Lucius snorted as the demon's breath hit him. The humidity poked the fire within him. With a high screech, Lucius grabbed the thin demon by its neck and smashed it to the ground, getting on top of him and spreading his wings wide. "It means everything to me!" He screamed, voice shuddering the tile beneath him. "I'll never let you or anyone corrupt this innocent human soul, not while it has a chance to return to its life, not when it can be saved from you bastards! I could kill you in a moment, Cavalier. I could kill you and take care of Mobius and Drago, and no one would ever know. I could eat your rotting corpses and you'd never be missed. They'd get new guards, a new dog. Daddy won't think twice about it."

Cavalier's face had fallen, the hole of a mouth round, like a hole into nothing. "Lucius. You know we'd not harm your precious... love."

Lucius opened his skeletal mouth, snapping Cavalier's neck. Then he closed his mouth over his head, swallowing it whole and backing away. Drago and Mobius had long gone. They'd find the body of Cavalier soon enough. Carefully, Lucius stood straight and started to return to normal. The cracking, popping of his bones back into place and his hooves returning to human feet covered with dark red boots. His skin paled, the skull fell and once again returned to maggots that fried into the ground, his wings falling into piles and twisting into his back. Lucius sighed. Demons tasted disgusting.