ThreeLucifer lounged in a chair facing the door and blew clover-tinged tobacco smoke into the air. The private room in Te's club, Fallen, was currently empty, but it would soon fill up with the members of the Council of Other-kin. Since Kai was still engaged in that job for Te, Lucifer had time to kill. It had crossed his mind to just retrieve the human himself so he could have his lover back, but he'd had to quash that impulse.
The last thing he needed was for Kai to accuse him of calling him weak. They'd been down that road before with the sigils. While he'd gotten his way then, it meant he'd had to tie Kai down to do it. It had been worth it to know his lover was protected, even if he'd had to endure hurt looks and monosyllabic conversations for weeks after the fact. All the same, he'd
