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Archdemon Empress Luna

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"I don't know if you know that my brother Luxen can only sexually penetrate a person once." Tilting his head, Sloth began, and his amusement was evident as he slowly snapped out his wings, "He must be the type of Archdemon who engage in a performative type of sex that wouldn't involve penetration."

Luna nodded in agreement since that wasn't new to her.

Luxen had told her about his curse unleashed by Aphrodite, but she didn't know that Sloth knew about it, as well.

Luna had believed that Luxen was keeping it hush-hush because it might be perceived as a weakness to the other Archdemon.

These prideful, vile creatures hated appearing weak to their kind.

Ravin had mentioned before that Luxen never fucked the same person twice and had a habit of dallying with both males and females he felt immense lust with.

Luna thought Ravin had meant Luxen's rakish ways since he was the Archdemon of Lust.

So, Sloth and Ravin were also aware of this.

It turned out that Luxen's curse wasn't a secret in the Seven Circles like she thought it should be.

She didn't pay mind to it because it wouldn't concern her.

Narrowing her eyes, Luna asked, "What about it?"

Luna bit her nails in anxiety, and a divine idea came through her mind.

Mayhap, Sloth had found a connection why Luxen had assumed Apollyon's form and deceived her.

It wasn't like Luna had trusted Luxen wholeheartedly.

Nobody in their right mind would count an Archdemon to be loyal to them, but she had trusted him enough not to devise this cunning scheme because she was their wife, and they were bonded by blood.

Was Luxen too desperate to own her when he had agreed to share her with his brother?

This didn't make any sense.

She didn't make the slightest provocation towards Luxen except for the fact that Ravin had taken her in his Castle.

Satan had given Ravin permission to extract her from Luxen's dominion, and she was unconscious so that she couldn't blame her for that.

Why?

Perhaps, Luxen had tricked her as revenge for punching a hole in his wing.

Sloth's face remained expressionless as he continued, "If he were interested in a female, he would prolong his seduction for as long as it would take because once he had penetrated a woman he liked, it was game over for the both of them."

Luna blinked.

"The curse Aphrodite had given Luxen could only apply to his women."

Luna's mouth fell open at his statement.

"When he goes crazy with lust for a woman while the seduction was taking place, he will get a severe case of blue balls when he didn't want to penetrate her yet, so Luxen would find a man to seduce so that he could get rid of it." He said.

As she covered her mouth and nose with a palm, Luna's stomach went into free-fall.

Luna soothed her throat and grimaced.

She was about to throw up again.

"This was the reason why he also dallied with men because Aphrodite's curse didn't work on them. In truth, Luxen didn't swing that way, and he had strongly preferred women. He did it because he had no choice." When Sloth saw her disgusted expression, Luna noticed he was choosing his words deliberately, "You were his wife, so I thought he would treat you differently and would draw out his desire for you as much as possible. If his lust was unbearable, he could have easily seduced a male or a female demon nearby, but he chose to shapeshift into your husband, instead."

Lips pulling back, Luna bared her lips as her sharp canines elongated on their own.

Luna desired to destroy Luxen so much until he petered out into the ethers.

She clenched and unclenched her fists, thirsty for the Archdemon's blood.

Luna would have a pleasurable sense of release when expressing this violence.

The Archdemon of Lust had done her dirty, and he would pay for it.

If Luna was still High Priestess who possessed Hecate's grimoire, she could have quickly forced these Archdemons into submission whenever they did something she didn't like.

If her voice as the High Priestess still had power, Luna would call them their real name.

They would go towards her without any clothes on, and their hands and knees were on the ground, similar to dogs.

She would attach their collars on their necks, and she would parade them in the entire Circles of Hell as she held their chains in her hands, wearing a smug grin.

Luxen deserved the most outstanding humiliation for raping her.

Sloth reminded her calmly, breaking her thoughts of retribution.

"Clear your mind, pretty sister." His nonchalance on her rage felt like the Archdemon had seen way worse. "We aren't done yet."

Mayhap, Sloth forgot how to sympathize with another creature based on how he killed the imp without remorse.

"It was a miracle you were talking too much today." Cracking her neck from side-to-side to release the tension, Luna closed her eyes for a minute as she blew out a breath. "Are you enjoying my misfortune?"

"My mind is working in overdrive right now, so I need to spit the conspiracies out before I forget them." Sloth straightened his spine and folded his hands to his lap. "This was also the reason why I killed the imp. Lune."

His face was sombre."It is loyal to its Master, and its Master isn't me."

Sloth's forest-green eyes were cold, challenging, and flinty. "This way, we would be safe, and our discussions wouldn't be in any Archdemon's ears."

"Now listen." Sloth's stare grew unfocused once again, and it made Luna felt like he wasn't really present with her in the canoe. "The moment Luxen usually pounce was at that point where he would be alright to discard the woman afterwards. "

"I think it was too early for Luxen to discard you." He said darkly, and there was an edge of cruelty in his tone, "I wonder what happened why he wanted you pregnant."