Under the incubus' protection
“If these demons weren’t necessary, I would have never allowed this. The logic is quite simple…”
“Yes, it is,” Madame Long interposed. “Desmond may be the mightiest incubus, but he is still lower in rank than a demon. As today I have come fully prepared, little duckling, he'll be cornered by four powerful demons. Your spirit lover may have won in bed, but in an actual battle, he is as helpless as you.”
She picked up daggers from the floor and held them close to a mirror. My heart stopped when the demon’s claw reached out from the mirror and clasped its sharp fingers around the weapons.