His dark eyes stared intently into hers, and she felt like she was getting a bit of a headache. Without really intending to, she thought of King Paimon, her androgynous dark-skinned demon friend, with his lordly demeanour and piercing blue eyes. She saw him in her mind’s eye, smiling at her indulgently and arrayed in all his splendour in dark red robes, wearing his intricate golden horned crown.