Lucian heard Bel's voice dimly, heard the request for him not to drain him, couldn't quite understand what that meant. But then suddenly there was a dizzying sensation and they were plummeting and he was latching onto the only thing around him that made sense anymore: Bel. He felt the energy coursing through him seconds later, the life-force. It cleared his head a little and with it came some sense of his surroundings. They were indeed falling. As in Falling. The Hell Hound's words rang in his head and he screamed. He didn't want to end up in Hell, permanently tied to the Hound. Luci tried to fight Bel, tried to free himself from Bel's grasp, but Bel held on tightly, and Luci's shell was still uncooperative. There was no way Bel would do this to him, there was just no way...
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