BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

Chapter 38

038 – I Don’t Think I Can

LUCY.

“Ready for dinner?” Adan asked as a

warm smile tugged on his mouth.

“Ready!” I smiled at him after I blinked

back the tears pooling in my eyes.

“Good, I’m starving. I missed lunch because some little bunny riled me up…”

He teased me as we walked toward the

dining hall with our hands still clasped

together, and I just couldn’t help but giggle softly because he was right. We

didn’t come out of his suite after the

incident at lunch with Alexa and Alpha

Aeon, and we were just informed about

this dinner when Beta Collin mindlinked

him.

We entered the dining hall in silence, and Adan helped me onto my chair before he

sat beside me. Soon another older female with blonde hair came in, carrying a bowl

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of vegetable salad. She was so beautiful, and she looked like Alexa.

Her eyes fell on me, and she gave me a warm, motherly smile as she placed the

bowl on the table. She then walked to

where I was seated, and I immediately stood up and faced her.

“Oh, Lucy! You’re as beautiful as Adan told me you are…” Her arms wrapped

around my body, and I heard a chair being pushed before I felt Adan’s presence beside me.

“This is my grandmother, Crystal. Grand

Luna of the pack and where Alexa got her

blonde hair.”

“And her smart mind,” she added, pointing a finger to her temple, which

made me smile.

“And stubbornness.” Alpha Aurelius

added, his voice still as cold as snow.

“Oh, honey, you’re the stubborn one here. I’m sure your son and grandkids.

would agree.” Luna Crystal added,

smiling at her mate before she returned her gaze to me. “A pleasure to meet you, Lucy.”

“The pleasure is mine, Luna Crystal.”

“Momma… Everyone calls me momma.”

to acknowledge her words when someone cleared his throat, and Alpha Aurelius’ voice came. “I think we

most of

Adan, except his grandfather,

time.

saw him looking at me from time to time. I was listening to Alexa’s story when, all of a sudden, my attention. was drawn to the grand Alpha when he asked a question,

directed at me.

your father talk about

snapped his head in that direction, and I saw

went to his thigh, and I squeezed it,

just asking a question. Answerable by yes or no.” Alpha

did talk about her, maybe I

not around.” I answered in a

voice.

course, my daughter didn’t matter to

them.”

Alexa. Of

idea where she was, and the

he was home, he said they found

she was taken by another pack.”

didn’t do anything to protect her.

what

has nothing to do with what

did. I thought we had moved on from this?” Adan was trying to

voice calm, but I

out from his neck.

to control himself.

here was raised

Suzanne… So I

how she was raised.”

and I knew he was

control

is a good

to believe he raised me well.”

“Is he?” 1

slammed his fist on the

table.

was Aunt

gaze to my

placed the napkin back on the table, excused

stood up as well and

chest as I smiled at him. “I’m okay. I just

ask the females there.”

my head tilted down, not because I was an Omega, but because

threatened to fall.

I heard voices raised and some movements, but

noise and walked

to. Until I reached a

behind me. I didn’t have my coat with

adjust to the temperature.

seconds

was not perfect. But he had been in my eyes, and it hurt

the sliding door open, and

I thought it was Adan, but

was different

as strong

strong but

placed on my

looking at the

you…”

one who gave me the coat

side, his hands

anything. He was just

of us.

stayed in silence for a moment until

that my stepfather

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