Hell’s Consort

New Chapter for the Highest Tier (June 2021)

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Archdemon Empress Luna

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Apollyon continued to show her many heavenly objects when the midnight blue sky became clearer after a particular faint gaseous cloud passed by.

The Moon was big and bright.

A portion of the moon seemed smooth and silky surfaces, while a face of it had lumpy areas and craters. 

Apollyon had shown her three prominent constellations in the late spring sky.

One had the name of Virgo, the largest and longest constellation and home of thousands of galaxies.

It was also named the Maiden, which represented Persephone (Demeter's Daughter), containing one of the brightest stars—one hundred times brighter than the sun. 

Apollyon then showed Luna the second and the third constellations, Cancer, and Gemini which were positioned next to each other, so it wasn't that hard to find.

He told her that constellations were believed to be portals where the souls from the heavens above descend into the newly born bodies.

Cancer might be the faintest among the others, but it also consisted of a wonderful swarm of stars called 'Praesepe'.

They looked like beehives, but they were used as the celestial weather station in all Realms.

If it wasn't visible in a clear sky, it was a sign of an impending violent storm.

  The Highest God, the Creator, was a brilliant artist, making outer space his own canvas of beautiful clusters of stars that blew her mind.

It was a shame that it appeared like a faint, fuzzy cloud from the naked eye, but the clusters of stars looked like shards of glass in a kaleidoscope in the telescope.

If she stared at them for too long, the giant balls of stars felt like they were living creatures, twinkling in chaos with the rhythm of a heartbeat's pulse.

The river of darkness in the background was an infinite velvet black cloth while the stars sparkled like jewels, shining bright like yellow and white diamonds, rubies, emerald greens, and purplish sapphire-- thousands of light-years away from them.

This must be what heaven looked like, and her eyes could wander in it for hours, making her feel at peace.

  Luna was in awe. But there was something peculiar about all these million stars as she peered through her eyepiece. 

The view on the large telescope in this observatory made her feel like she saw something like this before. 

Her stomach felt queasy, as if rocks had settled at the pit of her stomach.

Suddenly, green and black tints danced around her vision. 

Alarmed at her current state, Luna raised her head too quickly to tell Apollyon that she felt faint. But she began to sway from the movement that she had to lean on to the telescope and clutched the tube to stay upright. 

Her vision went pitch black for a few seconds that she thought she had gone blind. 

She saw thousands of eyes staring back at her in the dark.

Luna screamed.

She felt gusts of winds strong enough to create a tornado and the sharp echoes of thousands of large white wings flapping in succeeding beats. 

Angel feathers flying everywhere as her vulnerable form laid inside a drawn circle glowing blue.

Her entire being was pinned to the ground like a captive butterfly.

Luna couldn't read the symbols, and she didn't know what type of sigil they had created for her. 

"Wife." Apollyon's urgent voice in her ear woke her up from the nightmare. "Are you alright?"

Opening her eyes, Luna replied and straightened, "I remembered something I shouldn't have."

She was glad that her husband was there to catch her if she fell throughout the whole ordeal. 

"What about it?"

"I—I c-can't speak." The pain at  the back of her throat choked her as she sputtered, "I c-couldn't t-tell you."

"How about you try showing me in your mind?"

"I-I can't."

"I can't get in your head." Apollyon's hand tightened on her front as she hugged her from behind., "You're blocking our mind link and pushing me away with strange barriers."

Luna couldn't breathe or think as she pounded in her chest. "Those didn't belong to me, Apollyon. It wouldn't let me show you." 

"Don't force it." He urged, yet his voice was gentle. "You have to calm down and relax." 

Luna gagged, but there was nothing to vomit except dry saliva.

"Just stop it and don't force  yourself anymore. You don't have to tell me, alright?" Squeezing her forearm, Apollyon's voice wobbled with concern when Luna began sweating bullet on her back, "Do you remember who I am?"

"My husband."

"Name?"

Her head spun as she tried to remain steady."Apollyon."

"Where are we?"

"Gazebo." She rasped as she leaned her weight unto him. "Observatory."

"How many fingers can you see in my hand?"

Luna said groggily as she glowered at the two long fingers waving in front of her face. "I haven't gone blind, Apollyon."

"That's the spirit."

Luna's breathing slowed as she tried letting go of her racing thoughts, grasping helplessly at the uncovered memories buried in her mind.

"Perhaps, you are too exhausted from standing for too long." Apollyon said calmly, "You  are a pregnant woman dancing for hours with the noblemen and staying upright staring into the outer space."

"Apollyon. I can't tell you more but I felt like I have been to the Heavens before."

"It's impossible for an Archdemon to step one foot into just a single sphere of Heaven. You would simply cease to exist from how pure and and holy the Heavenly Realms were."

"Maybe, it wasn't a sphere in Heaven then." Luna swallowed hard, feeling drained and exhausted all of a sudden. "But I remembered floating into the outer space. Seeing the Creator of the Universe. I saw the universe itself. The star clusters and bright nebulae in the telescope triggered these forbidden memories. I'm not sure if it was true or a mere hallucination."

"Maybe, it's true. Why would you feel sick if you open your mouth and describe the exact things you have seen? My best guess is a Higher Power is stopping you from telling anyone."

"I… think so. You are right."

"Your memory is valid, Luna. You are not going crazy." He murmured, "I believe you."

"Thank you, husband. I'm glad you are here." Luna said quietly,  "I don't know what I would do if I'm alone."

"You should rest now." Apollyon settled one arm behind her thighs while the other was on her back, carrying her in a bridal style,  "I'll take you to bed, beloved."