Hell's Consort

Newest Chapter for Highest Tier (September 2021)

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Vampire King Apollyon

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"Apollyon?" A soft, hesitant rasp near his left ear made him jolt because she sounded like she never used her voice for days.

Startled, he froze in silence, waiting for her to speak again, but then he remembered something he regretted.

He witnessed Lilith fainting in front of his eyes just now, but he didn't notice a damn trigger.

He needed to uncover the mystery behind it because that would give them the upper hand in dealing with the other Archdemon.

If he confessed about what Lilith had done to him in that short period she was accidentally awakened, his wife would never forgive him if she found out.

Now that he thought about it, it was better for Luna to found out because that only meant she had to take charge of her own physical vessel and wake up.

Apollyon still believed that she would return to him no matter what.

Nevertheless, Apollyon already observed enough to conclude that losing consciousness indicated a soul switch between Lilith and Luna—unless the Archdemon of Envy sought to deceive him again with her acting.

He will not fall for it again, even out of pity for his wife.

As the Vampire King, he had to be strategic not to be taken as a fool.

Once was enough.

It was best not to let his guard down.

Apollyon might not be certain who he was with this time, but one of his arms was wrapped around her back while the other clutched her hips to secure her just in case she might escape as Luna's warm body straddled him on the makeshift bed.

"Apollyon." Straightening her spine, Luna pulled back so that she could look at him in the eye. "Husband."

Tilting her head, she squinted at him. "You are silent."

His heartbeat seemed to stop when he saw the bewilderment in her gaze, but he held himself back.

He hated to raise his hopes, but he couldn't help but ask, "Lu—na?"

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "It's me, husband. Your wife. Luna."

If this was Lilith, she didn't seem to be afraid of him now that he was free from her control, considering that she almost tried to use him for her own selfish reason.

"Why do you look like you have seen a ghost? You look suspicious of me." Her hands circled her neck so that she could caress her nape to soothe him. "Did I do something?"

Was this woman in front of him really his wife?

In an instant, Apollyon was released from his paralysis as this woman took the reins of the physical vessel.

It could only mean two things.

Either this woman lifted  Archemon Magic from his limbs, or she didn't use them at all.

Perhaps, this was another one of Lilith's ploys to pretend she was Luna after he fell for the trap once.

Lilith thought that he was just a lovesick simpleton for the Empress.

Then, this assumption gave her the confidence—arrogance—to play with his feelings using her terrible theatrics.

"You are not Luna." Apollyon said with conviction. "You can't fool me anymore."

"Why can't you believe me?" Her tone had pitched high in her frustration, but then she caught herself.

"Wait a second." Lilith settled a forefinger over Apollyon's lips as if she wanted him to keep quiet while she figured it out. "Why am I on top of you—" She trailed off in a daze as she glanced down at their position in a daze,"--when you are supposed to be behind me?"

She knew what happened before Lilith took over her physical vessel!

"Luna." Apollyon searched her countenance. "Is this really you?"

"Why are you making sure if I am myself, Apollyon?" She let out an awkward and nervous laugh. "Maybe, the sexual  congress felt so good that I lost my name and my memory in the middle of it?"

He wished that was the case because that would stroke his large 'ego' as Luna's mate.

Unfortunately, the truth was nothing of the sort.

This wasn't the time to mess around.

He scowled at her.  "If you are Luna and not Lilith, you have to answer my question."

Apollyon saw the exact moment in her warm emerald gaze where it finally sunk into her brain that the situation was grave, and she had no choice but to cooperate.

"Did Lilith take over me?"  After finally putting two and two together, Lilith began to massage her temples as if she had a massive headache going on. "I lost consciousness and I don't remember anything  that happened before this."

" I don't care who you claim to be. I want you to answer my fucking question!"  He repeated harshly, and Lilith flinched from it.

Maybe, she wasn't used to his sudden impertinence towards her… if she was who she claimed to be. Apollyon didn't bother faltering from his curses due to his anger about Lilith.

If this were indeed Luna, perhaps it would be better not to take this frustration out on her.

Yet this woman still had to answer correctly so that he can trust her. "How many people are there in the cave before we left?"

"Four."

"Have you heard about the explosion from the waterfalls?"

"What explosion?"  She ran a hand through her long hair and stuttered,  "I--I didn't h-hear any explosion."

Apollyon clasped his hands on her hips and squeezed, "Channel your thoughts with the mind link. Now."

She sighed, and he finally felt her reach out and communicate with him through the mind link, 'You are incredible in bed.'

Apollyon was almost relieved, but he was taken aback by the statement and didn't know how to react.

This kind of humor had cemented his notion and chased away his doubts.

He wasn't supposed to smile at that when he was almost violated by his wife's impostor. "God's Blood, beloved!"

His wife passed the test.

"I'm telling the truth, though."

"Lilith had taken over your consciousness for a few minutes." Apollyon hugged her so hard that she couldn't breathe.. "We must prepare ourselves because she might do that again."