With a small smile at the memory of Ty, Mel relates, "I helped an incubus once by summoning his mother. He was more affectionate with me than anything else, but I think that's because he adopted me as a mother-life figure.

"The point I'm circling around is that he fed off others during sex." And she leaves it at that for the moment, allowing Merlin to contribute whether or not he would normally do the same.