章 322: The Spring Courts

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VAMPIRE KING APOLLYON

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"I'm sure Prince Aspen had told you the reason."

"My son had told me, and I apologize. My memory had failed me a while ago." Flipping her flaxen curls, Queen Gloriana murmured as she glanced down at Luna with pity, "What happened to your Empress? Isn't she unconscious?" 

Queen Gloriana lifted a hand to touch his Empress' face, and his hackles rose.

When her fingernails touched her cheek, he swatted her filthy hand away, not caring that he was a mere guest in the Spring Courts.

Hell, they could strike him down on where he stood for his insolence.

An awkward silence settled inside the Spring Halls, but the pixies weren't able to read the atmosphere and kept on showering them with dandelions over their heads.