Hell’s Consort

Newest Chapter in Highest Tier (August 2021)

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Archdemon Empress Luna

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Apollyon laughed freely for the first time tonight as he regarded the Archdemon Familiar, "Finally, you know your place in this hierarchy, Ravin. Your acknowledgment is my sweet victory."

  It seemed like Apollyon liked to taunt Ravin as much as he would like to taunt her husband until he perished with jealousy.

It served him right.

Ravin's golden eyes flashed, and he could only bare his teeth in anger. 

  The Archdemon knew better than to mock her husband to a verbal argument.

The Vampire King was as stubborn as her, and he had no intention to lose over a Familiar over this because his masculine pride didn't allow it.

Luna could only shake his head.

From Ravin's lack of witty comebacks, she can assume that the vexing exchange was done. 

Luna decided to take control of the situation by grabbing the back of Apollyon's hand from behind her neck and put it down on one of her knees.

Apollyon didn't remove his palm, and she allowed it to rest there since he had that privilege as a husband.

"We couldn't really hurt each other here, do you understand?" As she gave Ravin and Apollyon a determined look, Luna stated that she wouldn't accept anything less than respect as a woman.

Ravin and Apollyon's war of words might be slightly ludicrous at first will not be treated as an object to be fought over by these men any longer.

A sudden yet intriguing thought crossed her mind, and it made her glower at the stone walls.

Of course, the Goddess Hecate had seen her suffering in dealing with these Familiars before she performed the binding rights ceremony, and she didn't even bother to warn her about the consequences?

"I can easily punish you, Ravin, as my Familiar, but  I chose not to," Luna told Ravin bluntly. "I still need  your opinion even most of the things that come out of your mouth are as unwanted as trash." 

Turning her head to the left side, Luna brought her lips closer to his ears.  "You there, husband. I already told you what I need to tell you now is to sew your own lip shut. Let's see the last three paintings and call it a day. I'm jealous of Sloth and Princess Sapphire snoring on  the makeshift bed."  She murmured. "I'm exhausted."

"I apologize—-Amare."

"I apologize—-for being inconsiderate, beloved."

Both of them said in unison, and when they realized that, Ravin and Apollyon glared at each other again for speaking the same words.

She clicked her tongue at how much they couldn't stand each other.

Why can't they bear coexisting in the same Realm for a few months for the sake of the journey when they had already experienced coexisting in the same body before for a millennium?

It wouldn't take Hell to be frozen to ice before the Vampire King and the Archdemon settle their differences against each other.

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Xerxes picked up the sketches of Apollyon, Ravin, and Sloth, rolled the yellow parchment into scrolls, and stored them back to the sack, replacing them with the last two paintings drawn on canvas and laid it out in front of them. 

The moment her gaze scanned the image, her eyes widened even more.

Now, this was even more shocking than Princess Ourania's scandalous artwork on her own son turning into an Archdemon and her accurate depiction of the two Familiars except for someone whom she altered into an Archangel.

Because of this, Luna already dismissed Princess Ourania's skill as Hecate's oracle, and she already considered her a sham.

The mind-boggling sketches were the ultimate affirmation as a failure, but then this changed her mind completely.

It turned her world upside down. 

The first canvas is a realistic painting of Luna scrambling on her knees as she pulled the Archdemon of Lust's cloak while positioning herself between Jon and him.

The Archdemon of Lust was the artwork's focal point, along with the Goddess Hecate, who stood behind him in her stunning gown, large curly rings of dark hair embellished with a beautiful crown.

At the same time, her silky and glowing caramel skin was adorned with golden snake-like arm cuffs.

She had to prove herself worthy as the High Priestess of Hecate who can summon the Magic of the Underworld to save the Vampire King from the curse of the Blood Beast—the same Archdemon who was seated beside her in a scowl.

The irony of having their enemy as an ally to saving this Realm was laughable!

Sometimes, she thought if all her sacrifices were worth it to have the Vampire King as her mate, or was everything already orchestrated by the most powerful? 

Can she really trust the Goddess of the Underworld after this?

What was her plan that she made Luna bring Ravin over the Material Realm?

Goddess Hecate and Luxen were drawn like specters compared to her and Jon, indicating that she was the only person who could see and touch them.

Nobody could see Jon and Luna's faces because their backs were turned while the Goddess and the Archdemon faced the spectator.

Even if the art viewer couldn't see her expression, Luna felt that exact moment as the flood of memories came rushing back to her.

It was during the Initiation to become the High Priestess after the Blood Moon Banquet.

It was a test she needed to pass inside the tunnels under the Valley of Kings. 

She and Jon were chased by the Naginis, and she was able to survive that only to fight for her life when she met  Luxen for the first time—the devil who shapeshifted into her husband—and ordered a demon to possess her body just because she made the mistake of disturbing his stroll.

The Archdemon was ruthless as everyone else, and even if he claimed to be her mate in the past, he never really changed.

For the goddess' sake, Luxen tried to ruin her relationship with Apollyon.

The bastard was even in cahoots with Lilith's wicked schemes to destroy her! 

"Was this the first time you saw the Archdemon of Lust?"