Andrew blinked open his eyes and he had no recollection when he had fallen asleep. His eyes moved toward the light that illuminated through the window.

Soft rays of sun coming through the window glasses as his eyes widened. The sky had cleared and there was no trace of clouds. The phenomenon they had experienced seemed like a lost memory.

He was about to sit straight when he found he was wrapped by a little devil. Her face was buried in his chest and her palms balled against his t-shirt, both of their legs entangled around each other. Now that the room was filled with light, he could see the small horns that rested on her head. It was dark red almost marun.

His fingers reached them and rubbed the tip. It felt hard. Corners of his lips curled up as she looked kinda...cute.

He tried to detach himself from her but she buried herself more while a few whimpers came out of her mouth. It was strange as she never was this touchy before. She would always maintain a short distance between them. But now, she seemed comfortable and succumbed to his warmth.

Was she cold?

He moved to get the rag and spread it on her. Slowly, he removed his t-shirt from her small grip and got up.

He went downstairs immediately to let his parents know but it seemed they were already aware. The network wasn't good but the radio seemed to be working well as they said the service teams had gone already. They would give water and food to each family while the maintenance crew had started to work on the problems right after the storm subsided.

Apparently, the storm had went away back to the sea around 3 a.m.

They had announced that it might take them a while but assured them to get them power by today.

"Thank god. I was beginning to think we would have to die if the water level rose." His mom said.

Both Andrew and his father gave her a look.

"Anyways, we have to clean the basement." His dad sighed.

There was a knock on the door as Andrew went to receive it. He opened the door and saw it was a man from the rescue team and he had a large packet in his hands.

"This is the McAllen house, right?" The man asked.

"Yes."

The man gave him the packet while two men behind him had a large size plastic tanker. Andrew left the door as they came inside and placed the water tanker.

"I hope it would be enough for today?" They asked as his mom nodded.

"When will the electricity come?" Andrew asked.

"Oh! They are working on it. Apparently, many trees and poles have fall also there was water leakage under the ground because of the tree roots."

They nodded.

"Maybe in 15 hours?" The man answered.

"Wow! The damage must be pretty bad." Andrew said as the man nodded.

They shook their hands and left as his mom said, "Let's go have some breakfast."

While his mom was preparing them some food Andrew came and took a few bread and jam and dashed to his room. As he opened the door, he saw Avaloth had woken up.

Her eyes moved to his hands and her tail started to wiggle. Andrew came near and gave her the breads as she started to chomp.

"Okay. Stay here. I am going to have my breakfast." Andrew said as she nodded.

While having breakfast, his mom said, "Andrew, we need to clean the whole house."

He nodded as he munched on the bread and sipped on the juice. "Okay."

"Starting from your room."

The juice caught in his throat as he coughed. "Wha- Why starting from my room?"

"Because you haven't cleaned it for ages." His mom tapped her foot.

"I clean it regularly."

"When was the last time you cleaned it?" His mom raised a brow.

Andrew looked up to recall. Okay, he didn't. He would just dump his clothes in the basket beside their washing machine but other than that he hadn't cleaned his room at all.

His mom raised a brow and he tried to find an excuse. "Umm... I will do it myself."

"Yes, in a few years."

"Mom! You can't go to my room!" He said.

"Why? Are you doing something illegal activities?" His mom's doubtful gazes stayed on him for a while as he he rolled his eyes.

"Because I like my room being messed up." He said. "If you place everything in order, I can't find anything."

"Andrew, you can't stay like that. People would assume we have a caveman in our house."

He groaned. "Fine! I will just clean it myself, alright?"

His mom was pleased, seemingly she had won the fight as Andrew shoved his breakfast in his mouth in a grumpy manner.

The power hadn't come yet, so he went to help his dad for cleaning their yard.

After cleaning everything, he came back to his room. He felt exhausted. He flopped on his bed and saw Avaloth was watching her horns in the mirror.

She was seemingly very excited as Andrew asked, "What is it?"

She looked at him through the mirror and grinned and Andrew saw, her canines had grew as well. Although it wasn't too much but it suited her.

"You know, I can teleport two times now." She said and looked at him as if she was on cloud nine.

Another thing Andrew noticed, she was looking a bit bright as if her skin was glowing and her eyes had some charms that Andrew felt a bit attracted toward her.

He knew she was beautiful when he first saw her but this time she looked much more prettier than before. He could feel his body acting up at just looking at her.

He could get it by now that she was a novice devil and as she said last night, she was the weakest race and had no power.

Andrew thought for a moment. Was all these charms were the cause for her growing horns?

It could be...

Even if she was beautiful Andrew had a good control over himself and he knew one thing that he would never get seduced by her.

He asked, "So, what powers a succubus can get if their horns grow fully?"

Avaloth scratched her head and tried her best to think as she said, "Err... Maybe seducing men?"

"And that's it?" He raised a brow.

"Erm..." She looked everywhere but Andrew then she said, "Ah! I can see in our sacred book."

Andrew almost rolled his eyes. What a succubus she was who didn't know anything about her own powers.

She turned a few pages and said, "Umm... I don't get anything." She threw the book and the book vanished immediately.

Andrew shook his head.

Anyways, he had to clean his room and set his desk and also wash the clothes. He groaned. Too much work.

He felt his energy draining just by thinking of it. If he didn't start cleaning, his mom would come back and would see Avaloth in his room which might cause a blunder.

Avaloth could go back for a few hours but he didn't want his mom to rummage through his things. He knew his mom too well. She would search for cigarettes or worse, drugs and alcohol and another thing was, she might search for adultery magazines. Well, he couldn't lie if he said he didn't have it. But he was smart enough to have them in digital form. Everything was inside his hard drives and his mom didn't know how to turn on a computer.

But the cleaning work! If only he could get away with it...

His eyes fell on Avaloth.

She was still watching her little horns and was getting excited.

A mischevious grin formed on Andrew's lips. "Avaloth?"

She turned around, "Yes?"

"It would take some time to make you a home, wouldn't it?" He asked.

Avaloth thought for a moment and nodded.

Andrew sat up and said with his finger scratching his chin, "Ah well, you have to stay here for the time being, don't you?"

She nodded and said, "If you don't have any problem then..."

He smiled. "Of course, why would I have any problems?"

"But you don't like anyone in your room." She noted.

Andrew nodded because it was true. He didn't like anyone prying in his privacy but...

"But it is okay as long as you help me in some things..." He hung his words in the air as Avaloth blinked questioningly.

Then a smile formed in her mouth. "Is that mean you need my help now?"

"Err... yes. A little." He smiled nervously.

Her grin broadened. "That means you are slowly getting seduced by me?!"

"Umm..." Where did she get that idea?!

He bit his lip and said blowing on his fingers, "Maybe I would... Who knows?"

Avaloth's eyes sparkled as as if energy surging through her, she asked excitedly, "So... What help do you need?"

Andrew grinned in his mind. Now that was the thing he was waiting for. He coughed. "Nothing much. Just some house chores. Do you want to do it or..."

Avaloth nodded enthusiastically. "I wil! I will!"

Andrew gave her a smile which could be listed as an evil smile and said, "Great! Now, go to the bathroom and start washing my clothes."

Avaloth blinked. "Does washing clothes make a man seduced?"

"Oh, yes!" Andrew nodded portraying a serious face. "You also have to do other things like, cleaning my desks, cleaning this room, change the bedsheet and setting up my books and clothes."

Avaloth nodded with a smile on her face and Andrew almost felt bad at using her like his personal maid. But doing everything was troublesome where he needed to play his games to earn money and also study for the entrance examination. So... A little help won't be a bad thing, would it?

He looked at her and said, "Now. Start working, will you?"