{Frank}

"Wow, Victoria painted that?" I whistled.

I was standing in a hallway next to Louis after having dinner with him and his ex-girlfriend. They'd broken up shortly after they had their son and I have no idea why.

"Daddy! I wanna go play!" I looked over and smiled when I saw a young boy who was around seven years old. He looked a lot like his girlfriend though because when she claimed that the kid was his, he got a paternity test and it confirmed that he was the child.

Louis nodded. "Sure. I'll come with you."

"But I'm a big boy now," the kid said. "I can go by myself!"

Louis rolled his eyes. "No, you can't do that Jordan. It's not safe to go by yourself. Not even daddy goes by himself."

"Oh, is that why you always have that weird old guy driving you? And the two big Ogres sitting next to you with guns in their pockets?" Jordan asked.

Louis snorted. "Ogres? Lance and James aren't ogres! They're big strong men and that's exactly why they're protecting daddy and his family. Got it?"

"But Ogres are big and strong; they're also vicious," Jordan said.

Louis laughed, "Yeah just don't go telling them that. I don't think they'd take too kindly to that."

Jordan paused. "Why not?"

"Do you know what Ogres look like?" Louis asked.

Jordan thought about it for a moment. "Oh, I see your point, Ogres are ugly!"

I couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter. "That goes to show if you want an honest opinion about something ask a child."

"Yeah Jordan did tell Avery that one of her dresses made her look like a cow once," Louis chuckled. "I was trying to be nice by saying she looks pretty because she was being grumpy that day. Jordan on the other hand…"

"Hey Mom asked me for my opinion and I told her. I don't get what the big deal is that the dress was ugggggly!" Jordan said.

Louis and I laughed at that comment. In my eyes most children are innocent. It makes me wonder why Delilah has no soul when it comes down to Victoria.

***

{Satan}

I'm not happy at all that I couldn't bring Victoria and Walter back by the end of last year. Apparently there's a couple more things that need to happen in order for the trip home to be successful. One of those things is they need to figure out that they aren't human.

"Are you okay dear?" Cathy said as she walked onto the balcony where I was standing looking up at the stars.

I sighed, "Does it look like I'm okay?"

Cathy frowned. "Look, I know you're upset about our daughter not coming home the way you wanted but she will come home soon. I can feel it in my gut. I think Lilith has already been able to activate Victoria's powers a little bit. You can thank Wyatt for that one."

I paused. "Huh?"

She nodded. "Oh yeah. Lilith has been disguising herself as a woman named Leah and apparently that woman was the maid who helped Victoria escape from Wyatt. Lilith is also playing the part of an exposure therapist. Because of what happened with Wyatt, Lilith asked Victoria how she'd want to kill him and she told her slow and painful." She laughed, "That somehow activated her firepower but it was only temporary."

I smiled when I heard Victoria had fire power. In Hell there are two types of demons. There's demons with firepower meaning they can use the element of fire in any way shape or form. The second type of demon is ice power. Meaning, they can use the element of water in any way shape or form they desire.

Most of the time demons use their powers in combat. There are hybrids but it's rare. The majority of demons within the Royal Family have firepower so it makes sense that Victoria has firepower.

"That's wonderful!" I said.

Cathy rolled her eyes. "Of course Victoria would have firepower. Too bad she didn't get my ice power instead. It's only the in-laws of the Royal Family that have ice powers. So I'm going to assume my future son-in-law is going to have ice powers. I don't know why Alastor says he's Victoria's Uncle when Walter isn't even married to her yet. Hell from what I found out they haven't started dating yet."

"Yeah I know, Alastor's been watching those two very closely and they have been talking but no word of them dating yet," I said.

"I think Alastor's being a wee bit obsessive at this point. They'll start dating. I have a feeling that they've felt the pull that they're mates slightly, because from what Alastor's told me Walter's been rather overprotective towards Victoria lately. Victoria seems annoyed by it but not much," Cathy said.

"Well that's a good thing," I said. I tapped my index finger on my chin thoughtfully. "Yeah know what? I think I'm going to go to Earth and watch over Victoria myself for a little bit."

Cathy grimaced. I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"Just don't be too creepy about it dear," Cathy said. "I mean I know you're the King of Hell and creepy is your middle name, but…"

"What, you think I'm going to jack off to watching her have sex or something like that?" I scoffed. "Yes I'm the King of Hell but even I have my limits. If they start having sex then I'll leave. It's as simple as that."

She nodded. "Alright then, I'll see you when you get back."

I kissed Cathy and grabbed a change of clothing. I spread my wings and flew off to Earth.

***

{Victoria}

I love being with Walter. He's special to me and we've been talking about dating a lot lately. I love it when he holds me after I've had a nightmare but even if I don't have one he wants to sleep in my bed at night. That's fine by me.

So I finally worked up the courage to talk to Walter about dating and making it official. I went to the kitchen to find Walter sitting at the kitchen table reading a book.

"Hey Walter," I said.

Walter looked up at me. "Hi, what's up?"

"Can we talk?" I asked.

"We're talking right now, what's going on?" Walter asked.

"Um, I want to make our relationship official," I said.

Walter blinked. "Excuse me? You want to start dating finally? Did I hear that correctly?"

I nodded. "Yes, you heard me. Let's make it official."

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He got up from the kitchen table and came towards me. "Kiss me."

"Huh," I said.

"Kiss me," He said. "You want to make it official, then kiss me."

I grabbed Walter and pulled him into my arms and kissed him. It started slow at first but then Walter opted to deepen it by shoving his tongue about as far as he could in my mouth and I loved every second of it.

When he broke away from me he said, "Yeah we're going to have to talk to my Boss tomorrow and let him know what's going on here. So he doesn't get taken by surprise by this."

I nodded. "Okay then. works for me."

***

Walter and I spoke to his Boss and much to my surprise he was extremely happy that we were finally dating. After that we went home and Walter couldn't keep his hands off of me.

We didn't have sex but we did make out for how long, I don't know. We didn't stop touching each other until we heard Jenny clear her throat. "Well, this is a bit unexpected."

"Really Jenny?" Jaxon said. "I knew it! I knew Walter had eyes for Victoria and I say he's a perfect match."

I looked over to see Jaxon and Jenny staring at us. Jenny had a surprised look on her face, while Jaxon was smirking.

I groaned, "Seriously? Can you two at least notify me that you're coming over before you just open that door and walk right in?"

"Uh, actually we did call you, but I guess you were a little bit busy to answer the phone," Jenny said.

I went and grabbed my phone to see that there were twenty missed calls from Jenny and fifteen missed from Jaxon about coming over today. I could feel my face go red and Jenny and Jaxon laughed.

"I see we're interrupting something so maybe we should-" Jaxon started.

"Oh no you don't," Walter said. "You obviously came over here for a reason, so what is it?"

"Well Frank's birthday is coming up soon and he plans on finally introducing you, me and Jaxon as part of his family!" Jenny cheered.

I gulped. Jenny knows good and well that I don't like to be the center of attention much. It's bad enough for me to deal with that type of attention from being a talented artist.

Jenny sighed, "Look I get it, but you're going to have to get used to it. And if you don't want any rich men chasing after you, you could just announce that you have a boyfriend, if you want?"

I looked over at Walter and he nodded. "That sounds like a good idea to me. Victoria's mine and I'll be damned if I let anyone take her from me because of her status!"

Jaxon chuckled, "And I know you'll protect her with everything you got. So I'm not worried, Victoria is in good hands."

Walter smiled. Before he could say anything, Jenny perked up. "Hey, let's watch a movie! We haven't done that in a while."

"Okay, what do you wanna watch?" I asked.

Jenny picked out an action movie even though I've been wanting to watch a horror movie. I rolled my eyes at the thought of watching another action movie. Walter must've seen my reaction because he asked, "What movie do you want to watch Victoria?"

"I want to watch a horror movie," I answered.

Walter shook his head. "Not happening."

"Why not? I'm not a child you know! You asked me what type of movie that I want to watch and I answered," I growled.

"It's not a good idea. Because-" Walter started.

"I say let her watch a horror movie," Jaxon said. "Victoria's always loved horror movies even growing up. If anything they'll give her ideas for her paintings."

"And if I start hallucinating I'll deal with it," I said.

"Are you guys nuts!" Jenny said. "I agree with Walter, I don't think it's a good idea."

Walter looked back and forth between Jenny and I. He sighed, "Okay fine, let's watch a horror movie. What movie do you want to watch?"

"Stephen King's movie called: It. The reboot of it and not the other version," I said.

Walter's face paled. "What the hell! Are you sure?"

I nodded. "Yeah. I love watching movies that have what I'm afraid of in it. It adds to the experience. Why? Are you afraid of clowns?"

Walter nodded. I groaned, "Fine we'll watch a dumbass action movie instead."

"No," Walter growled.

I frowned. "No, what?"

"We're watching the damn movie!" Walter declared.

"Excuse me?" I said.

Walter crossed his arms and looked at me. "You heard me, we're watching the damn movie!"

"Why don't we watch both?" Jenny suggested.

Jaxon agreed, "That's not a bad idea. We can watch the horror movie and then unwind by watching the action movie Jenny picked out."

"Besides, you guys were in a really good mood, well up until we ruined it by accident. And seriously hope we don't walk in on you two having sex," Jenny said.

Jaxon gave Jenny a look of disbelief. "Seriously? I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that."

The tension between Walter and I eased at Jenny's suggestion.

"Yeah, there's no reason to be at each other's throats over a movie," Jenny said.

"Fine," I said.

I settled down on the couch next to Walter and Jenny made a bowl of popcorn. We ended up having fun watching the movie I picked out and then watching the movie Jenny picked out. I felt happy spending time like this. I wish that there could be more happy times like this but I knew that was wishful thinking.

***

{Frank}

My birthday was tomorrow and I paced back and forth in my office looking at my speech again for the one hundredth time.

I cleared my throat, "Today is a special day, it marks the day that I was born forty-five years ago. But today is a special day for another reason, I have an announcement-"

Someone knocked on the door, irritating me. I wanted to make sure that the speech was perfect and now someone interrupted me. I sighed, "Come in!"

"Frankie, my baby!" Delilah said. She ran into the room and hugged me. It was a hug that I didn't return. I stiffened in the embrace. She let go of me and frowned. "What's the matter?"

"What do you think is the matter?" I snapped.

"You're still upset that I told you the truth about me marrying you for money?" Delilah asked. "And by the way I know you're cheating on me."

I chuckled. "Oh you do? Took you long enough to figure it out."

Delilah's jaw clenched. "Who is she?"

"Why does it matter to you?" I said. "It doesn't. Oh and I found out about you having an affair with Ben. You really didn't think I'd track you even when you were trying to 'sneak out of the house?'"

Her jaw dropped. "How did you?"

"I have my sources," I said. "So if we're going with the 'I know you're cheating on me' guilt trip card. I could say the same thing for you."

"But I have needs just like you do!" Delilah said.

I raised an eyebrow. "And?"

"At least let me have sex with you if you're going to not let me go to Ben," Delilah said.

I grimaced at that thought and shook my head. "No. Did I say you had to stop seeing Ben?"

She paused. "No."

"You can keep seeing Ben because I'm not touching you ever again," I said. Then I kept my voice low and threatening, "But if you ever breathe a word about my affair I'll do the same thing to you and then some. I have more dirt on you than you could ever imagine. Do you understand me?"

She gulped and nodded.

"I need words Delilah," I growled.

"Yes, I understand," She said.

"Good. Now leave because I don't want to see you again until the celebration," I said.

Delilah left the room so fast one would think that she was on fire or something like that. Soon after she left my alarm for my phone went off signaling that it was for me to stop practicing my speech. So I went to my room and settled in for the night.

***

{Satan}

Well this is an interesting chain of events…. I thought. I stood around the corner watching a celebration take place. From what I could figure out, a man by the name of Frank Randal just announced that this was his birthday. What surprised me was the fact that he also announced that he just added three children to his family.

Among those children he added was Victoria. That's interesting because Ryan was able to figure out that apparently, Frank made a promise to Victoria's father that if anything happened to him then Frank would take care of her.

I wished that had happened but it didn't. At least now Victoria will have a powerful ally at her side. When Frank dies he'll possibly go to Heaven but more than likely he would have done something that will send him to Hell. Only 2% of humans that die (and it's mostly babies) get sent to Heaven. The rest get sent to Hell.

Depending on what you did to get sent to Hell that will be a factor in deciding what your punishment is.

It was a wonderful celebration because everyone was drinking and having a good time. As I walked around the party I observed some people doing some shady shit in a back alley. Then the air around me became unbearably cold. I knew what that meant. It meant that someone was getting ready to die and be dragged to Hell.

The only time the Grim Reaper doesn't show up when someone dies is if they're going to Heaven. Then an Angel shows up instead. I've only seen it happen twice.

The Grim Reaper on the other hand, I've seen him show up just about everywhere I go when I visit Earth. I heard gunshots come from out of nowhere and when I turned around two people were dead and the Grim Reaper latched onto their souls and carried them to Hell.

I shrugged and went back to the celebration. I watched Victoria leave with Walter and I followed them at a safe distance.

When Victoria and Walter got home they couldn't keep their hands off each other. I watched until it looked like they were getting ready to have sex and then I went home.