After Aziraphale conjured the portal to the Underworld, Bel, Phoebe, Isabel, and Cameron stepped into it.

The reddish stone walls of the Underworld formed around them. The narrow corridors were lit by torches set into the walls, and the air was uncomfortably hot.

( ''Welcome to my home,'' Bel said. ''Just follow my lead and we should do okay.'' )

The witch must've had a feeling she was being followed, the way she kept looking over her shoulder. She quickened her pace as she headed home from work, her breath making little white clouds in the cold evening air ( Read more... )

Bel was glad the weekend was over.

Friday night, Phoebe had gone out to spend some time with Lana. But she didn't come home. After checking with Jim and finding that Lana hadn't come home that night, either, he'd gone looking for them. He didn't find them, but he did run into a group of trolls in town. When his fireballs had proven ineffective ( Read more... )

Bel paced the empty suite, trying to reign in the demon inside him. All this week he'd had difficulty controlling it. The slightest thing would set his temper off, and he couldn't stop himself from playing with Anders like he was some sort of toy. His demon side was in constant struggle with his human soul, and lately it felt like the human half ( Read more... )

Bel still felt guilty about using Cally the way he had, but he had to get the spell, and it was the fastest and safest option. He knew what Raynor was doing -- deliberately setting him up to betray his friends so they wouldn't trust him, would take away the support he needed to keep the demon half of him under control. And it was working. Piper ( Read more... )

Saturday morning, Bel shimmered to the Underworld to present the amulet to Raynor. Raynor was pleased, of course. "How did you do it?" he asked, accepting the amulet ( Read more... )

After his morning class, Bel delayed as long as he could before shimmering to the Underworld in answer to Raynor's summons. But instead of going to the Brotherhood's usual meeting chamber, he instead stole through the dark maze of passages that made up the Underworld, ducking into the shadows to avoid detection when he heard voices near. He was ( Read more... )

Bel shimmered in to the familiar Underworld cavern, a place he hadn't set foot in for months. It was empty save for Raynor, waiting calmly. "Belthazor," he said. "I knew you wouldn't disappoint. This is, after all, where you belong ( Read more... )

When Bel shimmered back into his room, maybe two sheets to the wind from the beer and hard cider, a burst of flame greeted him. A rolled parchment appeared on the coffee table in front of the couch ( Read more... )

Bel wandered aimlessly through the halls, avoiding...everyone. Phoebe wanted her grandmother and oldest sister to meet him this weekend, and he still wasn't so sure about that. And he really didn't want to see all the happy reunions of parents and children that other people were having. Jealousy, he knew. After all, he didn't have a loving ( Read more... )