All the ladies curtsied despite their nakedness before they moved to the far wall of the Salon where the platform was located.

Luna made sure that she had hidden well behind the clusters of concubines, consorts, and escorts in front of her.

She estimated that they were almost a hundred, so she still had a good chance to escape this madness.

The females stood on top of the platform as they organized themselves into seven lines of people with enough spacing to showcase themselves.

Luna recognized the concubines; Catriona, Clarence and the redhead who Apollyon had cloned to look the same as her had led the girls to showcase themselves properly.

Fortunately, some other girls didn't take off their robes as a choice, and that also included Catriona.

Like her, they have shown the Kings' their nudity—breasts and quim on full display—while their cloak and masks remained.

Luna was more shocked to find Jon as he opened the double doors of the Salon and arrived at the scene along with his cohorts, bowing in front of the Kings and giving them the utmost respect.

Sauntering towards the platform, Jon had looked at something above, and Luna glanced upward, also.

Luna saw a beam with chains attached to them.

What the fuck?

This wasn't part of the deal she had made with Apollyon.

Would he allow the Consortium to be tied up like an animal?

"Raise your arms, darlings, don't make it hard for us." Jon gave them an evil grin before pointing at the beam above them.

"Hmm, I guess there was no need because all of the men in this room are already hard," Jon whispered as if his next words were intended for the Consortium alone.

For the goddess' sake, they would really tie the females up like a Harem slave.

Luna bared her teeth in anger at Apollyon.

How dare he broke her promises to her—told her lies and reassured her that the ladies wouldn't be treated like whores in auction houses.

Well, they were indeed whores—some of them—but they didn't deserve to be treated like animals.

She clenched her fists, fighting the urge to create chaos.

Luna just had to survive this and confront her husband after.

If she didn't sneak on this Acquaintance affair which her husband had prepared, who knows what else would have happened without her as a witness?

Good thing that Jon only handled the first two rows while he let his cohorts deal with the ladies at the back.

After a couple of minutes, all the ladies of the Consortium had their slender arms raised, and their wrists were manacled to the chains anchored to the beam above them.

The beam was too high that some of the consorts were standing on tiptoes and their chests were thrust out.

Any King who wanted a sneak peek could saunter unto the platform and part her cloak to touch her body, taste and have their wicked way with her if the Vampire King would allow it.

Well if Apollyon found out she was there at the back, he wouldn't allow it.

He wouldn't allow her wife to be tested by other Kings unless he had a liking to that kind of fetish.

The Vampire King was possessive so she could throw that dark fantasy out of the window.

She was sure there would be bloodshed.

Luna would allow herself to be a slave but only as of the Vampire King as his master.

If another King would touch her…

Not that she wished for it, but Luna would put her husband in danger if she fought against it.

It was 'Six Kings against one', but maybe, Apollyon could still win because they were in the Vampire Realm's territory.

Luna clasped her knees together as she avoided any contact when the Kings started to rise from their thrones and roam around the platform, checking the girls one by one like they were gorgeous art pieces of the most skilful of artisans.

Up close, the Kings were the epitome of wealth compared to the ladies from the Consortium.

It was Phorcys, the King of the Merfolk who had tagged his wife along with her, who had turned up in front of her.

"I would like to remove your hood so that I could see you clearly, whore." He said as he pulled the large hood of her cloak from her head. Luna couldn't help but wince at the word 'whore'.

What would be his reaction if he found out that he just called the New Empress of the Vampire King a whore?

Well, so much for making new friends and allegiances.

Luna drove the thoughts away from her mind.

Apollyon would probably kill the King of the Merfolk after he killed her for doing this.

The Sea King's eyes widened when he scanned her. "You have silver hair."

Luna's long silver hair was messy and loose as it flowed silkily down her naked back.

"I heard that the Vampire King's new Empress had silver hair, and it was a pretty colour so unique that it would be hard to find another female like that." The Sea King dug his fingers towards her scalp and tugged her head upward to look into her mismatched eyes behind the mask. "If you are a silver-haired female in his Harem collection then I guess it wouldn't be that unique anymore. Unless if I take you with me as my concubine."

A cold sweat broke out over Luna's skin.

She wanted to kill the bastard for touching her desperately, but she didn't fight, or she would bring all the attention in the Salon to her.

She had to endure this along with the other women since she had no way to prevent it.

Every King in the Salon watched and studied the women, looking for flaws, being treated like cattle.

Luna's heart drummed erratically and her eyes skimmed around the room, making sure that the Vampire King didn't see her.

She sucked in a breath when he saw her husband talking to the Dragon King and glanced down.

"I swear to Poseidon," Phorcys cupped her perky breasts as if testing their weight in his hands like he was buying fruits. "I have a liking towards tall girls, and you look good enough to eat. If I could just take you home right now, I could buy you in a heartbeat if you were for sale."

Luna's cheeks reddened as the Sea King's eyes raked over her, feeling the heat of his gaze touching her everywhere,

How many times had the other women from the Consortium endured this?

How many times had they been forced to display their bodies for men without their permission?

Luna's hands shook with the force of her humiliation, her determination to save them increased all the more, but she had to bite her lip and stay silent for now.

"You could bribe the Vampire King, my beloved, and if you don't want to keep up with the pretence, the new Empress had created for this Consortium." Phorcys' wife or concubine whined as she clutched the Sea King's elbow pulling at his arm and bringing his attention back to her instead of Luna's. "I don't like to stay in this place for one month because I'm not used to being out of the water for too long, unlike you, my beloved King. Just purchase the girls, go home and be done with it."

"Hmm, what is this commotion all about?" Luna turned her head enough so that she could look over her shoulder.

She didn't notice that the snow panther from the Feline Kingdom had sneaked behind her as he gripped her hips with his large hands as if he was staking claims.

Too bad, the snow panther was staking claims on the Vampire King's wife.

Panterra had addressed the Sea King in an amused tone, "You can now let go of this silver-haired female, Phorcys. I am interested in this female. It's either you remove your hold out of her head, or I would slash and cut that arm off with my claws."

"Hmm," The Sea King stared at Luna then back to Panterra who had stood behind her.

He probably contemplated if a mere woman from a Harem collection was worth the bloodshed or not.

Phorcys gently removed his clutches away from her hair and patted her head gently before replying, "She's all yours, Panterra. Some too many women are more beautiful than this one so I would gladly give her to you if you'd like."

"You must be a coward, then." Luna grinned, but the Sea King couldn't see what was behind the mask. "You are afraid of the King from the Feline Kingdom."

Well, that was for implying that she wasn't beautiful enough.

How dare he compare the Empress to the other ladies in the Consortium?

"Did you just insult the Sea King, you crazy girl?" Phorcys's companion had pinched her leg tightly as a punishment until they bruised, but the blood clot had disappeared gradually in front of their eyes.

The Sea King and his concubine's mouth hung open, and their eyes widened with shock when they saw that.

Luna shrugged nonchalantly like this happened all the time.

It was one of the perks of being a vampire.

"I will claim this silver-haired female as one of my picks." King Panterra growled in approval as he stroked her long silver hair from behind, combing them with his claws. "I am the last silver-haired male in our bloodline, and I would like to keep this female to bear me silver-haired snow panther babies."