Chapter 39 - A Dark Bed for a Dark Mate

Having completed the bloody part of the ceremony, there was only one thing left to do to complete the mating. We had to consummate the marriage and I would have to become pregnant.

Much to my disgust, to prove that the ritual had been completed, witnesses were required to be present.

Lucas had told me that this was generally done in front of everyone at the ceremony on the sacrificial stone. The idea of doing anything on that stone, which was now sodden with the blood of Marguerite, didn’t exactly put me “in the mood”. In light of the fact I was unaccustomed to the ways of the underworld, Lucifer granted us leave to carry out the consummation in more private quarters.

And so, we were lead out of the temple by a side door and into a small room off the side generally used by the priest who resided here. Lucifer would not be in attendance, instead, 3 of his dark priest would wait for us to complete the mating and would then report back to Lucifer and the rest of