Page 43 of Legion
Ghost raised a hand.“Yeah, same here.”
Luka frowned at the two fallen angels lounging on the sofa of his den.“Vote?”he repeated, confused.
“Blackjack suggested it first,” Ghost explained.“Some were up for it, some were against it.I was on the fence.At this point, I’mallin.”
No less confused, Luka exchanged a look with each of his bodyguards, who were standing at the back of the room.Their expressions were a mixture of baffled and amused.
Every member of the Black Saints MC club appeared tough as fuck, but they were also a little on the crazy side.How Ella happily lived among them, Luka had no clue.“I’m not even going to ask what this is about.”He figured it was best not knowing.
Darko’s brows slid together.“It’s not obvious?”He spared a look at the infant in Luka’s arms.“Whenever you hold her, she conks out.And shestayslike that.”
“So?”
Exhaustion fell over Ghost’s face.“So Lilibeth is like that kid fromThe Ring.She doesn’t sleep.”
“Shedoes,” Ella cut in from the armchair opposite Luka’s.“It’s just that she sleeps in small bursts throughout the day.A few minutes here and there.Which we don’t really understand, because it’s not normal.”
Was there a “normal” for a baby who was a product of a demon and a fallen archangel?The president of the Black Saints MC club hadn’t confirmed the rumor that he’d once been one of the infamous seven archangels, but Luka deeply suspected it was true.
“All her health checks have come back just fine, so it doesn’t negatively affect her,” Ella added.
“But the rest of us?”Ghost let out a pained sigh.“We’re fucking tired.”
His eyes on Luka, Darko raised a placatory hand.“Don’t take this the wrong way, but I can’t work out why she’s so relaxed around you.”
Luka peered down at Lilibeth.With her mop of short dark hair, chubby cheeks, and eyes blue as diamonds, she was cute as fuck.“I’m a little surprised by it myself.”He wasn’t what anyone would call soothing.
Just ask Iain.
Six days he’d been in Luka’s vault now.Six days during which he’d been ...pressuredto face reality.But the psi-demon’s mental state still showed no signs of improvement.Something that didn’t bother Belial in the least, because it meant that the entity got to play with him more.Abraxas and Dagon, however, were as frustrated as Luka with Iain’s seeming determination to cling tight to his delusions.
Ghost looked at his brother.“We should rest while we can.”
“Agreed,” said Darko.“I’ll take first watch.”
Abraxas smirked, amused by how the two acted as though they were in the middle of a war zone.
Luka turned to Ella.“Does Lou still show up to visit Lily whenever he feels like it?”
She exhaled heavily.“Yes.Even though she telekinetically slaps him, he just keeps coming back for more.He finds it hilarious.Though I haven’t seen him in about a month.”
“I thought you were teaching hernotto slap.”Really, Ella had to teach the infant not to do many things.Extremely advanced for her age, Lily could make various displays of power.And she did it ruthlessly—something that he and his entities respected.
“Viper told her she can do it to Lou whenever she feels like it,” said Ella.“So she does.Her new thing is telekinetically shoving people.She gave one of your waitresses from Infernal a little push the other day at my store.”
Luka felt his brow crease.“Which waitress?”
“Draya,” Ella elaborated, idly plucking at her red bangs.“She bent over the stroller, smiled at Lily, and proceeded to let out a stream of baby babble.You know how my girl finds that condescending.”
Any child so advanced would.“I had no idea you knew Draya.”Neither female had mentioned it.
“Oh, I didn’t until recently.She started coming to my store a lot.She always chats so sweetly to me, like we’re old pals.She even asked me to lunch last time.”
Luka felt his brows snap together.“Lunch?”
“I blew her off, because I could tell that it wasn’t a genuine overture of friendship.She hopes to buddy up to me as a way to get to you.”Ella’s lips set into a thin line.“She’s not the first woman to have tried it.Probably won’t be the last.”
He clenched his jaw, infuriated that she would try to use Ella that way.“I’ll have a word with her.”
