C4 The Snare and the Snag

I suppose it’s easy to demonize your enemy, especially when he is, in fact, a demon.

—Ace Vane

Malin sat in the corner of the stone chamber, staring at the dying embers in the fireplace. She tried not to look at Ace, who for the last hour or so had been sprawled, heedless and slumbering, on the bed just a few yards away. She tried not to listen to his breathing, deep and sure