Hell's Consort

Newest Chapter For the Highest Tier (September 2021)

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Vampire King Apollyon

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The rock shelter where Princess Sapphire, Xerxes and the Archdemons had rested for the night blasted out of nowhere while Apollyon's hands were wrapped around Luna's slender neck.

The rock debris was crushed into jagged pieces, pelting him from the back.

Still, holding his wife by the throat—this time with one hand,  he risked looking over his shoulder to make sure that the explosion did come from the secret cave behind the waterfalls.

Who else around this mountain forest could destroy a part of nature in the blink of an eye unless if it was a creature who could access magic?

No one from the Summer Militia would come for them in the middle of the night for the sake of revenge after they sent the headless body of the Fae General back to the Summer Courts.

It must be an Archdemon's attempt to escape the rock shelter but for what purpose?

Was it because Ravin and Sloth felt Lilith's presence in Luna's physical vessel?

Is this eruption a silent demand to be released from the caves so that they could fulfil Luna's ultimate command from their binding contract with their Master?

Will they be able to perform their duties as Archdemon Familiars and keep Lilith under control when the latest commands Luna had uttered to them was to sleep and stay at the rock shelter until early morning?

Now, their only way to escape was to delete these waterfalls' existence from the mountains.

Apollyon highly doubted they would even think twice about removing it from all the Fae-made terrain maps of the Summer Courts.

Well, it wasn't like he needed Ravin and Sloth's help so relying on them was out of the question.

Nevertheless, he was astonished that the impact of the blast was so powerful that it reached their location despite their distance from the waterfalls themselves.

Apollyon's makeshift bed was approximately a thousand feet apart from the rock shelter.

He blanched when he felt raindrops drizzle on his dark mane and the expanse of milk caramel skin.

Apollyon threw a quick glance towards the night sky and frowned when she found them to be clear and tranquil.

A smattering of stars began to wink at him after the storm clouds diffused in the atmosphere.

The series of cascades from the waterfalls should gravitate towards the pool but they spritzed in all directions instead, making him think that the clouds weren't done shedding their tears for the second time.

"Apollyon. Help me." Luna gritted out and Apollyon's gaze immediately returned to his wife.  "Why are you choking me?"

As he witnessed the colour draining her face, Apollyon loosened his grip on her throat by reflex only to constrict them when he remembered how manipulative Lilith was. "You know damn well why I am choking you, Lilith."

"This is me, Luna." She gasped and her mouth fell open to respond, "Your wife."

Her trembling fingers clutched his wrists, urging him to release her.

"I. Don't. understand. Let go of me." Shaking her head, Luna choked down a sob and her glower was full of accusation. "I can't breathe."

Apollyon insisted but his resolve seemed to weaken when he realized that he was hurting his wife. "You are not my wife."

"I am. Apollyon." Hunching over, Luna swallowed hard but she made no move to fight him. "Release me. Please. It hurts. You. Are. Killing. Me."

"Connect with me in the mind link." Apollyon barked.

"I. Can't." Her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand anymore. "Lilith. Is trying—" Luna's breath hitched as she staggered towards him, "--to take over my mind again."

"How many people are there in the cave before we left?"

There was a short silence followed by an, "Aww~ That's unfortunate." Lilith straightened her posture, cocked her head to the side and pouted,  "I can't pretend I know the answer to that, Vampire King." She huffed her annoyance as if she wasn't really struggling from her strangulation, "I'll be honest because I don't know."

Apollyon snarled, "You fooled me!"

"You got fooled, husband? That's nice." Luna's eyes danced as she peered at him beneath her lashes.

Her voice was light and playful when she added,  "I consider that as a compliment. You just told me earlier that I'm not a good actress." Lilith rocked back her heels in amusement while she had his wrists in her grasp. "Do you appreciate how fast I have improved?"

"You bitch!" Apollyon slapped her in the face but he held back his vampire strength or else he would make his wife lose her fangs.

Her cheeks reddened and blood trickled at the corner of her lips when she faced him.

"HA-HA-HA." Lilith threw her head back and laughed, exposing her neck. "Don't forget that you are slapping your beloved's face and cutting off her circulation, Apollyon." Her cheekbones raised as she grinned from ear to ear.  "You might as well kill your own heir."

"Lilith!"

"Ahh~" The Archdemon moaned as she pressed a palm over the juncture of her thighs covered by her blue skirts, "I can still feel the wetness between my legs and the soreness around my buttocks. You must have pulled my undergarments down and left it somewhere, carried me to this makeshift bed, lifted my skirts up and  then rammed your cock behind me hard and fast. I should have taken the reins of this vessel during our sexual congress--"

"I made love to my wife. My mate. Not you." Apollyon interrupted her with bared teeth, "Don't reduce our pure and passionate intimacy with your delusions—assuming that I also made love to you just because you share the same body."

"Isn't it not the same?"

For a few seconds, Apollyon heard a clicking sound in his ears.

Groaning in pain, his body crumpled in on itself and he stumbled back a step.

Then, he felt something crack in his hands that he was forced to release Lilith's throat like his palms were on fire.