The Devil's Apprentice by Patrick Stewart (polar express read aloud TXT) 📕

on his lap. He wrapped his arms around her. They were both naked and her warmth was welcome.

“Is it over?” Karen asked.

The pit Satan had crawled out from had sunk in, taking with it Jamie Azarath’s entire house. It was now just a large pit with the remaining rubble barely visible. Alex doubted it was over, but he did know one thing for certain.

“He’s back in hell in his little prison,” he said softly.

“For as long as Satan lives, for as long as God lives, it is never over,” Lucifer whispered. 

Now that Lucifer had his memory back, Alex had a lot of questions to ask. He especially didn’t understand what happened when Satan engulfed him with fire. Alex shuddered as he recalled the experience. Being burnt alive was painful. He wasn’t at all ashamed by the bloodcurdling scream he’d let out.

He definitely died.

One moment there was intense pain, the next, he felt something slipping out of his body. It was a soul. Was it his? Who else’s could it be? His soul was floating in the air staring down at his crisply burnt body. He wasn’t alone.

There were two faces beside him. One on his left, the other on his right. They stared at him. Then, they began to list everything he had done in his life. Things he didn’t remember at all and things he remembered clearly. And then they asked simultaneously, “Do you have a clean conscience?”

Alex didn’t have a clean conscience. The death of his father wasn’t something he’d had time to address. Alex had never had a good relationship with Andrew. As far as he was concerned, his dad was a drunk addicted to drugs and prostitutes.

All of that was true.

But he knew better now. It wasn’t his dad’s fault. Not entirely. Satani. The… female devil had swooped on his dad in his moment of weakness and offered him a way out. Alex wondered how much choice his dad even had. He knew Scarlett could do mind control. Satan could transform into an enormous fucking devil. Who knew what powers Satani had?

Alex remembered his dad’s last words. Andrew was trying to apologise when he breathed his last.

That memory was beginning to weigh heavy. Alex felt himself falling. The ground opened up. It was darkness down there. Then a light shone. But it was the light from burning fires. It was hell. Alex was heading to hell.

There was another soul. One much brighter than his. It glowed like an orb. It grabbed him with both hands and pulled him up.

The other soul belonged to Lucifer. That confirmed it. Alex still had a soul. But how was that possible.

“It makes sense,” Lucifer said.

“What does?” 

“That you still have a soul. I should have died again when Satani tore your soul out. But I didn’t. I guess I clung onto your second soul.” 

“Is it normal to have two souls?”

“I’m as surprised as you,” Lucifer said.

“Alex?” Karen tilted her head back to look at him and at the same time, placed a hand on his leg and squeezed gently. “Are you okay?”

Alex noticed the worry in her eyes. He nodded. “Just a little tired.”

“So… Lucifer’s inside you?”

“Yes…” Alex said slowly. “How do you know about Lucifer?”

“I heard Satan talking to you. It didn’t make any sense to me at first. I thought Lucifer was Satan?”

Alex smiled. “Me too.”

Karen waited patiently for him to explain. But Alex wasn’t ready to talk about it. His world had just been turned upside down. Lucifer, God, Satan, it was all a lot to take in. Alex even glimpsed hell. He still had a soul. Maybe one day he would see heaven. His mum was up there.

“What happens now?” Karen asked.

Alex didn’t know what happened from now. Satan had been stopped. There would be no war between demons and angels. Millions, possibly billions of human lives had been saved. But that wasn’t the end of it. Lucifer had grand plans. Satan might be back in his prison, but the status quo between demons and angels was going to change.

The humans finally had an ally on their side. A powerful one.

Lucifer was back and close to his original form.

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