Scream and run!

You scream and scramble off the cot, your hooves sliding on the smooth stone floor as you run for the stairs. A strong band of slick flesh encircles your ankle, dragging you back to the cot. You scream again as more of the muscular tentacles wrap around your legs, your arms. You struggle, but the demon is far too strong.

"Please, don't hurt me," you beg.

"Hurt you?" the creature asks, his voice like warm velvet across your skin. "Why would I do that? You summoned me here to serve you."

"I did?"

He gestures to the candles.

"Oh, I didn't know that would happen," you say.

"I see," the demon says. "Well, in that case, I shall leave you. Unless you can think of a use for me, of course."