Chapter 169: The first queen
The palace reeked of sex and incense. Every room, every velvet-draped hallway, every silken throne cushion now bore the scent of Allen’s reign. What had once been a monument to beastkin history was now a temple of indulgence, a sanctuary of dripping worship where cries of devotion echoed through the walls at all hours. Servants didn’t wear clothes anymore. Priestesses crawled instead of walked. Every corner of the capital had submitted to Allen’s touch—but the city wasn’t what stirred beneath him now.
It was the continent.
Rumors were no longer whispers. They had become gospel, carried by pilgrim sluts with ruined wombs and blessed smiles. And from far-off cities, across cracked deserts and mountain ranges, queens began to listen.
She arrived in silence.
No horns. No heralds. Just a single obsidian carriage with curtains drawn and glyphs pulsing softly beneath the wheels. Her guards didn’t step down first. She didn’t send envoys. She didn’t kneel.
She stepped out barefoot, her footfalls whisper-soft on the palace stone. Her dress was spun moonlight, clinging to skin the color of wet clay, marked in ceremonial scars and slow, glowing lines of gold ink. Her eyes were silver. Her hair was black and shaved along the sides, trailing down her spine in an intricate braid.
Queen Nayali of Kashet.
Allen watched her from the throne—bare-chested, legs spread, one of the twins from the previous day still curled at his feet, her mouth drooling against his thigh. Rinni sat across his lap like a lazy cat, her thighs still shiny from the last round, while Fina licked wine off her fingers and tilted her head.
Nayali didn’t bow. Didn’t speak. She simply walked across the marble and stood between his legs.
"I heard you broke a god," she said softly. Her voice was warm honey, but dangerous. "My ancestors have worshipped the stars for generations. My priests say the constellations are... misaligned now. That something has seeded the heavens and corrupted fate."
Allen ran his fingers down Rinni’s back.
"I just fuck what’s in front of me," he replied.