Page 56 of Knight’s Absolution

“Adam?” Silas asked, saying what they were all thinking.

“Don’t be an old woman, Si, we all gotta bust a nut from time to time. Even you, right? I’ve heard all about you and—”

“Shut the fuck up,” Silas bit out.

They all turned to Silas, who avoided the questions in their eyes.

Lucifer laughed, dark and rough. “Zipping my lips as we speak. And yes, Adam. You think a woman wants to come home with a dude called Lucifer? Humans have been force-fed bullshit about me since forever. Adam was a fucking Goody Two-shoes. Chicks love that shit.”

“Okay, we’re getting off track here,” Chaos said. “We need to find a fallen angel. Can you help?”

“Who?”

“Azel.”

Silence. “Azel?” His voice was like ice. “You sure?”

“Yes,” Zenon said. “He’s working with Diemos.”

Lucifer exploded into a string of curse words. “That motherfucker is supposed to be dead.”

“He’s not,” Silas said. “And he’s found someone who can hide him.”

“You can’t feel him at all?” Gunner asked.

“Adam, hurry up!” the female voice called again.

“For fuck’s sake, Bunny!” he yelled back. “I’ll be there in a minute. You and Fantasia start without me.”

“Fucking hell,” Kryos muttered.

“Jealous,” Lucifer said.

“Can you feel him?” Zenon growled.

“Can you feel him, Grandpa,” Lucifer said.

“You have got to be fucking kidding me,” Zenon said.

“Not even a little. And a promise that you’ll stop ignoring my texts.”

Zenon ground his teeth, his eyes slicing to Gunner, then the rest of his brothers.

“Say it,” Lucifer said.

Zenon’s jaw worked. “I promise not to ignore your texts.”

“Awesome. Now the other thing.”

Their brother held the phone in a grip that made the thing groan. “Can you feel Azel…” he growled out again. “Grand…pa?”

“Now that wasn’t so hard, was it?”

“Answer the fucking question.”

“No,” Lucifer said. “I can’t.”

“Son of a bitch.” Zenon’s chest expanded and he looked ready to commit murder. Zenon wasn’t the only one.