“Not much, but I’m hoping he comes around. Watching everything that just happened with Lucifer, your dad, makes me want to try harder.”

“I will have a talk with my father, Lucifer, whoever the fuck he is, about this breeding program.”

“I think after tonight his mind has already been changed.”

“I know, I was there,” she says.

“You saw everything?” She nods her head.

“I’m so sorry, babe.” I hold her tighter against my chest as she inclines her head and we spend the rest of the bath in companionable silence. She falls asleep against me, soft breaths leaving her lips. I wash her body, removing the blood and grime of the day. My mind works a million miles a minute as I try to think of how I can make this better.

I wrap Blair up in a fluffy towel drying her off and placing her on the bed to rest.

I leave the bedroom and wander down the hallway to find Lilith. She’s sitting at a desk, manually looking over different forms.

“Lilith?”

“Hey, Dax. Is there something you need?”

“I need to communicate with Kas or Asmo. Do we have a tele-portal I can use?”

“Of course, follow me.”

Her heels click along the wooden floor as she walks me down to a smaller room, a demon in his true form stands before the tele-portal.

“Lilith,” he says, lowering his head.

“Dax needs to make a call.”

The demon moves to the side, and I place my hand on the communication portal. It’s like looking through a wishing well. Seeing what you want in a reflection, the picture isn’t clear but it’s just clear enough.

I see Asmo’s face. He looks like he’s in the middle of something exerting.

“Asmo?” I say.

“You really do have shit timing, Dax. What do you want and where did you find a tele-portal?”

“I’m in Hell with Blair—the Mara situation has been resolved. I need you and Kas to find Stevie and make sure she’s okay.”

“Stevie’s in trouble?” I hear Kas say, though I can’t see her.

“This witch is a pain in my ass. We’ll go check on her,” Asmo says.

“Thank you.” I watch as his eyes widen over my effort to show gratitude. I nod my head at the demon and leave the room with Lilith.

“Thank you as well, Lilith.”

“Of course, you know, I’ve kind of been waiting for this day. Lucifer visited her on her birthday, always. It was his favorite day of the whole year. But seeing her more often than that was hard on him. So he would send me out to keep tabs on her. Blair has a special place in my heart.”

“In mine too,” I say.

“Wishing you all the luck in the world explaining that to him,” she says.

“Thanks,” I say.