Chapter 26: Epilogue

Alecto stood rigidly at the edge of the cliff overlooking a small city nestled in a quiet valley in Colorado. The evening sun burned unseasonably hot for early September. The light of the nearing sunset hurt his skin and eyes; even his hair tingled with pain. But the pain was an old friend. His first friend. All demons learned to deal with the agony light brought before being allowed to appear on the mortal plane.

The sky shined blue and cloudless. Alecto slowly burned a bit of his inner hellfire, allowing him to ignore the force of gravity, hovering a few feet above the rock. Below him and several thousand feet away, two women carried boxes from a large house to a truck. The slightly older woman’s belongings: clothes, makeup, jewelry, a safe filled with documents, and a few pieces of furniture.

The older woman’s husband and young adult son also helped load the truck, the husband never giving up on trying to convince his wife to stay with him. Alecto pulled up the Obsessive files on the husband:

Name: Daniel James Wheeler

Age: 49 years 10 months 12 days

Weight: 185 lbs

Height: 5’11”

Eye color: brown

Hair color: dark gray

Occupation: financial planner

Fausti score: -17

Alecto went deeper into the financial records:

Net worth: $54,923,451

Liquid assets: $4,372,391

Market assets: $20,421,301

Real estate assets: $20, 576,932

Art and jewelry assets: $5,845,397

Other assets: $3,707,430

Prenuptial agreement with Robin Feldman: $1,000,000 after two years. $5,000,000 after five years plus $1,000,000/year after with a maximum payout of $10,000,000.

Next, Alecto went into Daniel’s sexual profile:

Sexual Orientation: homosexual grade 8 of 10

Sexual preferences: light bondage, voyeurism, pitching, catching, switch, cum swallowing, multiple partners, orgies, risky sexual encounters

Physical attraction output: Universal level 7 (8 adjusted for age)

Physical attraction input: Men age 18-30, 5’8 - 6’0”, slim to athletic build, shaved body hair, N/A race, N/A eye color, shaved facial hair, N/A hair color, N/A education level

Number of sexual partners to date: 285 (242 men, 43 women)

Diseases previously contracted through sexual contact: chlamydia, crab louse, syphilis, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis

Most recent disease: chlamydia 14 months prior

Number of sexual partners Daniel has infected with various diseases: 57

Vices in descending order of magnitude: lust, greed, vanity, selfishness, pettiness, hypocrisy

Alecto did not like what he was seeing. Marcy was well on her way to reaching a point on her Fausti score where demons could regularly interact with her, perhaps even possess her. She currently held a Fausti score of -47.

Robin, on the other hand, scored a damned 15 in the other direction. Robin moving in with Marcy was terrible news for Alecto and the side of the demons. Their hard work could be undone. The Persuasives would have to work hard to push Marcy over the line, break them up, or move Robin toward darkness.

Marcy was the hope on which all their plans were pinned as Jade’s Fausti score barely moved one way or another. She was just too resistant to Persuasives’ efforts. It was maddening. But perhaps some of their new ideas would tip the scale. Jade now knew about her father’s indiscretions. Surely, that would change her perspective on the world. That was the demons’ plan, at least. Lucifer, the Morningstar himself, had recently put a significant piece into play, a considerable obstacle in Jade’s seemingly charmed life. Alecto looked forward to watching her cope with it.

Alecto watched the action below for several more minutes. The two women finished loading up the truck. Robin hugged her husband, then her stepson. Marcy shook their hands. Daniel Wheeler pulled Robin aside for a private moment. Alecto bent his inner hellfire toward the space between them to listen in on their conversation from a great distance.

“I know our prenuptial says I owe you what I owe you,” Daniel said to Robin in a voice so low even Alecto could barely hear despite his powerful hellfire, “but I’m going to double it.”

“Daniel ... thank you,” Robin said. “I know you don’t have to do that.”

“Well, I put you through a lot. Giving you gonorrhea on our honeymoon. Last year with chlamydia. I haven’t been good to you. You deserved better. And yet you kept my secrets when you could have ruined me. I’m happy you’ve found Marcy. A bit ironic, though, don’t you think? Me being gay. You ending up with a woman.”

“Well, she has a penis,” Robin said matter-of-factly.

“Really?” Daniel Wheeler looked at Marcy with renewed interest. “A good one?”

“Bigger than yours. But back off! She’s mine now.”

Daniel laughed with her, a friendly sound bearing no animosity. “Best of luck to you.”

“I have a few friends who might be interested in being your next beard. Want their numbers?”

Daniel shrugged. “Maybe I’ll try being myself for a change. Might be cheaper than paying off women to lie for me.”

Robin punched him in the shoulder. “Not a bad idea.”

“I’ll wire the money to you Monday. Let me know when you get it.”

Robin hugged and kissed his cheek again. “I do love you ... in a weird asexual way.”

“Bye, Robin.”

Robin got into the truck where Marcy was waiting for her. Daniel Wheeler and his son returned to the house. Alecto now extended his hellfire into the truck. Before pulling out of the driveway, Marcy turned to Robin with a collar in her hand.

“It’s not a Sunday.”

Robin smirked but nodded obediently. “Yes, Madam.”

Then she bent her head to allow Marcy to place the collar on her. A small heart of gold dangled from the pink collar. Etched into the heart were the words SLUTTY KITTY. Robin toyed with the dangling heart with interest. She clapped her hands and put her head on Marcy’s lap while Marcy pulled out of the driveway.

“Kitty is so excited to live with Madam.”

Marcy stroked Robin’s head, raking her fingers through her hair. Alecto couldn’t deny their mutual contentment. It was another bad sign. These two were a good fit.

“Would Madam like a blowjob from her slutty kitty while we drive?”

Marcy smiled. “Sure.”

Robin deftly opened Marcy’s jeans and fished out the taller woman’s limp penis. It was clear from Robin’s lazy, passive, talkative fellatio method that neither woman was in any rush for an ejaculation. The two women talked about living arrangements, work, and other matters while Robin occasionally sucked on Marcy’s phallus—enough to keep her erect but not enough to push the dominant woman over the edge.

Their conversation continued onto the freeway. Alecto followed them. He hadn’t intended to eavesdrop for so long but sensed another presence also listening in on the pair. An angel. Alecto was all but sure of it. The angel was undoubtedly using heavenly glory to veil itself, much like he was doing with his hellfire. The more powerful the angel, the more difficult it was to sense its presence. If Alecto, with all his demonic power, was having trouble confirming the presence of a heavenly being, he was either mistaken or nearby there was an angel who could give him a fair fight.