divinity

“Who dares enter my presence?” the booming voice echoed.

“It’s just me, you can stop the act.”

The clouds rolled slowly back to reveal a woman with a cloud of black coily hair, dark, sun kissed skin, eyes flecked with gold.

“Lucifer, it’s been awhile.”

“I missed you,” Satan grinned, cold eyes flashing, “And you’ve missed me too.”

“Hah, as if.” 

“Then why did you respond so quickly? How did you know it was me?”

“I can feel you moving underneath the Earth like you used to move beneath my skin. I can feel the terrors that you inflict on the sinners just like the tricks you used to inflict on my mind.”

“If the torture of these people bother you so much, why don’t you stop it?” 

A toothy grin stretched across his pallid face.

“Because you deserve to suffer with them," God smiled back.