"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 ...