My Demon Boss

The small woman back at a table with her paper list and pen, the bar now calm behind her.

I went back to my list and wrote number three: keep the monsters from killing each other before lunch.

Number four was harder. Number four was: get them to trust me without handing over my whole neck.

Because trusting them back was starting to feel less like a plan and more like a habit.

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?