hate that asshole.”

“Right,” Lucifer said, clapping his hands and standing.“I can see where this is headed, and as entertaining as it would be, you can hate-fuck on your own time.We have business to discuss.”

I turned to him.“What does it have to do with my mate?”

“I’m not your mate,” Sutton snapped.

Lucifer’s bright yellow gaze slid to her, and her mouth slammed shut.He then turned back to me.“If you will save this lovers’ tiff until later, that’s what you’re about to find out.”

Sutton stepped away, and it took all my willpower not to snatch her back.Her familiar chirped and wriggled, and Rox handed him back to Sutton, who tucked him under her jacket, and I forced myself to turn to Lucifer and give him the attention he demanded.

“Looks like we have two issues right now.The first?Brick’s missing.”His jaw tightened.“No one fucks with my hounds.Whoever took him is dead.”

“I’m killing them,” Roxy said, her pretty eyes alight with vengeance.

She looked and sounded like the sweetest female in the world.She also adored pups and could kill a being in a thousand different ways without hesitation or remorse.

“That’s not decided yet,” Lucifer said to her.

She pouted.“You know how I feel about the pups, Luci.If anyone’s hurt Brick”—rage contorted her features, not something you saw very often with this particular female—“I’m going to strip the skin from their body and fillet their flesh.”

Lothar made a weird sound, shifting from foot to foot, and her gaze sliced to him and her cheeks turned pink.