Inner Demons

Her standing with the Mage Council was taken away in a very public way, so the narrator is trying to rebuild her career with her first genuine assignment. Her newest client is a werewolf who has trouble keeping his impulses in check, and she is determined to see the job through despite the chaos he brings.

Her sister has lost everyone she cares about, and she begs the narrator to ask Samael for help. The narrator doesn't want to, but she needs his resources. Whoever killed so many witches holds a kind of power that no one can afford to overlook, and Samael keeps turning up in the middle of every problem she has.

The story takes place in hell, which happens to be Samael's home turf. Samael is arrogant and domineering, but as they work together, she begins to see the man he hides behind the face he shows everyone else. The demon she never wanted may turn out to be someone she could fall for.