Unless youd like to wait around in the open for Xero to attack again. " Lucifer nodded to the hills beyond the golden step-pyramid. Men and demons were massing along the ridge.
Lucifer turned to Shrike. "By the way, its nice to finally see your eyes. Theyre lovely. "
"Thank you. Its good to see you, but a little strange, too. "
"I get that a lot. "
Lucifer started across the square to his palace as the others followed. Spyder looked over his shoulder and saw Xeros troops starting down the hill for Pandemonium.
Fifty Two
Waiting for the End of the World
The entrance to Lucifers palace was covered in flowers.
Bloody roses snaked, on unnaturally long stalks, around the main entrance, a wide portico which let onto an immense reception hall. Inside, the roses were joined by clusters of white lilies and fleshy pink and tiger-striped orchids. The white marble floor was covered with a rich, purple carpet, trimmed in gold. On one wall were exquisitely detailed anatomy charts of humans, demons and every kind of animals Spyder had ever seen. On the opposite wall hung a huge tapestry, a rendering of -William -Blakes "Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun. " Along the back wall was what Spyder took to be Lucifers trophy gallery.
Victorian-style curiosity cabinets were laid out neatly around the gently curved walls. The first cabinet held a kind of black knotted lump floating in air behind leaded glass. The little plaque at the bottom of the case read, John the Baptists Heart. Next to it was a set of battle armor, blackened, the metal ripped and melted by some monstrous blast. "Thats mine. From the old days," Lucifer told Spyder.
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