<b>Above the ground…</b><br/><br/>“Obviously we can’t give them the girl,” Sheri said and sighed in disappointment. Why would Kerelith have the most valuable of all slaves captured right at her own doorstep? The succubus stood up, began to pace around the room, and then looked at the spy, “You know I’ve let you read me like an open book, Souris. It’s not you being smart making deductions from my behavior. It’s me showing you my trust, so don’t get any mousey ideas about my lover. Kerelith is now more under control than she’s been in the last decade, so it’s not her you have to worry about anymore.”<br/><br/>The woman didn’t seem very convinced, so Sheri decided to go on.<br/><br/>“Let’s do something fun—” she began, which caused Souris to raise an eyebrow, and the succubus interrupted herself, “No, not sex. We’ve been there before, haven’t we? Anyway, I’m talking about the solution to this problem. Can solve it the easy way, or the hard way. The easy way’s also the fun way, so obviously we’ll do it the easy way. The hard way would be to sink our resources into controlling this mess, slowly deal with the vigilantes, and somehow convince the family the girl is nowhere to be found. You know what the easy way is, Mouse?” the demon spoke the name right by the woman’s ear in a tone that suggested that perhaps the mention of sex was being seriously reconsidered.<br/><br/>Sheri nearly whispered now, “The easy way is we kidnap more girls. Our agents adapt to chaos faster than a bunch of mortal vigilantes.”<br/><br/>“I see,” the woman replied, just as quietly as the demon, not quite sure why she was being told this, “But how’s that any easier, Mistress? The traders are long gone, so we’d have to hire someone less qualified.”<br/><br/>“It’s easier for me, little mouse,” Sheri said and put an arm over the woman’s shoulder, standing much taller than her, “Just like it’s easier for me to strip you off this dress than it is for you to stop me. Besides, you wouldn’t believe how bored I’ve been these last two weeks. If enslaving snowflakes from my own population can get me excited, I’d do it even if it was the harder way.”<br/><br/>For a moment, Sheri continued to lock eyes with Souris, arms in a dominating embrace around the shorter woman, but then sighed, and spoke, “What I really need is a proper fuck, so unless you actually want me to unleash my weeks of sexual frustration upon you, you’re free to go.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>