A woman in a white diamond encrusted gown walked unsteadily down a black carpeted hallway. Her periwinkle eyes were glazed. She acted like she was drunk. Sweat dripped from her.
It was her engagement party. She was supposed to get engaged tonight, yet her boyfriend had dumped her at the party, for her cousin.
Cynthia was set to inherit her father's company, yet Mariposa Michaelson was just the sister to the CEO of Michaelson real estate, Nicklaus Michaelson.
Cynthia was the one to give Mariposa the drink that made her like this.
"So hot… what…"
Her voice was soft and seductive.
A door opened and she was yanked into a dark room. Mariposa gasped in relief as cool, masculine hands ran up her bare arms to cup her face.
"Are you alright? Why are you up here?"
The man's voice was as deep and cool as the sea. She could no longer hold herself back. She kissed him. His lips were soft and inviting. He took over, kissing her back deeply. Delving deep into her mouth to explore her depths with his tongue. When she pulled away to breathe he bit her neck.
"Help me, I'm so hot…." The man lifted her up and held her against the door. He leaned in and used his body to pin her in place, freeing up his hands to explore her body better. He whispered against her lips.
"I've got you baby. Just relax, I'll make it all better."
He lifted the sweet little morsel into his strong arms and took her straight to his bed. The man was a master, he played her body like a musician played an instrument. His touch was gentle but firm as his tongue delved deep into her to taste every drop of honey that spilled from her body. His fingers dove deep into both of her holes, but never once did he go the whole way. He steered clear of truly taking her and just made sure he didn't hurt her as he slowly started to enter the tight hole hidden between her beautiful globe of a behind. The feel of her tight ring of muscles giving way for him was beyond what he expected. He held her still as he filled her so full with his 'dragon' that it bordered on pain. The tiny fairy was made for sin, she writhed in pleasure and screamed her release. Soon, he followed her into that sweet ecstasy as he brought her slowly back from whatever drug some dick had given her.
Mariposa Michaelson woke slowly, she was far too relaxed for the strange room.
She was sore, but not from her important place. She felt a new level of soreness that borderline hurt. It felt like she was split in half by someone. The pain was deep and meticulous. "Good, your awake. Now please explain to me how you made it up to the private floor of my nightclub."
The voice was a deep male baritone that made her want to smile in relaxed memory. She couldn't see who it was. He hid himself in a shadowed corner of the room.
"I, I don't know. I was running from some men and then I woke up here." Mariposa felt lost and searched the shadows for the man. Hoping he could give her direction.
"Breathe Sweetheart. You're safe. I didn't hurt you. I only helped. Someone drugged you. I merely guided you through it." The man stepped forward and the sunlight spilled onto his face. His face was gorgeous, in a rough kind of way. His hair was pitch black and shaved at the sides. The top was tied back to keep his hair out of his face. That same rugged face was scarred. Three angry claw marks raked down the left side of his face. His eyes were a brilliant silver. "Horrible, aren't they?"
"No, they're not horrible. You're gorgeous. In a rugged and savage way." He smiled slowly, making those rugged scars stretch over his beautiful face. "What's your name, my Queen?"
"Mariposa, my friends call me Mari." Her voice was barely a whisper of sound.
The sexy man stood up from his chair and gave Mariposa a courtly bow. "I am Lucifer Morningstar, and you are currently in my penthouse suite at my hotel, The Seven Circles." He was beyond kind. Mari could feel her chest tightening as panic began to sit in. "Why am I up here? I was on the second floor with my cousin. I was supposed to get engaged. Now, I'm up here."
Lucifer moved closer to her and put a gentle hand on her shoulder. He noticed her beginning to hyperventilate.
"Breathe, my Queen. You are safe. No one will dare hurt you again." Mariposa tried to calm down but the panic attack had seized her. Lucifer was gentle as he pulled her into his embrace. "It's going to be alright, little one. I am right here." His words were soothing and his hands ran gently up and down her arms. In a strange way, his touch helped her to calm down.
Lucifer allowed Mari to return to bed so she can sleep off the rest of the drugs in her system. He picked up his office phone and called Michael, his second in command.
"Meet me in my office. We have work to do. Bring Reaper with you."
"Sir, we found a man with six others, they are searching for a girl in a white dress."
Lucifer chuckled darkly. "Have Havoc pick them up. We found the girl, that is what we need to discuss."
"Yes, Sir." Twenty minutes later, Michael and Reaper were standing in front of Lucifer. "I have found our Queen. Mariposa Michaelson, the only sister of Nicklaus Michaelson. The very same woman who escaped the men you found."
Michael raised a brow. "The woman who made it to your penthouse floor last night?"
Lucifer smiled. "The one I let up here, you mean." He had watched her run into the elevator from his surveillance room, he then instructed his men to allow her up on his floor. Nobody drugged a guest without paying for it. He just never expected the beautiful angel to become his Queen. He could still taste her on his tongue.
"Inform the estate, I want her to have everything she wants and more. Bring me mother's ring from the vault. Reaper, form a team. You are in charge of her safety from now on. Have the best phone and smart watch sent to me. With trackers installed. My Queen is priority one." Michael saluted and left to complete his assignment. Reaper bowed to him but went to stand by the door to the bedroom she was in. He was texting furiously, building her security team.
Lucifer picked up the file on his desk, it was all the information his hacker could find on Mariposa Michaelson.
Since the death of her parents, her Aunt and Uncle have been abusing her and telling the brother it was discipline. They wanted the inheritance she gains when she marries. Thomas was always Cynthia's boyfriend, they planned to kill Mari after the wedding to get the inheritance. Lucifer sneered, not anymore. His Queen could pass the money on to their children. She won't need it. Lucifer called Michaelson. "This is Michaelson."
"I found your sister. I'm going to send you a video and I want you to explain to me how much you love her." Lucifer hung up before Niklaus could respond and sent him the surveillance footage from the time she was drugged to her run through his hotel, up until he pulled her into his penthouse suite.
Niklaus Michaelson wanted to kill His cousin and Thomas. They drugged his baby sister. All this time they were saying she was a wild thing, always partying and rebellious. But was that even the truth. He should have listened to his sister and not that sorry excuse of a family. He called the number back.
"Where is my sister?"
"Safe. Where no one can ever hurt her again. But don't worry, I won't keep her from you. Just let the world know, Lucifer Morningstar is her fiancée." Lucifer hung up on Niklaus again before he could respond.
Mariposa woke from her nap. "Awake? Come eat. I'll take you home after we go shopping. My Queen deserves clothes befitting her status. And a pet fit for Queen of the Mafia." Lucifer was sitting at a small table with a simple lunch in front of him. Mariposa got up to join him. Lucifer tugged her to him when she was close enough to him and she settled into his lap. "I had Michael go and get you a new phone, this one is the new Galaxy fold. He got a Samsung watch to go with it. Never take off the watch. It has a tracker in it. I have to know where you are and if your in trouble." Lucifer set the beautiful soft pink phone in a clear case decorated with golden butterflies, on the table. He took her left wrist and put the smart watch on her wrist. The watch had a delicate gold chain for a wristband, little butterflies with diamond wings hung from it. "It's beautiful, Luke. Thank you." Lucifer smiled and kissed her cheek. "Anything you want, my little butterfly. Just ask and it shall be yours." He helped her finish her lunch then summoned Reaper. "My Queen, this is Reaper, he is responsible for your safety." Mariposa smiled at Reaper, who bowed to her politely. "Ask Havoc to bring them in."
An abnormally large man with tattoos on his shaved head and pierced ears came in leading a group of seven men that looked like they had a rough night. The large man bowed beautifully to Mari. "Good morning, madam." Mariposa gave the man a small smile. "My Queen, this is Havoc, he will be your second guard. Reaper and Havoc will take care of you if I am not there." Lucifer stood up as Havoc lined the seven men up on their knees before the couple. "I have but one rule iny club, My Queen. No unauthorized substance is allowed in the building. Date rape drugs, and narcotics are among that list. These are the men who drugged you. Now, I am glad that I was the one you ran to, but this should never have happened. We should have met and dated like a normal couple. Yet, I am not sorry it did. So, how should we punish these men for breaking the rules?" He turned to face Mari. She had a cute frown on her delicate face as she thought about it. "We should make it to where they can't repeat their sins to someone else." Lucifer smiled. She was thinking like a Queen of hell.
Lucifer turned to face the now green men. "My Queen has spoken, Havoc. She wants them to be castrated. Take them to the ninth floor for their punishment." The seven men began to beg and plead for mercy. Lucifer ignored them and scooped up Mari, he addressed Reaper before walking out with Mari in his arms.
"We are going shopping at the central mall. Get the car ready."
"Sir." Reaper bowed.
Lucifer set Mari on her feet and lead the way to the elevators. He took them to the garage and straight to a black Lamborghini. Two SUVs were parked behind it. Lucifer opened the door to the Lamborghini for Mari. "I'm having my car dealer build you a Lamborghini as well, but it will take time to make it blast proof." Mari nodded and smiled. Marrying the King of the Underworld came with enemies and she won't question Luke about safety.
The trip to the mall was quiet and they parked close to the entrance. Lucifer lead the group, holding Mari's hand he guided her from high end boutiques to jewelry stores. At one boutique, he bought every outfit in her size and in white or cream colors. At the jewelry store he bought everything with butterfly designs and in gold. He didn't buy her a ring. "I have a ring for you. It was my mother's, she will be pleased if you wore it." They went to a shoe store next. "Get me every style and designer shoe in this store in size eight. Specifically in white and cream." The attendants scrambled to do his bidding. Soon boxes of shoes began to be taken out of the store in stacks of ten or more. Mariposa caught sight of a pair of LV shoes sitting under a display light. They were white satin with a golden butterfly wrapped around each heel up to cover the ankle. "Lucifer, I want those shoes, they will match my phone." Lucifer saw them and nodded to the attendant.
"My Fiancée wants them, wrap them up." The attendant began to wrap up the Golden Butterfly shoes as a woman and man walked in. "Thomas, you must buy those butterfly shoes for me. I want to wear them to the Morningstar ball." Cynthia was talking to Thomas and didn't notice Mariposa and Lucifer at all. She ran to where the shoes would have been and gasped in surprise as the display was empty.
Cynthia looked around and her eyes landed on Mari.
"Mariposa! We have been so worried about you! Where have you been? Thomas searched the whole hotel looking for you!" Thomas saw Lucifer looking at them with death in his eyes. "I was drugged, cousin. Luckily, Lucifer rescued me and got me to a doctor before anything bad happened." The attendant tried to hand the black box with butterflies on it to Mari. Reaper stepped forward and took the box and set it on the stack a bodyguard was holding. "To the SUV." Cynthia noticed the box.
"Cousin, is that the LV Golden Butterfly shoes?"
"Yes, my Luke bought them for me." Mari smiled sweetly at Lucifer. He gave her a gentle smile in turn.
Cynthia tried to block the guard holding the shoes. "Can I borrow them? I'm planning to wear them to a ball." Mari smiled again. "No, Luke is custom designing a dress for me to match those shoes."
Lucifer kissed her cheek then turned to Reaper. The man nodded and tugged Cynthia out of the guards way. Lucifer turned to the owner of the mall. "Everything in gold and butterfly designs is now mine, pack it all and send them to my estate. Michael, pay them." Lucifer lead Mari out of the store and off to another store to buy essentials. He bought her every lotion and perfume she liked in soft scents. Expensive shampoo and conditioner, body wash and bath bombs, bubble bath soap. Then he bought her towels and several sets of pajamas and silk robes.
By the time Lucifer was done, he had bought everything she needed to move in with him. She wouldn't have to pack anything.
They left the mall and went to Lucifer's estate. The estate was built at the base of a mountain with the driveway leading at least a mile away to a huge gate with a gatehouse on each side of it. The gate opened once the Lamborghini came to a stop in front of it. Mariposa stared out at the scenery as Lucifer drove up to the house. "You have free reign of the entire estate. I'm having special pets delivered for you in the next few days. The animals will be exotic and a symbol of your status as my Queen."
"What kind of animals?"
"It's two rare snow leopards. They will be trained by humans, so they won't hurt you. I have two panthers myself, but not as rare as yours. They attend every event I go to. Your leopards will do the same."
"I want to name them, Winter and Glacier." Mari didn't question him or even argue about the exotic cats. She knew that as his Queen, she needs to appear to have the same power as him. Having two powerful cats as pets would be a symbol of her power in the underworld. Lucifer nodded and then parked near the black marble steps leading up to the front doors of her new home. "Welcome home, Mariposa Morningstar, Queen of the Mafia."