Hell’s Consort

Luna woke up as they arrived in what could be the Vampire King's lair at the other side of the Valley of Kings.

The military guards and the eunuchs scuttled out of their way as they passed a wide-open hallway. Nobody dared to cross the Blood Beast when he was determined to get her somewhere.

He had a one-track mind.

Luna was so weak she had a hard time keeping her eyes open along the whole ordeal.

She didn't struggle.

What was the point?

Every accidental touch of the Blood Beast on her skin was pure torture.

Luna focused all of her energy in her mind to heal herself.

How will she get the Vampire King back and get rid of the Blood Beast?

It would be difficult to mend her rotting flesh if the Vampire King had not given her his blood beforehand to heal her stab wound.

She might have Hecate's spells stored in her brain but she had no time to access and to master them quickly when she just reincarnated.

The Blood Beast had drunk her blood.

What did he want now?

Her soul?

Luna couldn't give that to him.

Luna's gaze shot through the unfamiliar black gauze billowing from many open windows and wide doors.

There were no guards posted that she could see.

They went inside the Vampire King's Bedroom with no furniture except a king-sized bed with a huge canopy.

Pillows littered the floor and another pool occupied the far end.

The three chosen concubines reclined on a large bed with black pallet of velvet-like cushions.

Their eyes widened when they saw her deposited on the Vampire King's shoulders, wrapping her tightly in his cloak.

Luna didn't know how to explain why the Kingdom's virgin High Priestess was with the cursed Blood Beast in the first place.

It was awkward to see her friend, Lady Clarence, their snobbish enemy, Lady Catriona, and the other chosen concubine she didn't recognize, in one empty room together.

They were lying on the bed like naked goddesses in the moonlight, ready to be ravished by the King.

Did she just walk into an orgy?

Luna felt a major headache coming.

"Your Highness?" Lady Clarence whispered as she sat up slowly and covered her body with a blanket.

She squinted, her human vision making out their forms in the dark.

Luna hated to break this orgy but she had no choice but to do it.

She did a simple illumination magic and it gave the Vampire King's room a soft, sensual glow of silver and red hues.

"Concubines." Luna sighed, showing one large bruise which turned from violet, to green then to her original skin color, her cells regenerating and reparing the damages done. "This is the Blood Beast with me. One touch and you'll die."

With fear in their eyes, the three ladies didn't move as if they had just met Medusa's gaze and they turned into stone statues.

Lady Clarence watched her wide-eyed, urging her to explain further.

Luna just shrugged, not knowing what to say and what to do to turn the Blood Beast back to the Vampire King.

"Leave." The Blood Beast growled.

"Do it quick, ladies." Luna muttered resignedly as she motioned them to move towards the exit.

What was the Blood Beast planning?

All she knew was escaping his poisonous clutches was futile.

She needed to get this over with.

The other two concubines quickly scrambled to cover their bodies modestly with red silk robes they grabbed from the open wooden chest at the corner of the room.

Lady Catriona was too proud to share her stunning naked body even in danger because she didn't bother dressing up, probably hoping to tempt the Blood Beast.

This bitch was courting death and that was the only thing they have in common.

Lady Catriona raised an eyebrow and grinned smugly, looking at Luna over her shoulder before heading straight to the door.

Lady Catriona walked slowly, careful not to let any of her touch a part of Luna, not even the hairs on her skin.

Luna was curiously tempted to grab Catriona's hair and put her palm on the Blood Beast's body just to see what will happen but that would put the others in danger too.

The other concubines followed suit, locking the door before leaving to give her and the Blood Beast their much needed privacy.

Either these concubines were polite or they want her to die in secret.

The Blood Beast put her down leisurely, sliding her entire body against his front with just a thin material separating them.

He tossed her unceremoniously unto the bed. When her back hit, air whooshed from her lungs.

She hopped up immediately, panting for breath.

She jerked upright, taking black velvet cloak draping her body with her.

"You are not like the other fragile creatures who died by my touch." The Blood Beast stalked her and climbed to the bed.

Luna moved backward until her back hit against the headboard.

The Blood Beast whispered to her mind, "I will keep you and make you my queen."