Lucifer's voice softened with a mocking sorrow. "But Barbara raised you like a mother. She refused to return you. She refused to let them take you away."
Azrael's breath hitched.
"Then she married Val." Lucifer's angelic wings twitched. "He was from a powerful family with influence on Gaia, and he possessed the treasure that sealed my power. He had many Arcana Masters loyal to him."
Lucifer paused, letting the pieces fall into place.
