After Zander flew off, the two women stayed in their embrace for some time before backing off and staring at each other. The awkwardness in the atmosphere was almost tangible. The awkward silence was broken when Lilith, the older-looking succubus, broke the silence with a sigh so heavy it produced an air current.

*sigh

"I was just caught up in emotion, and so we're you. We're not really close and if you call me, you either need my help with something or you want to ask me certain questions."

"But before staying your reason for summoning me here, I just really want to say I'm sorry. To you I'm a few millennia late, I have no right to say that and I won't want to take your time given you might have limited time for whatever you called me here. I can't hope to ask for forgiveness nor use the fact that time flows differently in the underworld but i just want you to know I'm sorry"

Samael looked at her mother with dead eyes.

'Part of me wants to hate her, but the same part which pushed me