Lucifer said. He looked at Shrike. "The Dominions have broken the boundaries of Hell. All bets are off. You can go home any time you like. Me, I begin rebuilding. None of this affects our work here, you know. Yahweh had his little laugh, but were still building our Heaven. " He pulled a scarlet silk kerchief from his pocket and wiped some of the dust off the glass of the cabinet that housed the crown of thorns. "And if he destroys that one, well build it again. We have eternity to get it right. "
"Were going to have to take the book with us," said Shrike. "Madame Cinders will want it in return for my father. " She brushed some of Lulus hair out of the girls eyes.
"Take it. I dont want the damned thing around here. "
"Can we really give it to her?" asked Spyder. "I got a glimpse of what it is. I dont know anything about magic and look what it did to me. What could someone with her knowledge do with it?"
"Shell do exactly what Xero was going to do. Make a deal with the Dominions and grab as much power she can," Lucifer said. He opened the case with his puzzle boxes and set them back on their proper display stands.
"We cant let her do that," Spyder said. He went to where Shrike was sitting and knelt down next to her. "We cant give her the key to all that power. "
"Shell kill my father. Or worse. Curse him again. Hell be right back in Hell and all of this will have been for nothing. "
"I dont know what to say. "
"Little brother, youre a hero now. Youre going to have to learn to learn to think on a larger scale," said Lucifer. He used his kerchief to slap at the dust that had settle on his clothes while mo
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