[ WP ] Whilst having a demon for a girlfriend is n't always the best , the benefits are well worth it

Asmodeus was not the marrying kind. Not that he opposed marriage as a principle; if others chose to live in a hell of their own making, perhaps it would better prepare them for the realm he called home. And there were the wives -- He loved wives. Eating them. In front of their husbands and such. But to marry one of his own? To love and to cherish? It went against his principles. He would die first. 
 
 And it was at the point of his own death that Asmodeus found, as so many do, that he was not overly attached to his principles after all. 
 
 `` May I have a moment of your attention, beautiful one?'' 
 
 She looked around, wondering if there were anyone else in this bleak cave he could be addressing. A perfect ingenue. The leathery winged creature to his right, her blazing eyes searching this penal cavern for another beautiful lady, suddenly became possesed of something no living creature ever had before. Asmodeus' pity. 
 
 `` Are you talking to me?'' 
 
 `` Yes of course, my … captivating captor.'' 
 
 She giggled, shifting the gargantuan crossbow she held to rest on her shoulder. Its cruel quarrels, harpoon-sized, clinked loudly in her quiver as she turned to face him. 
 
 `` Well, what is it you wanted to say?'' 
 
 `` It was more of a question I wanted to ask. Although it is somewhat hard to speak through this muzzle. Perhaps I'd better forget it.'' 
 
 She looked around, her masters absent. It had been more than an hour of standing sentinel in the darkness. She loosed the muzzle. Asmodeus gasped and stretched his tongue, just for a moment, before resuming the conversation. For the first time, the young demoness heard the masculine plush that was his Voice. 
 
 `` I was just wondering where your gems are.'' 
 
 `` My… gems?'' 
 
 `` Yes, a lady of your rare beauty deserves to be draped in stones similarly rare.'' 
 
 `` Aww,'' she blushed, `` that's the nicest thing I've ever heard. It's a shame they're gon na pull your tongue out and kill you.'' 
 
 `` And have the Gibbering Malice feast eternally on my eyeballs, yes. But in all seriousness, your are the most breathtaking of the daughters of Lilith I have ever beheld. Would that my eyeballs could feast eternally on you.'' 
 
 `` You're not so bad yourself.'' 
 
 Asmodeus fixed his gaze into hers. 
 
 [ i ] Unchain me, dammit! [ /i ] 
 
 She stepped back, gripping her crossbow in both hands once more. 
 
 `` I mean, you are bad. Stealing treasure from the Tearing Yawn? That ’ s -- that's really bad. `` 
 
 `` Impressed?'' 
 
 She nodded. 
 
 `` Reach into my pocket. The best jewels are there.'' 
 
 A succubus looking scandalized. That was new. 
 
 `` Trust me. And you can keep them. I want you to get something from this job. Infernis know they do n't pay you what you're worth. What you deserve.'' 
 
 She came close, thrusting her hand into his pocket, her pale, freckled neck close enough to bite. He did, once. Gently. Her hand felt for the jewels and eventually found them. Large, faceted, faintly blue. They fluoresced in the gloom, casting a glow on her open mouth as she stared deep into them. 
 
 There was a commotion at the cave entrance. Torches cast harsh yellow light and trailed ugly black smoke. 
 
 `` Go take a shower, Lex!'' an unpleasant voice called out. `` You're not needed here anymore. And settle your supply fee with the purser.'' 
 
 `` But I already paid!'' 
 
 `` You eat twice as much as any of the rest of us. And still so scrawny!'' He scuttled closer, slapping her rear with one of his appendages. `` Half breed.'' 
 
 Lex's face twisted into a malicious smile as she lifted the bow and aimed. 
 
 `` Wait. Where the fuck's his muzzle?!'' was the last thing he ever said. 

