Mallory awoke with a start, and then sighed in relief as she saw the demon silhouetted against the faint light of the rising sun.
Oh, she thought to herself, taking in the sight of the succubus perched on one bedpost like a gargoyle clad in stiletto heels and little else, it's just her.
JUST her?
She blinked away the new wave of surprise washing over her rapidly-fading tiredness as the demon cocked her shapely, horn-crowned head at her.