Semua Bab Hell's Consort: Bab 21 - Bab 30

"It's better if you don't know at first."Cederic quipped. "Well, it might make the new High Priestess less paranoid."Fei raised his wrinkled hand to shut everyone up. "Stupid girl, you forgot Hecate's grimoire." Fei threw it in Luna's direction and she caught it but almost dropped it.Cederic saw that and smirked."Stupid girl." He mockingly repeated. "---dropping the witch goddess's prized treasure under the table. Well, so much for being the new High Priestess.""Luna's face went hot as she looked down the trail, mumbling, "It's not like I have a pocket to shove that gigantic book in here", as she shook off her almost transparent skirts."Careful with that, my lady," Cederic muttered, chuckling. "Jon seems to be interested in what's underneath."Luna hesitated and looked at Jon and indeed, he appears to be transfixed at her legs showing a bit. She glared at him pointedly and the bastard blew her a kiss.Cederic's horse sidl

Tension radiated between them and she cursed every decision she had made that had led to this point. If only she'd waited at the Blood Moon Banquet and had not approached Cederic, or snuck out without telling anyone, or fought harder, or had bloody well-watched where she was riding, then maybe she wouldn't be here.But Luna was here. And a morbidly curious little part of her wanted to know why. "You owe me an explanation," Luna said."Aye, I reckon I do," He said. "But first let's have some light."Jon got out of the water easily and she welcomed the sound of a flint being struck and the faint glow of flame shone brighter in the darkness when he held the burning splinter to the lantern.They were inside the caves of the Valley. They came through a watery entrance and the only exit was to go through this dark tunnel leading away from the water.There were no signs of treasure, gold, or anything other than a pile of supplies and the lantern, which Jo

They crawled under the Valley of Kings's labyrinth of tunnels.Luna's foot hit a loose rock as they wriggled across boulders and her ears strained to hear the tell-tale movement of the monster, hunting at their heels.Whenever Luna thought they had escaped, they would round a corner, and the slithering sound of the monster would make them halt in confusion almost as though it was toying with them.Should they retreat or go the other way?They would have certainly lost their way if not for the etched directions on the walls, serving as their guide. Luna crawled with exhaustion, hoping the monster was tired, too.Luna was panting and gasping for breath while Jon examined the direction of the arrows. They stood at the center where three tunnels converged. "This way," Jon whispered. "Just a little bit more and we will see a narrow hole. I have distracted the monster as much as I could by muting our scents. Get down and crawl that tight shaft. Once you'

Should I let him kill you instead?"The Prince of Hell disappeared and materialized behind Jon as he blew a breath behind Jon's neck.His breath was as dark as his soul. "I will let you off the hook, for now, little girl. If you had summoned me again whether it's intentional or accidental, then you're a dead, dead girl with no second chances. I will take your severed head as a trophy."Luna tried not to shudder at the thought of her severed head as she heard his mirthless laugh once again. He de-materialized out of thin air just before his floating lights winked out.Jon paused and stared into nothing for a whole breathless minute. Luna's heart was beating loudly in her ears as she waited for Jon's reaction.Did the demon control him now?"Who are you talking to?" Jon's eyes turned silver and were laser-focused on her. He abruptly moved to kick her and it caught her off guard.He kicked so hard and landed so many blows that it made he

Luna was suddenly hovering at the bottom of a dark rift while she panted with exhaustion, clinging to it with all her might. A hundred hands came through the rocks and ice and grabbed different parts of hers.Luna screamed as an incalculable number of writhing hands closed over her, calling her name repeatedly in the different pitch of voices while they dragged her into the dark pits of Tartarus.The evil souls' clutches tangled in her long silver waves. When she turned back behind her, she could see them fisting her hair to grab onto her tighter. Luna jerked her head back trying to pull it free, but it only caught more.All the dark spirits around her were closing in on her, creaking and groaning as they bent at her. It felt like claws running down her back.Gritting her teeth, she steeled herself for whatever attack they might have.But abruptly, everything stopped.The scurrying creatures in her peripheral vision had disappeared.T