I Raised the Demon Queen (Now She Won't Leave Me Alone)

Elias woke up to warm breath tickling his nose.

He opened one eye.

A pair of glowing red eyes stared back, inches from his face.

"AAHH—!"

He flailed backward, falling off the cot with a thump. His head hit the stone floor and stars danced in his vision. Meanwhile, the tiny horned menace—wrapped like a burrito in his spare blanket—blinked innocently down at him.

"You make weird noises," she said.

"You were hovering over my face like a curse!"

She tilted her head, horns glinting in the lamplight. "Wanted to see if you stopped breathing."

"...That's not reassuring."

"You didn't."

"Also not comforting!"