Hell's Consort

Newest Chapter for Highest Tier (September 2021)

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Archdemon Empress Luna

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Queen Morgan faced her while the Moirai listened to her, wearing a tight-lipped smile of agreement. "Destiny can span their entire lifetime for mortals and immortals who are vulnerable to murders and diseases. Each creature is represented as a thread spun from a spindle. Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis measured its allotted length, and Atropos cut it off with her shears. They had the power to give life and  take it away, so it would be best if you don't piss them off, Luna."

Luna kept her head still as she gave the Autumn Queen sidelong glances. "Please excuse my ignorance but I haven't seen the Three Fates before." Then, she narrowed her eyes and asked her suspiciously, "Are you certain that these creatures are the Moirai, Queen Morgan?"

The Queen's posture straightened, and her golden eyes seemed to sparkle, "Well, yes, they are, Empress."

Luna quickly glanced at the Three Fates before looking away to  watch Apollyon's reaction about all of this, "You called them Seers so  I was expecting a Fae soothsayer or an oracle from the Fall Courts like Princess Ourania."

A dark chuckle.

"Don't you think it is better to hear the prophecy you are talking about from the Fates themselves and see if the Goddess Hecate wasn't sending you into this wild goose chase, Empress?"

"Why are they even swimming in this black water instead of weaving and spinning the thread from their spindle?"

Luna's lips almost curved upward in amusement.

Here comes her husband to the rescue and asking all the right questions!

That was her thoughts exactly, which had flown out of the window at how bizarre this was.

Queen Morgan was unperturbed. "It seemed like I caught them at such an inopportune time."

"—and how come you have access to the Fates?"

Apollyon's head was cocked to the side as his Prussian Blue eyes narrowed at her.

"I was blessed to have the power of a psychopomp  running in  the blood of my ancestors. Autumn Fair folk rules fertility as well as death and decay. Fall is both the time of enjoying the bounty of the harvest as well as the dying of light before the winter comes. Death and Rebirth." The Queen explained further, "I can make someone older with magic, guide spirits for a safe passage in the afterlife and detect demonic creatures."

Luna strongly opposed the latter, but she wasn't about to ask why Queen Morgan couldn't detect what Luna, Ravin and Sloth were and willingly expose themselves to danger.

"Nevertheless, A creature's fate will always be terminated at his or death and the goddesses of fate will turn into the goddesses of death." Queen Morgan finished.

"Goddesses of Death?" Apollyon raised an eyebrow. "I thought these old women belonged to Zeus, the known leader of the Fates."

"We belong to  no one, Vampire King. We don't belong to anyone but ourselves." One of the Moirai deadpanned. "We don't allow gods and goddesses to control and influence the prophecies even if Hades, the God of the Underworld or Hecate, the  Goddess of Magic would ask that of us. We would also refuse our Master, Zeus."

"Well, if Zeus wants to do something about the prophecy and change it, that is his decision. He knows that we will always wash our hands about any outcome—whether or not it had remained the same or it had changed." The second head floating on the water appeared thoughtful. "We  allow him to deal with what he had done."

"From our time immemorial , Master Zeus had tried to dissuade us to do his bidding when it came to the lives of his favorite lovers. Yet, he never had thought of fighting against the threads of Fate if we don't follow his requests."

The old woman fluttered her long and curly eyelashes and flashed her an innocent smile.

"Empress Luna, is it?" One of the Moirai asked.

It was such a shame that she couldn't differentiate one from the rest.

Luna had no idea if she was speaking to Clotho, Lachesis or Atropos, but she realized later on who it was if she solely relied on the words coming out of their mouth.

Luna concluded that Clotho would only speak about the past, Lachesis for the present, while Atropos only told the future.

Now, that would make them easy to distinguish.

She relaxed.

Then, she allowed herself to let her fingers glide on the rim and drum the tips across the surface of the water, creating small splashes.

Luna heard Lachesis exhale a heavy sigh, "You shouldn't have shown your face in front of us, dear, because I have no choice but to say what you needed to hear even if it hurts."

Her brows lowered, and her body tensed again, "What is it?"

"The Vampire King must hear this."  Lachesis said, and the entire muscles of her husband tensed as she stood right next to her.

Unfortunately, Apollyon felt the opposite as he pulled Luna away from the edge of the table, "I prefer that I don't hear this, wife."

"Tell me." Luna's hands clung to the rim, trembling in fear, but she  still gained enough courage to ask what it was all about, "Is this a misfortune?"

"Your vampire body will perish from childbirth. The baby you will give birth to is fatal to you because one of them is the daughter of a demon." Atropos didn't hesitate to inform her grimly.

Luna and Apollyon were taken aback by their shock that their tongue was tied.

Xerxes and Princess Sapphire gasped.

Her Archdemon Familiars didn't appear surprised by the news as if these bastards already knew in the first place.

At the same time, she lived in La-La land, thinking that everything was alright and that she had successfully turned a new leaf with Apollyon after what happened with Luxen.

Teary-eyed, Luna's body shivered as if she was drenched in icy water.

Apollyon's grip on her waist tightened as he shook his head in denial.

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[sorry for the edits I feel like when I write it the first time the shock factor and emotions seems lacking it's better now]

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