Family Meeting

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"Father, Lady Mother," Lily said as she sat down across from them. Her mother's eyes darted at her and she already knew the reason why Lily spoke up. She slightly turned her head to avoid eye contact. Her mother started to tap her fingers on the table.

"Look at me, Lilith," her mother said.

Lily turned back around to face her mother. "I know what you're about to say about my outfit, Lady Mother. But this is what girls wear in the mortal realm: they wear pants, shorts, and these stretchy pants they call leggings. They are so pretty, you can't lie and say this doesn't look nice. This outfit was actually on a fashion runway."

Her mother sighed. "You know, I was going to yell at you about it, but you are right. Maybe we are old fashioned--you're going to rule one day and it will be your job to make this empire into your own."

Lily was beyond surprised by her mother and really didn't know how to react. She thought her mother would flip out over her outfit. But her mother was very calm. Even though her mother didn't get mad at her, she still wanted to give her the dress she bought.

Lily closed her eyes and put her hand out. She thought about the white box that came with the dress. The box appeared in her hand. She opened her eyes and smiled at her mother. "Here, this is a dress I bought for you."

She handed the box over to her mother. Her mother opened it and gently touched it. The dress was off-the-shoulder and velvet blue with silver lining. Her mother looked impressed.

"This is very nice. I really love the texture," her mother said.

"Thank you, Lady Mother. I knew you would like it." Lily smiled. She looked over to her father. "I didn't forget about you, Father." She did the same thing and a white box appeared in her hand.

Lily passed the box to her mother, who passed it to her father. He opened it and saw a navy blue and black military-style jacket with dragon wings embroidered on the collar. He cracked a smile. "I guess you got your sense of style from your mother."

Lily chuckled as her father closed the box and gave it to a young man. He ordered him to put both boxes in their bedroom. When the young man opened the door, four servants entered, two men and two women. They bowed as Nisroch, the Chief of the Kitchen, started to put food on the table. Behemoth, the Chief Cupbearer, put down cups and poured wine in each cup. Dagon, one of the female servants and the Grand Pantler, put down bread, fruit, and cheese in the middle of the table. Hanna, a minor female servant, held a bowl of water and a white cloth.

Nisroch and Dagon bowed, curtsied, and left, leaving Behemoth and Hanna. Lily looked at the food, besides the bread, fruit and cheese. There were small meat pies, turkey legs, and beef stew bread bowls.

Lily and her parents started to eat. It was silent for a few minutes until Lucifer looked at Lily. "We need to talk about a few things. There's so many; where do I start?" He chuckled.

After her father said that, Lily could see her mother side-eyeing her. She knew what that meant; she put down her spoon and looked at her father. "Father, I want to talk about school."

"Oh, okay, go ahead," Lucifer said, biting into a turkey leg.

Lily folded her hands and took a deep breath. "For the past two months, I have been getting bullied."

Lucifer dropped the turkey leg. "What? Why are you just mentioning this now?"

"I was afraid of how you would react. Before the break, I told mother. I wasn't just bullied--I was also sexually assaulted." Lily didn't sway her eye contact from her father.

Lucifer didn't know what to say. Of course, as a father, he was pissed but he didn't want to flip the table. He calmed himself down and took a breath. "Have you told any of your teachers or the headmaster?"

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