My Demon Boss

Mabel alone in the white room, blanket round her shoulders, thinking.

When the door clicked shut I sat with the blanket round my shoulders and did the sums.

Not a prisoner, exactly. More like an investment. They needed me not to betray them, and I needed them not to bury me.

All I needed was one pen, one list, and one very large demon who kept looking at me like a person instead of a problem.

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?