You’re never truly free as one of Lucifer’s spawn.
Left to rot in the human world is not a way for a demon to live out the last days of their life. So when Lucifer’s ruling body brought me back to Hell, I hoped I was getting a second chance.
More time to enjoy the fresh smell of chimera dung. More sparring sessions against demonic magic users without worrying about screwing up my weekend plans by getting myself killed. More time to lead rebel cells against Hell’s powerful rulers.
Turns out, petty politicians aren’t willing to let an ‘enemy of the state’ like me live peacefully.
When you’re a threat to the powerful, the powerful enjoy threatening you.
Framed for crimes I didn’t commit, including the murder of two demons, they practically accused me of bringing about Armageddon. Nonsense, all of it!But when they set me up for a battle to the death against the last demon I ever wanted to introduce to my magical halberd, they took their torture to a new low.
I wish I could say that was the last of their surprises, but I’m terrible at spotting sucker punches. And those cheaters were wearing brass knuckles.
Tangling with powerful demons who can set the human world ablaze with the flick of a finger is hardly something worldly demons get involved in. Thankfully, for the sake of humankind and the future struggle of Hell and Heaven, I’m not that smart.
Freedom, if there is such a thing, is never free.
Virgo’s Vigilantes is the sixth book in The Zodiac Series.