Chapter 19

"Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars."

-Dante Alighieri, Inferno

The woman ambled away and I ignored Zach's comment, walking ahead, towards his car. The tension inside me escalated, as I tried to ease my anxiety. Zach was silent and that could only mean one thing: he was thinking about that night when he found his dead partner. I exposed myself and now he was suspicious. Fuck, if it wasn't one thing it was another. It's true what they say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Demons had first escaped the underworld centuries ago, breaking the rules set in hell, wanting to taste the life on the outside, amongst humans. When things started getting out of control, Lucifer established a faction system to keep order and a better control of the population. Things had started going wrong downstairs a long time ago, before the Watchers tasted life on earth. No one kept a tab on things upstairs. It was in a demon's nature to break rules, to taste the freedom.