Page 81 of Knight’s Retribution

Roxy frowned. “You really don’t know?”

“Know what?” Eve asked.

Roxy closed the space between them, and yeah, she was petite like both Kyler and Eve, just as curvy.

“My babies,” she said, a wide smile on her face, “you’re sisters.”

“What?” Eve rasped.

“Well, twins, if you want to get technical.”

Lazarus cursed, and Rocco growled.

All Kyler could do was stare at Roxy in shock.

“What the fuck are you playing at, Lucifer?” Chaos bit out.

Lucifer shoved his hands in his pockets, his eyes flashing. “Mind how you talk to me, knight.” Then he tilted his head to Kyler and Eve and a beaming Roxy. “This is a fucking good thing, right? Why the fuck are you pissed right now? Why does everyone look like I took a shit in their Cheerios?”

Laz shoved his fingers through his hair. “Because we’re only hearing about this now. Christ, both Eve and Ky grew up alone, were treated like shit. They had no one.”

Roxy cupped Kyler’s face with one hand and Eve’s with the other. “I had to protect you.” She glanced at Laz. “They were so powerful, I could sense what they were even when they were babies. So after their mother died, I separated them.”

“Our mother died?” Eve choked.

“The birthing was difficult and there were complications. I had to keep you safe.” She brushed their cheeks with her thumbs. “Don’t be sad, my babies, she was human, she wouldn’t have kept you, you know how it goes.” She dropped her hands and clapped them. “Now you’re together again.”

“I don’t know what to say,” Eve said as Laz massaged the back of her neck.

Rocco wrapped his arms around Kyler and pulled her against him. “Me either,” Kyler said.

“Oh,” Roxy said, looking crestfallen. “You’re upset with me.” Blinking rapidly, she turned to Lucifer. “I think I did something wrong, Luci.”

Lucifer moved in, looking pissed. He wrapped his arms around Roxy’s shoulders, kissed the top of her head, then aimed his yellow eyes at Kyler and Eve. “How about thanking your grandmother for saving your lives? That’s what you were about to say, right? ’Cause if she hadn’t separated you, your powers would have transitioned early and you would’ve been either eaten by demons, sold as slaves to demons, or delivered to Diemos and he’d have had two Hell’s gate demi at his disposal, instead of none.”

They continued to stand there frozen for several seconds.

Lucifer growled.

“Thank you,” Eve said quickly. “Roxy, for what you did. This is just all, you know, a shock.”

“Yes, sorry, thank you, Roxy, so much. But yeah, it’s most definitely a shock,” Kyler said, glancing at Eve. “A good one, I think?”

Eve nodded and gave her hand another squeeze. “Yeah, definitely a good one.”

Yep, they were both obviously still in shock.

Roxy smiled sweetly and moved in, pulling them in for a group hug, and the female was strong. When she lifted her head, there were tears in her eyes. “You get your powers from me,” she said to Kyler. “There are many kick-ass babes in our family tree.” Then she turned to Eve. “And your power came from one of your aunts. Still epic, and like way stronger ’cause of me. You both got a lot of my genes, which I guess is obvi with the looks and the Hell’s gate thing.”

Eve choked, and Kyler could tell she was trying not to laugh.

“Um…there’s definitely a resemblance,” Kyler said.

“Right? You’re both stunning,” Roxy said and grinned. “Hey, I don’t know if you’d ever want to hang out? But I’d love to have a girls’ day or something. You know manicures and face masks and stuff?” She pulled out her phone. “You wanna give me your digits? We can keep in touch.”

Lucifer narrowed his eyes at them over Roxy’s shoulder.

Eve and Kyler both reached for her phone at the same time.