Chapter 220

Lucifer, Father of Lies, is also, in fact, a great teller of truths. It's probably quite a conundrum for many, trying to pick apart the falsehood from truth, the fiction from fact, and I have no doubt there are some who steadfastly refuse to believe that any words that drip like poisoned honey from his beautiful mouth could be anything but lies. But, when you refuse to let yourself be blinded by myth, scripture and centuries of engrained education, when you look at Lucifer and really see the creature that he is behind the hooves and horns, behind the serpent scales and dragon wings, you will know that a grain of truth always runs through every discourse. Now, of course, what is true and what is not is the real puzzle, and while I could not possibly claim to know the full extent of his lies and his truths, there was one thing he had told me that I knew to be unquestionable fact and that was that I could access the realms within Purgatory. Just as he did. Just as Michael did. And it was