Horns

The portal to Hell didn’t work. She had been trying to push through it the whole day, thinking that whatever had been blocking the entry would pass. But even on her last attempt, the gates didn’t budge. She rubbed her little horns, trying to think.

She could do a summoning to find out what gives. But as a demon, she knew, there would be a price, a heavy one, and there were no favors even amongst demons. In the best case, she would have to forgo a soul gained or work in the pits for a...