Hell was the exact opposite of Heaven. Where God's Heaven was all light and airy, Hell felt like suffocation. God designed His creations for comfort, for love. Lucifer designed Hell for punishment.

There was only one thing missing: her own version of angels. God had designed angels to be supposedly perfect. Everything they did was in His name. Lucifer wanted the same thing. Her angels would be perfect, designed to make Man fall from God. And She had an ideal Man in mind for her first demon.

Before God had created Even from Adam's rib, He had created another mate for the first Man. God had made Adam from the soil of the earth and had done the same for his first wife. They had been equals, forged from the same dirt. But Adam asked her to forgo her independence, to forgo her equality so that she could serve him as a wife should serve her husband.

The woman had refused, as all women should. They were equals; one could not be put before the other. So Adam had run to God and begged for a new wife, a wife who would obey him. His first wife turned away, and Adam called her the night monster, especially when wife one had sought the attention of the archangel Samael. Before Eve, there had been Lilith.

Lilith called to Lucifer in a way only another Fallen could. They had found each other in the first days after Lucifer's fall.

Lucifer stared at the first woman. God had made her breathtakingly beautiful. She was as dark as the dirt He had created her from with hair that curled high above her head. There was no doubt that Lilith was meant to be Lucifer's demon.

"Adam calls you the nigh hag." Lucifer paced around the original woman. "Perhaps he didn't see your beauty."

Lilith met the eyes of Satan. "Aren't you God's right hand? Why are you here?"

"Don't be coy, Lilith. You can sense my Fall on me. He left me to rot in the same way He did you. I think you would be far happier joining me." Satan held a hand out to the supposed night monster.

Lilith did not hesitate, reaching for Lucifer's hand. A dark cloud swirled around the two as Satan seeped powers into the original woman. Lilith's back burst as dark wings sprouted from her back and her eyes deepened to a clouded gray. Immense power surged through her.

Lucifer smiled at her first demon as the dark cloud dissipated. "You are the seductress, Lilith. Use your powers wisely to bring Man to their knees."
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I stared at Lucifer's symbol branded onto my left wrist. It wasn't the first time it had appeared. It usually came and went as if to stamp those who entered Hell. But the brand had never seared before. Hell was indeed a strange and strong place.

I would need to ask Matthew about this.

Notes

I know it's short. I know.