Demonic Lover

How do you know what's real? If the conversational response makes sense in the context of your understanding, does that mean the other participant has the same understanding? Could you be living in two different realities, discussing two different things, and both think that the other one is in their own reality? Meet Princess — Chapter 22 - Demonic Lover The velvet retro wonderland of the lounge...

What makes you who you are? Does changing your behavior change who you are? Is it okay to surrender your own identity to fit into a group that will never truly accept you? When you discover a hidden reality beneath a monster's skin, how does one justify maintaining a mask just to survive the night? Waiting for Princess — Chapter 21: Demonic Lover Safely tucked away in a corner of the crimson loung...

How do you respond when threatened? How do you want to respond? Have you ever had a moment looking back where you wish you'd stood up for yourself? No Smoking — Chapter 20: Demonic Lover The alleyway is sketchy at best, but that won't stop Lisa from rocking a crimson cashmere velvet coat in the dead of summer heat—or the protagonist from wishing they'd worn a sexy suit vest for whatever trap they'...

How far would you go to bring justice to those who cannot seek it for themselves? If you had powers that others did not have, how would you use them? Into how compromising of a situation would you immerse yourself to make things right? Courting Baxter - Chapter 19 - Demonic Lover This chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of self-perception and connection, as the characters navigate their rel...

What causes people to make decisions that cause others pain and trauma? Cassidy argues that the monsters that Lisa has been destroying are also human beings. Lisa argues her methods more effective because they end the cycle of abuse. Monsters Who Feed on Monsters - Chapter 18 - Demonic Lover This chapter delves into complex themes of justice, morality, and the human condition. A provocative questi...

Trigger Warnings: Human Trafficking, Sexual Assault What if you had to cause suffering to survive? What if your species thrived on the pain of others the way human humans thrive on oxygen? What if you had to convince humans to distribute the pain you inflict in order for you to exist and persist? In this flashback, Cassidy meets her angel for the very first time. Cassidy argues that no one deserve...

How does one decide who gets to suffer? How does one convince their protégé that the intended recipient of their punishment is not OK? Lisa and Cassidy distribute bits of evidence about Florida while they discuss the future. Fighting Over Victims - Chapter 16 - Demonic Lover - AI Summary: A midnight sky sets a reflective tone as characters navigate trust and suspicion. A confrontation arises when...

How do you know if you're really helping someone? How do you know that all your best efforts are not just arrogance believing that you were someone that can help? Cassidy faces this horrifying reality as she stares at Lisa who is contemplating her own life.

Why can't I see you? Why can't I see more of you? Why can't I feel it when you throw me on the bed? When you caress me? When you terrify me? Where are you? I miss you. Cassidy complains to her angel on the other side, in their cylindrical room with obsidian walls and a bed covered in black velvety coverings. She asks her angel for help setting up triggers then gets angry that her angel didn't alre...

Where would you go to dismember and dispose of a body? Lisa and Cassidy visit the Vierra Wetlands to finish the job where Lisa had previously dropped the bodies off. In their haste, mistakes are made. Then in an effort to avoid their own dismemberment they attempt to join a few of the wetland's native beasts.

How do we choose who deserves our punishment? Cassidy unintentionally gives up the identity of a forbidden victim, and Lisa presses in. Cassidy, who is supposed to be training Lisa gets schooled by her for a moment until Cassidy digs deep to set a boundary.

Trigger Warnings: Sexual Assault and Incest. What do you do when you're on a simple distract and occupy mission and you experience something gruesome and unexpected? What if your subject enjoyed it? How would you survive that trauma? What do you do when you can't make it stop? Is it okay to make the best of it? Does it matter what others think? Cassidy joins Charity to prevent Charity from checkin...

What happens when you join yourself to someone else and find out that they might be the one manipulating you? Hope do you distract a powerful family while your protégé stealsa can? How do you stealthily steal the right van for your human removal public service? In this episode, Cassidy confronts her angel, frustratied with her gifts, while Lisa steals a van.

What do you do when this one you trust the most gives you commands you know you cannot accomplish? How do you show obedience, or faithfulness, in the face of guaranteed failure? How do you make yourself want something more? Cassidy's angel tortures her on the other side while Lisa tries to find another van.

How do you get bodies out of a hotel room? What happens when the weight of the torso tiles the laundry cart? Cassidy has not only laundry to do, but a super secret magical society trying to dispose of her and her protégé. While her angel instructs her to find a collector who can help her contact the shadow society, her protégé schools one of the corpses. What is the value of a human life? Do they...

Lisa doesn't remember driving away from the van. Cassidy slowly leaks the truth. Cassidy fails to recreate a memory for Lisa. Lisa explains her rejection thereof using inapplicable senses. The memory offered is from the perspective of Lisa driving, which makes Lisa think. Lisa shares her feelings regarding possession. Cassidy justifies her methodology for escaping the shadow society.

Cassidy explains to Lisa why she was arrested. Lisa and Cassidy have to try to figure out how to perform crime scene sanitation for Cassidy's angel. They discuss potential methods and find a van just off indrio road. Cassidy is fooled by an illusion and stumbles upon a shadow society that is looking for them. Cassidy becomes a man momentarily after accidentally joining Daniel. Daniel wakes up from...

Cassidy and Lisa go shopping for tools of dismemberment and narrowly escape an encounter with a figure from Lisa's past. Cassidy creates a simple diversion so Lisa can slip away discreetly before being confronted by the creeper. Cassidy considers joining the stalker to get more information before she is interrupted by her lover and drawn to her throne room on the other side, adorned with beautiful...

Patricia, Cassidy and Cassidy's angel regroup in a hotel room while Cassidy's angel creates a training opportunity. Cassidy is disappointed that the drug acquisition was not for consumption. Patricia reveals her new alias, and her reasons for changing. Cassidy's angel instructs Cassidy that she has a lot of "scrubbing" to do.

Cassidy waits for Patricia while Cassidy's angel plays games with Cassidy from the car. She challenges Cassidy's sexual orientation. She gets violent with Cassidy on the other side. Patricia discusses her accommodations from her recent stay as a guest in the Brevard County Jail Complex.

Cassidy's Angel wakes her up in Jacksonville on their way to Melbourne. Cassidy must get into character and prepare to bail her niece Patricia out. Cassidy continues to wrestle with the gravity of the reality that her protégé might be in trouble. Cassidy's angel instruct her on the usefulness of guilt. Cassidy wars with the loss of privacy that comes from the presence of a deity.

Cassidy sits by the fire swirling rye in her glass and dreams of her lover from days past. She finds she is confronted about her failures concerning her protégé. The one who they set free from the cowering trauma of abuse, has continued in the craft and cornered herself in Melbourne, Florida. Cassidy must set the stage for the detectives and bail schedules and rage that are about to affect her pro...