Throughout the remaining hours of that first night beneath Jade-River Pavilion, the subterranean Black-Ledger Vault was transformed into an inescapable crucible of pleasure and subjugation.
Alaric did not allow either Consort Mei or Consort Lan a single moment to gather their wits or mourn their lost loyalty to Emperor Huang Long.
While the four unconscious female Shadow-Plum captains slept deeply inside an enchanted slumber barrier in the far corner of the vault, Alaric used the mountain of velvet bolsters, silk carpets, and even the open iron chests of glittering supreme-grade spirit stones as his bed.
