{Walter}

I stood there gaping at Victoria with the bombshell she dropped on me.

We stood there in an awkward silence until Victoria said, "Apparently I was supposed to have sent a welcome committee to me and he was supposed to tell me who my parents were. And here I was thinking that my parents didn't want me. True, Dad took care of Alastor for failing at what he was supposed to do. But my parents being the rulers of Hell explains why Alastor insisted that I wear this stupid crown on my head at all times when I'm not in my room."

"Interesting," I said. I sat down on the bed next to her. "So what do you think about everything?"

"I'm shocked but more relieved at the same time because me dying wasn't as pointless as I thought after all," Victoria said. "I had a lot of questions for them about why they didn't meet me right off the bat. They wanted to give me some space to process what happened. But thanks to Alastor fucking things up, my first meeting with my Dad was a disaster."

"So what happened?" I asked.

"Well I was wandering around the castle at night and Dad just came up to me and said Victoria, I'm your father!" Victoria said. She laughed, "I was so pissed! So I gave him a piece of my mind, ran back to my room and after I practically destroyed it my mother caming walking in. Apparently, I get my temper from my father."

I tilted my head. "How so?"

"According to my Mom he also throws things when he's upset and not just furniture he's been known to throw servants out the window. Good thing you can't kill people once they're in Hell," Victoria answered. "Even though a person in Hell can feel pain, they can't be killed. Yeah, Dad and Alastor duked it out and Dad said he threw Alastor off a balcony and it's all good now. At least between those two, not with me."

"Ha!" I heard Alastor laugh. "What is a Princess like you, who doesn't have combat experience that you have yet to learn, going to do to me? Throw me off a balcony too?"

Alastor marched up to Victoria and right when I thought he was going to start yelling at her, he knelt down on one knee and bowed his head as if he were a knight.

The action startled Victoria a bit.

Alastor sighed, "Your Highness, I am sorry for not telling you what I should've told you. I thought that if I left you in suspense you'd be extra excited to see who your parents were. I forgot to take into account your confidence issues."

Victoria looked angry but her gaze softened at Alastor's apology. "Alastor, look at me."

He looked up at her and she nodded. "Apology accepted but the next time my parents order you to do something in regards to me, you might want to listen to them. But when I do learn combat, I'm kicking your ass just like Dad did. You can get up now."

Alastor stood up. "I'll be sending you your welcome committee and your servants."

She blinked. "Servants?"

I nodded. "You get servants just like I do." I looked at Alastor and frowned. "Seriously Dad? Not only did you not tell her who her parents are, but you didn't give her her welcome committee and didn't give her her servants too? What's wrong with you?"

He laughed, "Yeah I know. I fucked up but I'm going to make it up to her." He turned to Victoria. "Soon I will be sending in ten different people, you will need to pick four of them to be your servants. You can do whatever you want with them that includes having sex with them. Honestly, I'm surprised Walter hasn't done that with his servants yet either."

"I wanted to wait and talk to Victoria about that," I said.

Alastor shrugged. "Sure, sure, I have sex with my servants and my wife has sex with hers when I'm not available for her. Demon couples are faithful to each other and having sex with your servant isn't considered cheating in Hell."

"When is it considered cheating?" I asked.

"It's considered cheating when someone within the marriage has sex with someone who isn't their slave or has sex with someone without working out a deal for an alliance," Alastor answered. "I shall take my leave now and we'll get down to business."

Alastor left the room and I turned to Victoria. "So about the servants-"

She shook her head. "I heard exactly what Alastor said. And if that's not considered cheating then go for it. Unless that's too weird for you I totally understand. It feels weird for me since I've only been with you lately. Not to mention we've only been in Hell for a few weeks now. So it might take a while for me to get used to the idea."

The idea of me having sex with one of my servants and having Victoria join in turned me on. I felt myself getting hard.

Victoria looked down and smiled. "Is the idea of sex with one of your servants turning you on already?"

"Not just that, but having you join in," I said as I scooted closer to her. I had her look at me as I reached over and kissed her.

As we were kissing, Victoria reached over and unzipped my pants and just when she climbed on top of me there was a knock at the door.

I groaned and Victoria rolled off of me so I could zip my pants up. Victoria smirked and whispered into my ear, "We'll finish this up later."

"Your Highness?" A voice called out, "It's time for you to select your servants."

"Come in!" Victoria said.

The door opened to reveal five men and five women all dressed in black jeans and black t-shirts. They didn't wear anything on their feet and the men had their cut like a military buzz cut style. The women had their hair pulled back into a basic ponytail.

A man entered behind them and he was dressed similar to a butler. But I could tell he was a demon. He had light red skin and no horns on his head but a burn mark on his forehead of the Royal Family crest from the King and Queen Hell's clan.

I felt like this was a decision that Victoria had to make on her own and I wasn't about to be a helicopter partner like I've seen some couples do when I was alive. So I got off the bed kissed Victoria and told her why I was leaving and left the room.

***

{Frank}

Victoria and Walter have been missing for almost a month now and I've been worried sick. The kidnappers haven't contacted me or Jenny and anyone else that knows about the crime. Not to mention somehow the news of the kidnapping got leaked and I suspect it had something to do with Delilah being stupid enough to report the crime to the police.

She told me and Louis that Jenny and Jaxon convinced her to get the police involved. So of course the police are going to look into it when Ben's mafia has half of the police force in the state in their back pocket.

Delilah called me and asked me to set up a meeting with her in my office. I agreed because I wanted to figure out why Delilah would do something so stupid even though it meant her life was at risk. It confused me because she hates Victoria and yet now she wants to rescue her?

It was 3pm and Delilah walked into the room right on time with Ben by her side.

I had to remind myself because this was an official meeting on the books I had to act professional. That's because I really wanted to roll my eyes at the determined look on Delilah's face.

"Alright, sit down and let's get straight to the point," I said.

Delilah scoffed, "Well someone's in a bad mood today."

"And you're not?" I asked. "I mean you look determined. So I'm guessing you have an idea on how to rescue your 'daughter.'"

She rolled her eyes. "Remember how the kidnappers said that only my life would be at risk if anyone went to the police?"

I nodded. "Yes and look I know I hate you and all, but I want to find a way to get everybody out of this situation alive."

"Yes and that's what I want to do also. Even if it's not possible, I wanna go out knowing that at least I tried," Delilah said.

"Why now?" I said.

"What?" Delilah asked.

"You hate Victoria with every being in your body. I know that for sure!" I declared. "Unless this is a stunt for you to repair your image?"

She sighed, "I knew you were going to say that. But no, that's not what this is about. You can thank Jenny and Jaxon because they're right. I might hate my own daughter but I don't hate her enough to see her get killed."

I snorted. "Says the woman who's already tried to kill Victoria. That's rich coming from you. So let me guess, no one else can kill Victoria but you? Wow."

Delilah's face turned red with anger at that comment. She looked like she wanted to kill me. "You asshole! That's not what this is about." She took a deep breath and let it out. "Okay, I know that's what that looks like, but no, I'll say it again, that's not what this is about."

"Then what is it about?" I said.

Before Delilah could respond Ben cleared his throat, "As entertaining as this little argument is, I had my crew look for any clues as to where Victoria and Walter might be and we found something disturbing meaning there might be some foul play."

Delilah and I paused and looked at him.

"What?" I asked.

Even Delilah seemed surprised by this. "Why didn't you tell me before that you found something instead of lying to me and saying you didn't?"

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"I was waiting for the right time to reveal it and I had to be certain that I was on the right track instead of getting your hopes up," Ben answered.

"So what did you find?" Delilah asked.

It wasn't until Delilah said that that I realized Ben had a briefcase with him. He opened the briefcase and pulled out a file and placed the file on my desk.

I opened the file and it showed a couple of different pictures of a cave entrance and a picture of a ripped t-shirt and a pair of bloody shoes.

"There was blood on that t-shirt and we were able to figure that the blood belonged to Victoria's boyfriend Walter," Ben said. "The blood on the shoes matched Victoria's and there was a trail of blood in the cave that led to a campfire. It looked like whoever took them stayed there for a night or two. The ashes in the campfire looked like they were recently put out."

"I see," I said. I kept looking through the file and there was a picture of the man named Alastor standing at the entrance of the cave. He looked as if he was waiting for someone.

"The cave goes deeper than just the campfire so it's possible that the kidnappers along Victoria and Walter are still there," Ben said.

"I want to go into the cave and find her!" Delilah said.

Ben shook his head. "It's not going to be as simple as you think. You'll have to get past Victoria's kidnapper's first. Then if you succeed you'll have to figure out where Victoria and Walter are being kept. Delilah if you get captured there's a very real possibility that you'll be killed."

"I don't care. I'm going to find her," Delilah said with determination. "And I'm going to do my best to make amends with her. I'm going to find Walter too."

Ben shrugged. "Alright then, it's your funeral."

I didn't say anything else because at the moment there was nothing left to say.

***

{Victoria}

"Have you seen the news lately?" Walter asked.

"News? What news?" I responded.

Even though I was in Hell apparently, Hell as a way to keep up with what's going on on Earth.

Walter pulled out a cell phone and handed it to me. I snorted. "To think that Hell actually has cell signals."

"Yeah I wondered about that too. Don't you have a cell phone yet?" Walter asked.

I nodded. "I do, why should I pull mine out when yours is already on the table?"

"Look up social media websites first, people are going nuts over our disappearance. They're branding it as a kidnapping," Walter said.

I scoffed, "Of course they would brand it that way. We disappeared of our own free will, died and now we're home where we belong."

I scrolled down the screen on my phone and saw thousands of videos made about me and Walter. A lot of them were titled: Where is Victoria Lee? Popular Artist and her boyfriend are kidnapped! Where are They?!!

I cackled at a couple of the titles. "This is fucking funny!"

We were sitting on the balcony that's attached to my room.

"Your Highness!" I heard someone call out.

At first I thought it was coming from inside my room and someone was looking for me there. That's because I usually leave my door unlocked if I'm on the balcony just in case. But Walter nudged me and told me to look over my shoulder. I looked over to see a guard hovering in the air next to the ledge of the balcony.

I nodded when I saw the guard. "Yes, what is it?"

"His Majesty would like to have a word with you and Prince Walter," the guard said.

"Did he say what it was about?" I asked.

The guard shook his head. "No, he just said that it was important."

I nodded. "Alright, tell him I'm on my way."

"Yes, Your Highness," the guard said and he flew off.

I groaned at the thought of flying. Even though Satan's been teaching me how to fly I'm not very good at landing. I can stay up in the air no problem, but when I land yikes! Walter on the other hand can fly with no problems at all. Sometimes he likes to show off in front of me because of how well he can fly.

"Aww come on, flying isn't that bad!" Walter said.

"That's because you have a natural talent for it. I don't," I said.

Walter stood up and grabbed my hand. "Let's go!"

I got a shaky start but once I was up in the air I was fine. It was when we got to the throne room I went to land and almost tripped but I caught myself in time before I could do a faceplant.

Cathy covered her mouth to stifle a laugh and Satan gave me an amused look. "Still having trouble with your landings I see."

"Says the man who literally fell at my feet on our first date," Cathy laughed.

"What? I couldn't help but fall for a beautiful woman," Satan said.

Cathy rolled her eyes as Satan turned his attention to me. "There is an issue concerning Earth and it involves the both of you."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Remember how I said that the humans sealed your powers in a box when they kidnapped you?" Satan said.

I nodded. "Yes."

"I'm sending you and Walter back to Earth to retrieve your box. And you guys seem to have a lot of loose ends to tie up on Earth anyway," Satan said.

"How? We're already dead right?" I said.

"Yes you are dead but Alastor's been preserving your bodies with his magic so that you can go and use them when you get to Earth. You'll have to play the part of a kidnapping victim and let Delilah come and rescue you," Satan answered.

My eyes went wide when I heard that. "What! Why does it have to be Delilah? Wouldn't that just repair her public image? Why-"

"Silence child," Satan said in a warning tone of voice. "It's all part of the key to getting revenge on the stupid humans who thought that they could steal from the King of Hell and get away with it. Because when Delilah falls, she'll fall very very hard. I mean just think about it, the woman who used you as a punching bag and tried to kill you a couple of times, either sitting in jail for the rest of her life or dead because one of your crazy fans was outraged that Delilah killed you.

"Her image will be shattered and be beyond repair at that point. Everyone will think that the only reason Delilah rescued you was so that she could kill you."

I opened my mouth to say something but the look Satan gave me told me to keep silent so I didn't say anything. He continued, "Either way I will make sure that Delilah pays for what she's done and I will make the humans on Earth hate her as much as I do. You can speak now."

I smiled. "Honestly, I like that idea. It's about time Delilah got a taste of her own medicine. Can I make a request for when I get back? It's about my artwork."

He tilted his head. "What is it?"

"I want to be able to draw again so is it okay if I get some supplies sent to my room when I get back?" I asked.

He smiled. "Of course, that's not much trouble at all! I'll give you anything you desire."

He got up from his throne and Cathy followed suit. After giving me a hug he said, "You'll have to meet Alastor in the cave that you died in. That's where he's been keeping your and Walter's bodies. And I suggest you let Alastor beat the crap out of you guys for a little bit."

I raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Because you two have to play the part of a kidnapped victim. It'd be kind of weird if you guys get rescued and you don't have a scratch on you," Satan said.

"Makes sense to me," Walter said. "Because when I was alive I worked as a caretaker and a Registered Nurse and I saw my fair share of kidnapping victims. Some of them make it home alive with bruises and cuts on them and others aren't as fortunate…"

"I see," I said. I sighed, "That also means I'll have to go back to a world where I'm labeled as crazy. And deal with my sister Jenny hovering over me like a mother hen because she believes that I'm her child."

Cathy flinched. "Yeah that's creepy. Anyway, once you get back from your mission we'll have your debut party planned and you'll be announced as the new Princess of Hell!"

"Doesn't Walter get a debut party too?" I asked.

"No, I don't," Walter said.

I frowned. "Why not?"

"Because he is a part of the Royal Family like you are, there are different clans within the Royal Family. Each clan does things different when introducing a new member of their family," Cathy explained.

Walter nodded. "That's right, remember the party we went to last week and I was seated at the head of the table?"

"Yeah," I said, then I paused. "Oh, so that's what that party was! And they gave you a cape with the family crest on it!"

"Exactly!" Cathy said. "The main clan of the Royal Family, the rulers of Hell have even bigger celebrations and ceremonies. And rightfully so because it shows everyone in Hell who rules over them!"

"And there's not just parties that will signal you're a new family member, there's rituals and your coronation etc, etc…" Satan said. "Now I will teleport you guys to the cave and don't forget to give me updates through Jezebel and Gray."

"Who are they?" I asked.

"They're the ones that were causing the paranormal activity in your house. The ones you classified as your 'little buddies,'" Satan said. "Oh and your wings will be invisible to everyone except other demons. Demons have two forms: their human form and then they have their demon form. I'll explain more about that when you get back or you'll figure it out on your own." He sighed, "So this is goodbye for now. I'll see you again when you retrieve your powers."

Walter and I nodded as Satan snapped his fingers and we were transported back to the cave where we died and back into our human bodies.

***

{Delilah}

I know I haven't been a good mother to Victoria because I hate her but now that I think about it I should've treasured her. If I had treated her well growing up then I wouldn't be in this mess.

But I'm determined now to at least try and make things up to her if I can. The car ride to the cave where Victoria and Walter were last spotted seemed long. I was lost in my thoughts as I went over every single bad deed that I did to Victoria while she was growing up. I also went over my recent wrongdoings towards her like what I did to her at the art exhibit a year ago.

I found it hard to believe that so much time had passed. Ben was also silent throughout the car ride. The car pulled to a stop on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.

Ben got out of the car and walked over to my side and opened the door for me.

"Follow down this road a mile or so and you'll find the cave," Ben instructed. "Good luck and we'll be waiting for your signal when you find them."

I nodded and gave Ben a kiss. "I'll find them and bring them home."

With that, I headed down the dirt road and I found the cave exactly as Ben said I would.

***

When I got to the cave, I saw a campfire that was lit but there was no one sitting next to it. I knew I had to act fast in order to find Victoria and Walter. That's when I heard screaming.

"Let me go! I promise I won't do it again!" Victoria cried.

I heard her being slapped and then someone else said, "Not this time! You're not going to make a fool of me again! You might have your father wrapped around your finger but not me!"

"Alastor don't-" Walter said. I heard another slap.

"Shut up you two! Now stay here, I'll be back to knock some more sense into you!" Alastor snarled.

Then I saw him as he marched out of the cave and he looked pissed. Once Alastor was gone I inched my way forward to the entrance of the cave and entered the cave. I kept walking until I found Victoria and Walter huddled up in a corner of the cave shivering. I gasped when I saw the state that they were in.

Victoria had bumps and bruises on her face and she had a cut that looked rather deep going down her arm. Walter looked a little bit better but not much. He had a cut going down his arm as well and a bruise on his face.

He was holding Victoria trying to console her because she was crying. "I hate him! I hate it here! I went from one psycho parent to another!"

"Shhh, calm down," Walter said while rubbing her back. He looked up and gasped when he saw me.

Victoria paused. "What is it?"

I put my index finger to my mouth to tell them to be quiet. That's when Victoria saw me and she didn't look happy that I was here. I don't blame her on that but when it comes down to being rescued, beggars can't be choosers.

Looking around I saw that no one else was there and I motioned for Walter and Victoria to stand up and try to move but when they got up, Alastor came back.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Alastor growled. He was standing at the entrance of the cave and before he could I pulled out my gun and shot him three times in the chest. He fell to the floor.

I wasn't sure if he was dead and I didn't care to check because my mission was to save Victoria and Walter and now was the perfect moment to do just that.

"Come on you two, let's go!" I said. I ran over to Walter and grabbed his hand. Walter and Victoria followed me out of the cave and down the dirt road that led to the car that Ben and his men were waiting at.

Ben blinked in surprise when he saw us. "Well that was fast!"

"I know, let's get going before Alastor sends his men after us," I said with urgency.

The driver nodded and stepped on the gas driving as fast as he could back home.