Belongs to us novel Chapter 23

Authors pov

Serenity saw it and due to the sudden shock she fell on her butt, she was already in a squatting position so it didn't hurt much but that was not the problem here. The problem was close to her beautiful face hissing and demanding her attention.

She was expecting an attack and bite from the snake but to her surprise it just kept staring at her. Her eyes widened at the snake's behavior and she looked into his eyes. It's action were calm and harmless but who knows, snakes are lethal. Just like the snake serenity stared at it's eyes. It looked like it was trying to communicate with her.

She was frozen in her place but not scared, that snake didn't scare her. The snake slowly leaned back and was ready to bite her, before it's mouth made any contact with her skin a large hand grabbed the snake's neck and pulled it away from her.

Lucifer threw the snake away which quickly disappeared into plants. He looked at serenity who was still on the floor.

He grabbed her by her arm and roughly pulled her into a standing position.

"Are you fucking crazy, what did you think... that it wants to be friends with you... It was not a fucking puppy from whom you were expecting a handshake stupid girl, you were supposed to run..."

Jerking her Lucifer yelled at her, serenity's eyes filled with tears listening to his harsh words. He was right but too harsh for her.

Lucifer sighed looking at her silent crying face. He mind linked his brothers and they reached there within seconds.

"What happened kitten why are you crying..."

Nicolai frowned.

Serenity didn't thought twice before throwing her arms around Nicolai and crying on his chest. A warm feeling erupted in his body as he quickly wrapped his large arms around her small body.

Lucifer ran his fingers frustratingly in his hair realising he made her cry.

"What the fuck did you do Lucifer?..."

Nicolai growled and Vincent looked at him questioningly too.

"Ask your dear friend. What was she doing?..."

Lucifer clenched his jaw.

Nicolai broke the hug and made her look at him.

"What did you do kitten?"

His voice was gentle with her. She didn't answer and more tears escaped her eyes.

"Instead of running she was playing a fucking staring contest with a snake. You have any idea how poisonous it was, she could have fucking d___"

Lucifer's voice became too rough almost like a growl at the end but he didn't complete his sentence. He couldn't.

"What the fuck..."

Nicolai looked down at the beauty in his arm.

"What were you thinking..."

Serenity shook her head in protest.

"It was too sudden, I was frozen... I didn't understand what to do and what not..."

Her hands shivered while telling them but not because of the snake, because of lucifer's angry stare on her.

Vincent grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug.

"You should have been careful love..."

His heart shook at the feeling of loosing her again. Vincent relaxed a bit when he felt her arm clutching on him.

"Why is there a snake in your garden Lucifer, you should have checked it properly before letting her work here..."

Nicolai argued.

"Only If I had known..."