The smile faded away from Lucifer’s face. Having settled in the cosy arm-chair, the wrathful man with his menacing look was creeping over the scared demon’s face. It had passed more than just several minutes before Lucifer started speaking again.

‘Heh, Akton… My silent friend, you’re coming with me to my private room, we’re gonna have a very serious talk. As I have a feeling you stopped understanding me and my language. And now…’

Lucifer snapped his fingers and the world became deaf for Akton. He was unable to hear neither a single sound nor rustle, there was vacuum emptiness in his ears.

‘What’s he done? What’s wrong with him?’ Kharon finally caught the possibility to speak.

‘Nothing. Akton is a good demon but stupid and naïve. If he comes to earth, he’s in a strict sense he will have a mash on human life. Then I have to annihilate his painful memories about earth life. Do I really need it, Kharon? I’m worried that I can lose such a good demon in love for humanity. I don’t want it. Being aware of your unsociability, my conscience was clear when I sent you here.’

Akton was sitting with no move and looking at Lucifer’s mouth opening without sound, he was trying to guess what the Lord was speaking about. There was a smile on Kharon’s face, and he kindly looked at Akton.

‘I see, Lucifer. You’re always considered being the Lord worried about your subordinates.’

‘I’m glad to hear it. What’s up, Kharon? It’s been long time I came to you, forgive me please. I had a lot of things to do quickly and that made me put off our meeting.’

‘You don’t have to answer to me…’

‘No, Kharon. Primarily you’re my friend. I want my friend to know me not to have forgotten about you. I was busy but in my mind I’m always with you. I’m acutely aware of your so-called wedding night in the human bed… Unfortunately, I can’t see your emotion at all that you got through that night. Tell me, Kharon.’ Lucifer glanced and smiled at almost dead Akton.

‘It is a kind of challenge.’ Kharon confessed, ‘feelings are different from I used to have in dreams. Her performance made me wild. Everything I use to have in dreams now is just a dream. I know what I’m able for now. I wiped away my self-confidence with a more powerful one. I’m so proud of myself… And it was the first time I stayed with a woman in bed after. I slept with her, Lucifer. She was lying nearby, with no life and move because I took all her energies. I felt her have peacefulness… Until now I haven’t regretted about your decision to send me on earth.’

‘I hope your efficiency isn’t going to be worse after you tried a woman in your hands in reality?’

‘Of course, it’s not, you have nothing to be worried about. I like Moscow, people but I miss my home. I miss my work. After coition Victoria is recovering within a week. She gives herself to me till the last drop and I certainly take her last drop.’

‘I would do the same… and I did the same.’ Lucifer still glanced at Akton with mysterious eyes.

‘Did you?’ Kharon surprised.

‘My friend,’ the Lord smiled. ‘I’m a man. I like women. This is normal natural law. I want to touch them, feel their gentle bodies in my arms, hear their languishing breath and feel their sharp nails tearing off my back… I understand all that you felt that night.’

‘Oh, Lucifer…’ Kharon wiped his forehead, puzzlingly looked at the table. ‘You know I couldn’t even think you relate to women… with human ones in reality.’

‘What’s wrong with you, Kharon?’ Lucifer looked at the waitress. ‘Any male creature in our place looks for sex with women. It’s not a surprise and new. Not only incubi come down in human world, do they, Akton?’

The demon was enjoying unbearable scared silence and dumbness, which he had been rewarded by Lucifer.

‘You know the worst thing is that girls of my choice turned into dust at the last second. It’s black, loose dust. My energy, my sudden light that I can’t hold inside anymore, bursts out of me and as you know it’s not for human eyes. So, we all are connected with one female vice on the earth. But I can’t give such possibility to someone like Akton. I see you want to ask something else. Come on, my friend, don’t be shy.’

‘I… can’t read her mind after that night. I don’t know what she thinks about. I can see only empty halls and stream of them. But there are no thoughts. I can still read her subconsciousness stream when I touch her head. Every time to read her mind is more difficult for me. She’s difficult to be with her.’

Lucifer cocked his head to the left and regarded a girl at the next table with his fond eyes. He seemed not to be listening to Kharon after having been totally preoccupied with the view of the lone girl.

‘She’s a witch, Kharon.’ He answered suddenly. ‘That’s ok that she doesn’t want anyone to dig in her mind. You’re not an exception. She’s getting stronger and she doesn’t understand it. She unconsciously prevents you from accessing to her thoughts. Don’t worry, you’ll do it. I shall warn you that the witch might is still sleeping in her. All she does now is just a game. It’ll be interesting to look when she realizes who she is.’

‘She sees spirits, she doesn’t allow me to read her mind, her energy is gargantuan, and all of these is just a game? She’s unusual… Why can’t I see ghosts, by the way?’

‘Shall I give you this ability?’ Lucifer smiled at the very girl and confused her after with his smiling. ‘Why do you need to see ghosts when you’re surrounded by people, Kharon? You’re being irrational today. I don’t like it. I don’t advise you to see ghosts. There’s no point in it but you will see more people. Forget about it. By the way I can feel my part at the girl’s place… I can’t understand what’s it?’

‘Oh, Lucifer, I should have told you, but I forgot. The very feather that led you to me the last time is at Victoria’s home.’

‘That’s interesting.’ The Lord smile and cocked his head. ‘Well, let it be. I don’t mind. Why didn’t she become blind?’

Lucifer looked at the ceiling. Then his eyes without blinking, like a black shadow creeped to the that girl he had looked at before. He liked her. He did like her.

‘Victoria’s gonna be here in ten minutes. Have you missed?’

‘Me what?’ the demon surprised.

‘Nothing, my friend, nothing. I think you should know the poor guy, Gregory to have decided to hit on your ginger witch. What do you think about it?’

Kharon was calmly finishing his coffee with a sidelong look at the surroundings. Lucifer was smiling from ear to ear, snapping eyes at that girl.

‘Gregory?’ Kharon asked. ‘The man she had lunch with?’

‘Oh, yeas!’ The Fallen Angel flickered with his burgundy eyes and finally stared at his friend. ‘He wanted his touches under the table to be never ended. He was so stupid to touch her knee and study her reaction, if she liked it or not. With boasting he examined her ring finger with no ring, dreaming about dull, dead-alive, human sex. He has already splashed her with his saliva… while you’re amusing Akton now.’

Lucifer carefully put the cup on the table and smiled. He was amusing. Yes, Kharon was his friend but Lucifer couldn’t help having fun. Even he was shocked how much uncaring his subordinates could be. At this time, he was slightly jealous of them.

‘You don’t know how happy you are, my friend. You’re not spoiled with human feelings as I’m, thanks to my father. Nothing can throw you off your stride, you have no morality to be ready for. There are two absolutely different ways. Ones want to be uncaring pieces of iron, others want to be caring. Don’t make for this temptation, don’t, Kharon. You’ll never know what a loss means… Now. Just two seconds and the door’s opened.’

Kharon looked at the door and in a second he saw Victoria enter. She glanced curiously at the tables looking for the lovely face. The girl well knew what to miss and heavy emotions meant.