Hell's Consort

Newest Chapter for the Highest Tier (March 2022)

*******************************

Queen Morgan of the Autumn Courts

  ******************************

For whatever reason, the Archdemon of Gluttony refused, and she already expected this.

She didn't force it but will try again later after the Vampire King had recovered.

p Perhaps, Empress Luna could persuade him if he would accompany her back to the Autumn Palace.

Of course, he would.

The Archdemon was loyal to his Master and considered her his mate.

The Vampire King be damned!

Queen Morgan looked up at him, and she saw some resemblance to Archangel Uriel that she had immediately shaken off.

She ignored the chiseled structure of the Archdemon's jawline, which painfully reminded her of the love she had lost. Queen Morgan focused on Ravin as he narrated what happened in Hazelnut Manor in great detail before she, her Cadre, and the rest of the troops arrived to help them neutralize the threat.

The Archdemon had talked about his inevitable victory over the rogue Vampire King, whom she had ordered her soldiers to be safely deposited to the Cave of Crystals as if it was something he loved doing.

It was clear that the man didn't need anyone's assistance based on the fae servants around him who tried to make themselves invisible.

His arrogant grin showed that if given another chance to humiliate Apollyon like this with the Empress 'permission,' he wouldn't think twice of doing it again as revenge.

One of her eyebrows had raised in disapproval.

Archdemons can be merciless, and tonight's events just proved that Archdemons still couldn't be trusted as even as familiars.

She filed away that valuable information in her memories in case an ugly suggestion of having powerful Archdemon Familiars crossed her mind.

Nevertheless, this wasn't the time to judge because even she, a Fae Royalty, could do just that without fearing the consequences.

Ravin continued to discuss the wine made explicitly for transitioning demons in the purpose of driving them wild that they would rather kill themselves than suffer.

Apollyon had accidentally drank the juice squeezed out from divine Wisteria flowers.

Hephaestus must have ordered someone to mix them into Apollyon's wine secretly.

Unfortunately, no one had caught anyone in the act because Ravin and Sloth's heightened senses were severely blocked after unwittingly inhaling the fragrance of these cursed plants.

He was the only god reported to have visited the Autumn Courts so far, no one else.

Ravin told her this was the reason why the Vampire King had gone rogue, hurting the Empress in the process.

Queen Morgan knew that the Vampire King had lost his mind since she had met the Empress and her other familiar while the two were stranded in the borders.

Queen Morgan had understood their side of the story and immediately provided them ten faerie soldiers to escort them to the Autumn Palace so that the Empress could give birth safely.

It appeared like her contractions had gotten worse.

It worried her because it was evident that the Empress needed more assistance from birth attendants at the Palace.

However, this was the first time Queen Morgan had found out that the Vampire King had Archdemon blood in his system, and it was acting up from the poison Hephaestus had used on him.

It wasn't that impossible to believe if she knew that the Empress was an Archdemon.

Queen Morgan had no idea how the Demonkind could turn another creature into a demon without possessing them first.

These secretive devils keep their family secrets well.

Nevertheless, she knew that demon blood had an integral part in the transformation.

According to Ravin's theory, the Vampire King wanted to drain his mate's Archdemon blood out of desperation so that he could turn into a full Archdemon and overpower this potent drug that had crawled underneath his skin.

Perhaps, Apollyon was aiming for this route all along.

A strong Archdemon like Ravin would only lose extrasensory perception if he were exposed to the scent of divine wisteria flowers.

He wouldn't lose control or die from it as the weaker demons do.

Ravin had thought that biting Apollyon with Archdemon venom would turn him into a demon under his control, but unfortunately, his binding oath with Luna might prevent that.

Ravin's Hell Knights had attacked him, but in the end, they were destroyed by a pool of wisteria flower-infused wine on the cracked tiles.

After that, Apollyon became unconscious.

Ravin also added that the venom had caused Apollyon's infernal nature that had been lurking in the shadows to resurface even more.

Now, Queen Morgan was determined to cleanse him of the demonic energy so that he wouldn't become a full Archdemon.

She was sure that the Empress wouldn't like that outcome.

Queen Morgan had little doubt that the Cave of Crystals could quickly cure the Vampire King affliction.

However, Ravin had also informed her that the amount of demonic venom running through the Apollyon's veins wouldn't be that damaging to him and others if it didn't fail to completely wipe out the harmful substance—the liquid extract of the wisteria flowers, which only grows on holy ground— from his mind.

Half an hour later, Xerxes and Princess Sapphire had returned from the hunt with their soldiers without gaining clues or results.

The circus performers from the Autumn Castle and the opera singer, the lady-in-red that Ravin had referred to, were nowhere to be found.

They searched across the nearby manors, villages, marketplaces, roads, and forests while Xerxes clutched a red cashmere fabric torn from Princess Sapphire's kidnapper.

It was supposed to guide their whereabouts, but it led them to nothing.

Everyone had assumed they vanished into thin air.

It got even more sinister when Queen Morgan told them that she couldn't recognize the circus group Xerxes and Princess Sapphire had just described.

Her brows furrowed in confusion, her scowl deepening with every word.

The circus group she had invited to the Wine Tasting Party was traveling with her that night.

The entertainers who arrived early during the Wine Tasting were impostors!