Chapter 362: You Saw Them, Too?
Adam hurled a beaker at the wall, not caring about the glass shards raining all over the lab floor. It wasn’t his first beaker or his first hundred; in fact, there wasn’t a single place in the room that was even safe to walk.
Even he, the first man, was covered in scrapes and blood. Not caring about the tiny slivers burrowing deep into his face, Adam continued to pace back and forth, his heavy boots grinding the glass to dust.
"Temper, temper," mused Eric, as he took a sip of the whiskey in his hand. His first few drinks had been sacrificed to his father’s temper, but he was making sure that this one at least hit his stomach before the glass hit the wall. "It’s been a while since I’ve seen you this pissed."
Adam, gone beyond the ability to speak, simply growled like an animal as he paused for a second to glare at Eric.
"I don’t know why you are so upset," continued Eric, enjoying the ability to taunt Adam. Normally, that man was so cold and psychopathic that nothing could get under his skin. This really was a treat. "It’s not like this is the first time she has slipped from your grasp."
"I almost had her," huffed Adam, every word coming out in a pant as his body seemed to vibrate with anger. "She was in arm’s reach..."
"And now she isn’t," shrugged Eric, taking another sip of his drink. "But eternity is an awfully long time; why not enjoy the hunt? When you finally are able to get her back, then you can punish her for her disobedience."
"Punish her?" Adam had a look of shock on his face as he spun around to face his son. "There is no punishing Lucifer. She is perfection, whatever she wants, whatever she needs, that is what she gets. She is the pinnacle of womanhood, the standard that all others fail to meet. When she returns, and she will, there will be no punishing."
"Wow," grunted Eric, his eyes going wide as he stared at the man who had been like the boogeyman for all of his life. Worse than The Boogeyman, actually, since the fictional character was modeled after the first man. "You are so pussy whipped, aren’t you? I never thought I’d see the day."