Lucifer POV

The world around me narrowed into one clear thing, blood.

My lungs burned as I dragged air in through my teeth, every inhale was like walking on a broken glass.

The ground under my boots was slick and soaked dark with blood… some of it mine, most of it not.

Three Night Crawlers moved through the darkness with the patience of predators who knew their prey was tiring.

But, I straightened despite the pain screaming through my ribs.

My left side throbbed where claws had ...