Chapter 16
“Why can’t I sprout wings?” I asked Akta on our way down the path toward the lake of fire. “I was able to do it last time I was in Hell and that was just a couple years ago.”
“Perhaps it is because you still have a body, or because you have the soul of a human, or because Hell works in mysterious ways. I’ve been here for thousands of years and I barely understand it most of the time.”
“So, your answer is that Hell is weird?” I thought about it for a second. “I can buy that.”
“Perhaps Lucifer has the answer, though I doubt it.”
“Why not?”
“Lucifer is an outsider here as well. He isn’t even a god.”
“And gods are usually the rulers of Hell?”
“Yes. First, it was Anubis, who tricked Hades into taking over for him, then Hades tricked Velaska into taking over for him, and Velas
