Cole, Kresley - The Immortals After Dark 18 - Wicked Abyss by Cole Kresley

Author:Cole, Kresley [Cole, Kresley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-NINE

Déjà vu hit Lila the second they’d appeared in this throne room. Had she seen this place in a dream? How could she have? She’d never been here before.

Shaking off that odd sense, she focused on getting through this wedding. Her wedding.

She had yearned for control over her life—yet she was about to have less of it than ever before. She would be under the thumb of a dominant demon.

Who was an enemy.

She doubted an immortal as old as Abyssian held modern marriage views. Talk about a male set in his ways.

But she’d secured a measure of protection for her people. She needed to take comfort in that.

She wondered what Saetth would do when he found out she’d married Abyssian. Nïx would no doubt tell him—especially if they’d been in league for that portion of the plot. . . .

Abyssian began his vows. In his deep, accented voice, he promised to treasure and protect her.

She tensed when a marble throne started to materialize on the dais beside his. Was the castle providing it for her?

Once the demon concluded, he gave her hand a squeeze.

Oh. My turn.

She delicately cleared her throat and recited her vows. As she finished—“This I promise until the end of time”—her throne appeared fully.

Engravings marked the back of it. She skimmed some of the Demonish words: Mistress of this castle, lady of flames, dark queen of this land.

Fate had always wanted her to be a queen.

Memories of hard-won political lessons from her childhood surfaced. Here she would be hated by a united populace—just because of her species. She’d probably have more than Rune to worry about.

“I’m to kiss you now,” Abyssian said, leaning down.

She averted her face.

He didn’t complain, just pulled her against his body and grazed his lips over her cheek.

There. They’d done it.

Her ears twitched when hounds howled from the brush. Lightning flared outside, and volcanoes rumbled.

The dimension seemed to go askew. Her skin grew even more hypersensitive; chills raced over it.

In those lightning bursts, Abyssian’s features appeared more demonic. Something was happening here—much more than a wedding.

Yet he didn’t behave as if anything was different.

Lila sensed that hell was happy about the marriage. She felt as if this realm was . . . welcoming her.

Crazy, right?

She’d been so busy concentrating on her new groom that she hadn’t given much thought to the other aspects of this union. She would be making her home in a land that was as fierce as it was mystical.

For an eternity of eternities.

He drew back. “You are now Queen Calliope the first, of Pandemonia and All Hells.” Thunder boomed, and the castle quaked.

Too much to process. I turned immortal. I got off with a demon. Did I really just get hitched to a Møriør? How could someone like me be the queen of hell? Don’t have anyone I can talk to about this.

Unlike Persephone, Lila would live in hell permanently. Which meant she needed to figure this realm—and her new husband—the fuck out.

Fast.

He traced them back to his bedroom.

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