Part 3, Chapter 3, Lestat: The Queen of Heaven Summary

Lestat's powers continue to increase, and he feels drugged by and addicted to the blood of Akasha. They fly through the night and arrive at the temple of Akim. Akasha kills Akim and then begins killing all of his male devotees. She convinces Lestat to join her in the slaughter. She then rises up and tells the women that she is the Queen of Heaven and has come to bring them peace. They should go home and tell of her coming and wait for her to return with more instructions. Lestat is mortified at having killed without feeding, but he is under Akasha's spell, even though he fears her actions.

Next, they visit a horrible third-world slum. Akasha commands the women there to rise up and kill ninety-nine out of every...