Bryndis was the smartest girl in school. That was enough to make Serenwen hate her. On a lunar eclipse, Serenwen dragged Bryndis to an abandoned altar and locked her inside. What waited there was not a ghost. It was Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, chained and raging through his six-year cycle of madness. He broke free. He took her. She fled before dawn. She found out she was pregnant. The school expelled her. She raised her son Liora alone, hiding the small black horns growing from his forehead. Six years later, she needed money for his surgery. She applied for a cleaning job at a mansion. The owner was Lucifer. He had been searching for her for six years. He found her by her scent. He gave her the job. He watched her. He protected her. When his enemies tried to kill her and the boy, he learned the truth: Liora was his son. The boy was the heir to Hell. Lucifer chose them both. Bryndis went back to school. Liora learned to control his power. And the Lord of Hell learned to be a father.
