Hell’s Consort

Newest Chapter For Highest Tier (August 2021)

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Archdemon Empress Luna

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Ravin's jaw was clenched as his gaze landed on her and her husband. 

His fingers were locked into fists, and his broad chests were puffed as he breathed hard in anger.

Luna's rules for her Archdemon Familiars proved to be a curse rather than a blessing.

Ravin's aggression and the underlying grief behind it made her stomach harden in nausea.

It wasn't just because of the quick shift of his arrogant smirk, which turned into a furious scowl before it settled into an impenetrable mask.

It was also because of the swirl of dangerous emotions she could sense from her Archdemon Familiar at the back of her mind that she wished she could ignore it…

Yet, she couldn't. 

The Archdemon's jealousy affected her as much as Apollyon's emotion can do. 

She couldn't believe that an Archdemon can suffer from mental pain and suffering from the loss of love that it was almost laughable.

It was a love so dark and intense and overwhelming that scared the wits out of her.

It was too hot to handle, similar to the eternal flames of Hell.

It became clear to Luna that Ravin did love her from the stark possession in his light yellow eyes whenever he saw her with Apollyon.

It was real.

She was at a loss for words!

He loved her the only way he knew how as an Archdemon.

Luna was reminded of her past with Apollyon when they just got married—when he couldn't figure out how to love her the way she needed.

His was a love so selfish and savage which threatened to consume them. 

Now the tables had turned.

"Think whatever you want to think. You don't care about whatever I say or do either. I am only going to say this once." Ravin's lips twisted in a cruel frown when he looked away, and Luna almost missed his glower on her arm, snaking around Apollyon to restrain her husband's rage over the Archdemon. "I care about you, so I am going to tell you my speculation why Lilith had taken control over your physical vessel  for hours, as you said." Luna gasped at his unexpected confession. "One thing I am sure of is that Lilith was able to do that because your soul was weaker when you were almost killed by Princess Ourania. Demons can only possess bodies they can overpower, and that also applied to you. So at that point, she was stronger than you because of someone's else's help."

Her fingers  tightened on Apollyon's arm, and Luna didn't have anything to say except a small "Yes."

Luna's simple agreement must have ignited his rage as if it was flint to the stone he had in his heart.

"Where are you going?" Luna asked shakily as she watched Ravin went further into the cave as if he was looking for something.

He found a huge boulder protruding from the floor, lifted them with his bare hands and threw them to the stone walls, smashing them into pieces.

It was good that it wasn't strong enough to crack the stone walls, or the waterfalls would come crashing down over their heads.

"Ignore me over here while I get rid of my frustration." He gritted his teeth and hurled another large rock. "I realized that I already told you I love you a lot of times than I should have thought you would never take me seriously after that."

She wasn't listening at all.

Luna held her breath for the longest time, expecting the Archdemon to throw them at her and Apollyon out of wrath.

Nevertheless, she wasn't hurt from the jagged rocks bouncing off the caves because Apollyon had moved his palm in front of him, protecting them with his transparent barriers.

Ravin lifted another and did the same thing.

Squeezing her eyes shut, Luna cringed before the crashing sound reached her eardrums. 

They would lose their rock shelter, and their group would be sleeping in the rain.

Opening her eyes to glare at Ravin, Luna covered her ears when the crumbling rocks from the ceiling rained on them. 

"Ravin! Are you out of your mind?" Luna screamed at him a she got up, but her husband had pulled her back to her position.

"You stay here, wife." Apollyon said harshly, "If you go to him to try and calm him down, I would consider this as a betrayal."

Luna stayed still and obeyed.

She and Apollyon already agreed in their mind link that beating Ravin senseless had no point.

It would only frustrate her husband more if he heard Ravin laughing like a maniac as his wounds heal in front of their eyes.

She was also worried that her husband had forgotten about the conditions of the binding rites.

Hurting her Archdemon Familiars would put a strain on her strength.

She recalled how the contract had taken effect when she commanded Ravin not to move while Apollyon landed powerful blows on his gut.

At that moment, she was grateful that Sloth was an attentive Familiar.

He stood right behind her, and he noticed that she was fainting.

The lazy bastard must have cared about her because of their Master-Familiar relationship between them, but what if this particular bond turns into something sinister?

A flare of adrenaline fired her brain to think about their other advantages over her Familiars.

The Archdemon of Gluttony claimed to love her just now.

Was this the reason? 

Luna's heart raced.

She was afraid that Sloth would mistake that same bond as love like what Ravin did.

Perhaps, Apollyon was right.

It was time to put that to the test.

Xerxes abruptly cleared his throat, and everyone awake in the rock shelter paused.

They turned in his direction as if they were reminded for the first time that the shapeshifter was there listening to their entire conversation.

  "I have pulled the sketches on the parchments for our scrutiny." Xerxes began. "I am surprised to see they were portraits of Apollyon and the two Archdemons."