"Doctor said it was kidney somethin'. Gave me drugs for it though. Says I can't eat-" Nicholas blinked languidly, luxuriating in the feeling of painkillers in his system. "The Antichrist said he was experimenting. And today he just finished. Said he was going to leave me to die. I prayed on the off chance that someone might hear."
JJ was shaking beside the bed and unable to keep it back any more, she blurted out her question, "did he fuck you?" she asked, tears squeezing out of her eyes. After what Lucifer had done to Joey, it was one of her biggest fears. "Did he?!"
"No," Nicholas reassured his girlfriend. "No, love. No. He just...starved me."