Page 55 of How to Accidentally Become the Devil

“They’re right, of course you can go back to earth, Mom. I only ever wanted for you both to be happy.” I raise my glass. “In that case I guess this is a celebration. Abon voyageparty if you will. Let’s enjoy dinner and afterward I will send you all wherever you desire.”

Hours later after sending my parents back to my childhood home and sending my grandfather toFloridaof all places, those of us remaining in Hell decide to retire to our rooms for the night.

“Goodnight, Reedy Bear, tomorrow we’ll figure out a way to keep you busy around here.” I squeeze Reed in a bear hug before moving to Geo. “Goodnight Geo, thank you for everything. Tomorrow morning I need you to report to Belz to get your new uniform and for you to be formally introduced to the team.”

“A new uniform?” Geo inquires.

“Of course, I have to have my ‘Queen’s Head Advisor' looking his best, don’t I?” Geo’s eyes turn into saucers and it’s the last thing I see before sending him and Reed back to their place in a cloud of black smoke.

Turning to my mates I wrap my arms around Belz and sigh before closing my eyes and sending us back to my quarters, only when I open my eyes I'm not inmyquarters.

“These aren’tmyquarters!” I utter in complete shock that my magic had done somethingwrongfor the first time.

Belz chuckles. “Look closerAmica Mea,I think these areyourquarters now.”

Looking around, I notice first that I’m in the section of the castle formerly known as Luc’s mansion, but not in Luc’s room. I’m in anewroom, a room that is perfect for me,for us. Before I get the chance to fully look around and explore the newest addition to my magical castle I notice curled in the corner on top of an absolutely ridiculously large dog bed are my two favorite pups.

“There’s my sweet puppies!” I make my way over to where Fireball is protectively wrapped around Snow. “How are my goodest little puppy dogs tonight?”

Bending down to scritch their heads I see that Snow does in fact seem a little off.

“Zar, can you please come check on Snowball for me? Luc was right. I think something is wrong.” Panic creeps up on me now that I’m seeing her in person.

Zar comes closer and lays his hand on Snowball's head before he chuckles. “Nothing is wrong with her Sweetheart. Something is very right. She’s pregnant and if my magic is correct she is going to have 4 pups before too long.”

“Pregnant?” Zeph and Oz ask in unison

“I didn’t even know hellhounds could get pregnant,” Belz adds.

“Well they obviously can, because she is.” Zar snarks back at him.

“Alright, alright boys that's enough, Snowball is pregnant and needs her rest and I am absolutely exhausted. I think it’s bedtime.” With that I rise to my feet stripping off my clothes and crawling into my new much larger ‘made for 5 full grown demons sized’ bed and I think I’m asleep before my head even hits the pillow.

twenty-two

Zephyr

5 weeks later

The days following Luc, Zo, and Robert’s departure were tough. Maddy was sad and no matter how hard her mates or her best friend, Reed, tried, none of us could cheer her up for long. Slowly but surely she came back to us and by the second week she was ruling hell in a way that amazed even the most cautious of demons.

Now between the new work assignments for any demon who desired it and the change in the soul sorting and torture departments, it’s a whole new Hell. Tonight we’re going to take our girl out to celebrate. We had made weekly trips to Riz’s a tradition but tonight is special, tonight we're going to ask our girl to be ourwife.

“Maddy. Put the computer away. Work time is over. If we want to make our reservationandwalk through town to get there like you prefer to do, we have to leave in ten minutes,” I remind her as I close the laptop in her lap, not giving her the option to argue.

She looks up at me with a grin and I’m instantly on alert.

She’s up to something.

Or she knowswe’reup to something, Zar thinks from across the room.

We’ve gotten the hang of this whole reading each other’s thoughts thing. It’s definitely come in handy planning this surprise. She maythinkwe’re up to something but there’s no way she knowswhat.

“You know the devil’s work is never done.” She chuckles. “But I’m hungry so now’s a good time for a break.” She stands up and stretches, arching her back as she groans. “Okay. Who’s turn is it this week?”

“Mine, Princess,” Oz asserts as he enters the room and struts over to Maddy, wrapping her in his arms and kissing her like it’s been days since he last saw her instead of the mere hours it’s really been.

“What’ll it be this time?”

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