Chapter 15

Lucinda's POV

My surroundings seemed hazy, like I couldn't get my eyes to stop being blurry and clear out.

Am I drunk?... Well I can't get drunk on human alcohol so that's out of the question. And its not like I went out last night.

My environment began to become more clear when I looked around and I saw a run-down house. By looking at the floorboards I could see they were creaky. The door to the room I was in was detached from one hinge and leaning at an awkward angle. There were stains on the walls and water streaks in the corners and moss growing around it.

The sheets of the bed I was currently sitting on were tattered and had multiple holes and mysterious stains. This place looks way too familiar... Is this... My childhood home?

I got off the bed an proceeded to walk carefully around the door making sure not to push it in anyway that it will fall on me. Once I was out in the hallway my surroundings began to change. Day turned to night and I turned into a little girl clutching a stuffed hedgehog tightly in my arms.

I remember when my mother gave him to me and proceeded to name him 'Dino the hedgehog'. I had loved him ever since and now I was clutching onto him like my life depended on it.

Screams erupted from downstairs when a familiar feeling coursed through me.

Fear...

Unconsciously my barefeet began to walk in the direction they were coming from. I could feel my subconscious warning me that what lies ahead could potentially scare me forever but I had no control over my movements. As though I had already lived through this and it was happening again... Like it was inevitable.

As I got closer so did the screams. The absolute fear kept pulsing through my veins and once I finally reach the bottom of the stairs the sight I saw left me completely paralyzed.

A glint in the moonlight caught my attention as I paid very close attention to the knife at my mother's throat. Tears were streaming down her face as she pleaded my father to give in to the demands of the man who had her life in his hands.

My father looked hesitant but then relented and played off the strangers threat as a bluff. My mother squealed at the man pressed the knife deeper into her throat. He continued to threaten my father and he cept playing if off like some dumb joke.

My hands instinctively held Dino tighter as the watched the screen unfold. No tears ran down, I just stood there and watched. Suddenly my mother turned her head and saw me and her eyes widened but before she could say anything the man who was holding her slit her throat.

She clutched her neck and crimson ran all the way down her body before she collapsed on the floor with blood gushing out of her wound staining the floor like a silk cloth, seeping through the old wood never to come out again.

My father went down on his knees next to her and propped her on his legs crying and begging her not to leave him. Amongst all his begging mother's eyes found mine before her spirit left this realm.

I jolted awake from my nightmare covered in a cold sweat with tears brimming in my eyes. I managed to hold them back because I wasn't completely sure about the rules about crying in this realm.

After calming down I looked around my room to see that it was still dark outside. I checked my phone only to see it was 1 am. I rolled my eyes at my disturbed sleep.

Should I be worried that my nightmares are back?

Ideally all of them are based on my mother's death. Even when Lucifer took me he offered to take away that memory from me but I refused. I line that she loved to quote was that...

'Bad memories make us who we are. If you don't remember all of the pain and strife then you will be a child who's soul never grow, you will never be able to experience true happiness.'

Evgeny's purr distracted me from my thoughts as I smiled at my cute little fuzz-ball and cuddled him as I called to sleep once more.

This time I found myself in a dark room. I was sitting on a chair with a single light shining atop my head. I rolled my eyes.

Great!

I'm here again...

"Been a while Lucy"

"Not long enough, and can you cut this poor excuse of an interrogation room bullshit and just switch the lights on"

I said with a huff. After that I heard a groan and the snapping of fingers then some shuffling before the lights were turned on. Lucifer sat opposite me with his elbows on his mahogany office desk with a scowl on his face.

"Visiting me in my dreams now? So unoriginal"

"Would you prefer a demonic telegram"

"You have those?"

"What?-No! We-uh... Whatever. That's not the reason why you're here."

"Why am I here? I quite frankly would like to enjoy my sleep"

"You are aware of how much time you have left right?"

Are you fucking shiting me right now?

"Did you disturb my sleep just so you could ask me that?!"

"Well the only time dad can actually visit you in your dreams is after a nightmare so I just wanted to check up on you"

I turned around in my chair and saw Lucian leaning against the wall with a concerned look on his face.

"Well I'm fine so can you all please leave or something?"

They shared a looked before glancing back at me while I staring daggers at them. Lucifer snapped his fingers again before I jolted awake again bur this time my room was cold.

I checked my phone and only saw it was 1:45 am and I groaned in frustration and resulted in waking Evgeny. I pet his head to lull him back to sleep before I could finally get some much needed shut eye.