Chapter 253

"Why do you two insist on giving this entity gender?" Alexis asked. "Your Succubus is a non-living thing. It has never lived except through you."

"If she lived through me and I'm female, then she probably self-identifies as female," I said. "Wouldn't that make sense?"

Alexis scowled.

I moved toward her. I was scared, but she was scared, too. She tried to escape, but unless she went through the wall, there was no escape.

It's okay. Just…don't do that again. I held up my hands as if trying to calm a frightened animal. I wasn't sure if I could talk to her without words, but if I could do it with my minion, then I certainly should be able to do it with my own Succubus.

How? she asked.

I understood the question!

How were we separated and not able to merge?

This place gives me the power to be both human and spirit but not in the same body, I explained.

Satisfied with the response, she stopped huddling into herself. I will not hurt you again. She tentatively moved toward me. One of h