"Aren't you going to the Event the archangels are hosting?" Morana states as she rummages through my closet while I sit on my bed watching her.

It's been three days since my incident in hell and the moment between Lucifer and me. I have done everything I possibly can to avoid him. I don't even know what I would say? I hate awkward situations, especially romantic ones. Lucifer and I had a moment, I can't deny it, and I can't let that continue. I will not let anything form between us. 

"Thana?" My head snaps up to Morana in confusion before remembering her question. I roll my eyes with my answer. 

"Well yeah, none of us have a choice." 

"Maybe Lucifer will be there," Morana states with a wink my way, and I roll my eyes at her words. "I heard everyone is supposed to attend the announcement, and they want us to wear something exquisite. Yet all you have is your regular clothing." Morana grumbles as she looks at me with a glare. I ignore her mention of Lucifer, not wanting to talk about her ship.

"Luckily I brought some of mine," She smiles as she walks over to the pile of dresses. "Don't worry; I brought the black ones." I roll my eyes again as I watch her pick one up. I barely glance at it before scrunching my nose up.

"To sparkly," I state, and she glares at me. 

"Come on. It'll look good on you." I narrow my eyes at her words, and she scoffs and puts the dress down, picking up another one. "This one is better right?"

I shrug my shoulders, looking at the pile of dresses, it was the only one not poofy and not completely covered in glitter. 

"Fine," I grumble, causing her to sigh in relief. 

"Good now, put it on." 

I loudly groan as I take the dress and strip out of the robe. I quickly put the dress on, and Morana smiles in approval. 

"Perfect!" She claps her hands together, "Now let me go get my dress on, and I'll be right back, and we can go together." Morana excitedly leaves, and I cringe at her excitement.

I look in the mirror and run my fingers through my hair. I then take it and put it up in an elegant bun, then take pieces on the side out to frame my face. I harshly sigh as I stare at my reflection. The different colored eyes always threw me off, and my pale skin made them creepier. The two different colors in my hair also threw it off. I looked dead yet alive. 

I wonder what Lucifer thought of my appearance, did he find it creepy, was I ugly? All the other reapers had an odd beauty to them, did Lucifer think I was oddly beautiful? I shouldn't care what he thinks, yet here I am, acting like a twelve-year-old. I just hope he doesn't attend this stupid event. 

I sigh as I turn from the mirror while chewing on my bottom lip. This event had me feeling uneasy. The angels never host stuff like this; they are way too ornery to act like humans by hosting an event. 

"You ready?" I jump slightly at Morana's voice as I look up at her. She wears a blush-colored dress that hugs her figure slightly. A sweetheart neckline shows off her collar bone as well as a hint of cleavage. 

I nod, and she excitedly takes my hand, dragging me from my cottage. 

***

My nose is permanently scrunched up at the fact of being surrounded by angels, all dressed in white sparkly gowns. 

"Thana, I'm not asking you to smile but you look constipated, at least go back to the normal resting bitch face," Morana giggles before taking a sip of her wine. 

"Honestly Thana you are sporting some negative vibes towards all the angels, I'm pretty sure they can feel it, so you don't have to glare so harshly," Bora chuckles and I groan at her words.

"Yeah well we have been here for an hour, I'm ready for them to announce whatever bullshit so we can leave." My words cause Zagan to chuckle as he elbows me. 

"Get your wings right, we have only been here for twenty minutes," I roll my eyes as my frown grows. 

"Yet Kasedeya has already started flirting with Michael," Morana observes causing us all to look towards Kasedeya. She twirls a strand of hair in her fingers as she bats her eyes at an unamused Michael, her lips move but I doubt he is even listening. 

"Hi guys!" I turn my head and spot Avalyn, she is wearing a white sparkly gown similar to the other angels. 

"Avalyn hi!" Morana squeals as she throws herself into Avalyn embracing her. 

"You look gorgeous," Bora states with a soft smile, and Zagan agrees causing Avalyn to blush. 

"Thank you, you all look nice." I don't say anything as Avalyn glances at us all her eyes landing on mine. "I think I've gotten the hang of bringing souls to earth. It's really nice." 

"I knew you would," Morana states excitedly and I almost pout in jealousy of my friend being so friendly to an angel. 

Avalyn looks my way nervously a few times before Zagan opens his mouth. 

"So do you know what this meeting is about?" Avalyn looks caught off guard by his question but quickly shrugs her shoulders. 

"Not really, I know there is an announcement that is pretty important but no one would tell me what," She shrugs, and then Raphael comes up behind her and puts an arm around her waist causing me to raise an eyebrow. 

"Avalyn I need to speak to you," Raphael then looks to us and gives us a polite nod as he leads Avalyn away. 

"Oh, he tapping that angel-Ow!" Zagan rubs the spot on his stomach from where Morana just elbowed him while giving him a dirty look. 

"Keep your filthy thoughts to yourself Zagan," Morana states through gritted teeth and a smile makes its way to my face as I laugh at the look of fear on Zagan as he lifts his hands up in surrender. 

"Fine, but damn why your elbows so pointy," Zagan asks as he continues to rub his stomach. 

I feel someone grab my elbow and I turn to look who it is. The smile instantly falls as I spot a smiling Don. He is wearing a white sparkling tuxedo and his hair is gelled back. 

"Hey Thana."

"Don," I curtly greet and Don's smile falls for a moment before coming back again making me internally groan. 

"We should dance," Don states confidently and my eyebrows immediately furrow in confusion. Before I can open my mouth to explain to him why that will never happen a voice beats me to it. 

"She can't she already saved me a dance." 

My eyes widen at the deep haunting voice that sends shivers down my body. I turn to see Lucifer wearing a black tuxedo, hair pulled up elegantly. His eyes are narrowed at Don. I look back at Don who is returning the glare but not as fierce. 

"I don't believe she would go so low as to dance with you. She would rather be eaten by a demon than to do that," Don's voice is harsh and I find myself slightly offended by his words. 

"Well, I guess my soul was consumed by a demon, cause I would much rather dance with Lucifer than an angel." 

Don's eyes widen in surprise before he glares at me. "You've really changed Thana," He cast Lucifer one more glare before walking away. 

I turn my body towards Lucifer as I look up at him, a smirk lights up his face as he looks down at me. "Thana I think that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me."

I roll my eyes as a blush takes over my cheeks. Lucifer grabs my hand and kisses my knuckles making sure not to break eye contact. 

"So are you going to introduce us to your friend or are you two just going to eye rape each other in front of u- OW!" Zagan against rubs his stomach from where Morana has elbowed him again. "Woman your elbow is like a knife your gonna kill me the next time!" Zagan groans making Morana roll her eyes. 

"Don't say stupid things and I won't have to correct your stupid self," Morana patronizes as her hands go to her hips. She then looks to Lucifer with a smile on her face. "Hi, Lucifer."

I roll my eyes at the giddy girl, Lucifer gives her a respectful nod before looking back at me. "Well, I believe you agreed to dance with me."

My eyes widen at his words but before I can protest he drags me to where other people are dancing. Classical music surrounds us as Lucifer puts one hand respectfully on my waist while the other hand grabs mine. I awkwardly place my free hand on his shoulder as I let him take the lead. 

"I know you don't like compliments so I won't tell you how absolutely stunning you look in this dress," I narrow my eyes as I tilt my head at the sly devil. 

"Why, thank you for taking that into consideration," I snarkily reply causing his smirk to grow. Then curiosity takes over me as I let myself wonder out loud. "Why did you show up, you hate the angels."

"Don't confuse my hatred for stupidity, the angels never host things like this, somethings up, they want to make sure everyone knows about this announcement, or they want to see how someone reacts to it." Lucifer wisely states.

"So you came to see if you could find out what they really have in mind." Lucifer nods at my words. "Why didn't you just send one of your demons or one of the sins." 

"Well, the sins, other than Wrath are back on earth, the demons that are actually well-minded enough to actually do something like this have other, more important duties. Plus the Angels would freak at seeing them more so than I." Lucifer smirks as he adds. "And I wanted to see you."

I blush immediately but quickly try to change the subject. "So how is wrath since he isn't on earth?" I ask though I immediately want to throw up at mentioning him. 

"Probably on the verge of becoming a hippie demanding for world peace." Lucifer's smirk turns sadistic. "How is Wrath not being on earth affecting the reapers?" 

"Well, its slowed down the angry kills," I say with a shrug, I hadn't collected as many souls due to Wrath being put up. Though Greed and Pride made sure I was still collecting. 

Lucifer twirls me before bringing me back to him, his face a little closer to mine as he whispers. "I do apologize about Wrath," I look up at him and know instantly I would never be able to stay mad at Lucifer for long. His red eyes stare down into mine as he waits for a response, knowing I would stutter I just nod my head. Without moving his head or eyes Lucifer whispers again. "Why is Michael eyeing us?"

I look out of the corner of my eye and notice Michael staring at us with a smirk etched into his face. "I don't know," I say hesitantly as Michael's warning floats through my mind. 

"Don't fall in love with the Devil. It won't work out for you in the end." 

I look into Lucifer's eyes and know why Michael gave me the warning. Lucifer is infatuating and gorgeous. No wonder sinning was so easy for humans. I could not allow myself to fall into his grasp. Yet, here I am in his arms. 

Maybe it's just platonic, if Lucifer wanted a lover he would have one already right? maybe he just wanted a friend. Maybe he and I could be just that friends. 

"May I have everyone's attention!" My train of thought stops at Raphael's voice, I turn immediately as I see the archangels on a gold stage that glistens in the angelic light. 

I move to where I stand beside Lucifer, though his hand doesn't leave my waist. I look up at him to see him eyeing his brothers, his face like stone, void of any expression. 

"We have gathered you here to celebrate the coming of age," Michael boasts causing the crowd, mostly angels, to cheer in excitement. I cringe at the feign happiness in his voice as he acts as he cares about anyone but himself. He then looks to the side and nods his head. "Don if you would bring the person of honor." 

I cringe again at the sickly sweetness in his voice as my stomach turns at the bad feeling nesting in my gut. 

My stomach instantly drops as Don comes up to me and smiles, trying hard not to smirk. I swallow my anxiety and let a blank look cover up my features as I try hard not to glare at him. He links his arm with mine and escorts me to the stage. He places me in the middle beside Michael. Archangels are both beside and behind me. I look out to the crowd, the reapers look at me in confusion and worry, the angels look excited and anxious. I see other godly creatures with a mix of confusion and excitement. 

"This is Thana, a reaper. With the growth of the reapers, we have decided to crown a Queen of reapers." Michael's voice booms as he looks at me with a sickly sweet smirk. "Who better than a reaper who was a queen in her past life." I instantly imagine myself ripping Michael's head from his body and offering it to the hellhounds. I'm sure they would become my pets after that. 

I look out to the audience as cheers go through, the reapers look confused, except Kasedeya who looks as if she would like to rip my head off. I look to Lucifer who is still stone cold in his expression, yet his eyes try to comfort me. "Today we celebrate the Queen as she unleashes the extra power from within," Raphael states excitedly, obviously seeing this in a different way than Michael. A young angel comes up with a small pillow, a small black tiara sits upon it. I try to keep my breathing steady as she gets closer to me. I look to Lucifer, itching to just run. He shakes his head stopping me in my tracks. 

"Now we will witness the transition," Michael booms again as he grabs the tiara and shows it to the crowd that goes wild again. Now I want to kill them all. My eyes lock with Michael as he gets closer, a smirk gracing his lips. "This is going to hurt a little bit," He warns in a whisper. I narrow my eyes at the delighted smirk and anticipation in his eyes. 

"If this gives me enough power to kill you, I wouldn't dare put that on my head," I whisper through gritted teeth. Michael chuckles at my words before placing the crown on my head. Instantly pain goes through me making me clutch my head in my hands as a burning power runs through my veins feeling as if it's bursting through my insides. 

As quick as it happens, it's over. 

A gasp goes through the crowds, mostly from the reapers and my eyes widen in worry. I look down at the reflective gold stage and glare. My hair is now completely black, an unnatural black, I look like a fallen angel, the only thing left of the angelic side is my blue eye. My red eye is slightly darker. 

I look to Michael who shrugs. He then loons to the crowd. "I present to you the Queen of the Reapers!" 

At his words, three angels make their way to the stage. 

"Now for the new reapers." Michael states and I hear a slight growing as the angels turn into Reapers. "Agitha, Lukina, and Bursa!" 

The three reapers bow to me and I immediately look away. I feel as if I could both throw up and pass out. 

"Now let's continue the celebration."

I quickly let my feet take me from the stage, Don tries to speak to me but I quickly throw him out of my way. 

I feel soft hands quickly grab me and pull me into the crowd. Lucifer immediately brings him to me as if we were dancing. He then whispers in my ear. 

"Act glorified, like this is the happiest day of your life, because it will eat Michael up and throw him off. " I look  Lucifer in his eyes and nod as he gives me an encouraging smile. 

"Congratulations!" He states and I smile playing along with him.

"Thank you, I'm honored, I'm just so surprised." I shock myself at how convincing I sound. Lucifer smiles in approval. He leads us around the dance floor gushing at me being queen, I try my hardest to play along. 

When I notice Michael glaring at me from the side. I up my game as I smile brightly at Lucifer.