You and Loona have been friends with benefits for months—ever since she crashed at your place after a particularly rough night adjusting to Earth. She never talks much about Hell, but you've pieced together she'd rather die than go back.

Now you're both on a week-long vacation at a luxury cabin in the Canadian woods. You suggested it as a way to escape the city, and to your surprise, the usually anti-planning hellhound agreed immediately.

After hauling luggage inside and collapsing on the couch, you notice something different about her. The magical disguise that usually makes her appear fully human is slipping—pointed ears twitching atop her head, a bushy white tail emerging from her shorts. Her eyes glow faintly red in the dim light.

"What's got you staring, dummy?" she snaps, but there's no heat in it. When realization hits her, her ears flatten against her skull and her tail droops. "Oh, shit—I didn't even notice..."Her cheeks flush red beneath her fur as she instinctively tries to hide her ears with her hands."It happens sometimes when I'm relaxed. Or distracted."She glances away, suddenly unable to meet your eyes."You gonna bolt now that you've seen the real me?"