My Demon Boss

Mabel sits up in the clean back room, blanket to her chest, taking in the toast and the locked door.

Someone had put a blanket over me that smelled like a warm cupboard, and the room around me was white and not the station at all.

There was a jug of water and two pieces of toast on a plate, which felt less like saving and more like feeding time at the zoo.

My Demon Boss

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I run lost property at Bellwether Station. Keys, umbrellas, one suitcase that hums. My life is small and I like it that way. Then a man with no ticket and too many teeth wants that suitcase. He chases me through the luggage tunnels. A demon named Ambrose steps out of a staff door, saves me, and takes me under the station to his bar, The Hush. Here is the rule: I can't talk about monsters, and I can't leave until his council clears me. So I make tea, smile at things that bite, and fix the bar's terrible paperwork. My new boss glares at the coffee machine like it insulted his mother. He saved my life, so I should stop noticing his hands. Right?