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

046 – Wolf or Not?

LUCY.

“More?” I had just finished a cup of bitter tea, and Lena gave me another one.

“Yes, and there’s another one after.” She chuckled before she sipped the tea in her

own cup.

“Oh Goddess, are you secretly trying to kill me? Can I have what you’re drinking? That one smells nice, while this one…”

“Do you want your wolf out or not?” Laira asked, her brows hiking up, but I could see she was suppressing a smile from crossing her face. 1

“Drink that one and the last one, and I’ll give you a chocolate cake. Dark chocolate that melts in your mouth… Hmmm…” Lena was teasing me, as she sucked on the small spoon she used to stir her tea,

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and she was doing it as if it were something else she was sucking.

I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms against my chest like a spoiled kid while my lips extended into a pout. “Not fair. Three cups of tea from hell for just a slice

of cake.”

Lena was about to say something, but she was cut off by another voice.

“Is Lucy complaining?”

The females straightened up from their seats and both shook their heads.

Lena smiled at Alpha Stone before defending me. “She just finished the first one and is about to drink the second one.”

The Alpha didn’t say anything but

crossed his arms against his chest before leaning on the door frame, his eyes

fixated on mine with a stoic expression

on his face.

I glared at him, but he was not affected. Of course, he just told me he was not scared of me using my fire power against

him.

“I’m waiting.”

“Have you tasted this? How about you drink one cup and I’ll drink two without complaining?” I told him in a very bratty manner that I regretted it immediately. I forgot Laira and Lena were around, and I

didn’t want them to think I had an

attitude. Well, I do, specifically just for

the Alpha.

“Lena, give me a cup of her tea.” He said

it in a bored tone.

My eyes widened.

Wrong move, girl. This Alpha never

backed down to anything.

Lena poured tea into his cup and handed

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it to him.

Adan raised his cup in the air as if saluting me before he drank it in one gulp

without taking his eyes off me. If he didn’t like how it tasted, I had no idea. His face was still wearing the same

expression as earlier.

“Your turn,” he said before giving the cup

back to Lena.

I swallowed hard. I would make him pay for this tonight.

I grabbed the cup and pinched my nose

before drinking the tea. It took a while

before I was able to finish it, but all this

time, Adan’s eyes never left mine.

“Done.” I feigned a gag as I placed the

cup back on the table before beaming at him, hoping he forgot I needed to take another cup.

“Next one.”

“Can I take it later?”

“No. Drink it and I’ll take you somewhere.

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“Somewhere? Like a date?” I asked, and I could see the two females trying not to smile at my excitement.

“You can call it whatever you want. Now drink up.”

“I’ll drink it after we come back.”

“Lucy!” His voice was slightly higher.

can still taste the

if I push more, I might end up

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

it

all day,

♡♡♡→

wolf to come out, I would not drink that awful tea made

and roots that I had never seen in

I knew I was being

tasted

Adan was being grumpy. He hadn’t smiled at me since he watched

treading the forest grounds for

much for hoping that

for a

like he would teach

been walking for a long time now, and I had no

he refused

tired now?” He asked as he stopped on his track

You finally decided to open

tired now?”

How long have we been

“Almost an hour.”

and you’ve

one

off your

“No way.”

you here so we

how to control your fire. Sooner or

wings to take you out of a bad

up hurting someone in

process.”

understand. I don’t need

wings. I can live as

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human too.”

to fly, you need to be able to control your power to make sure you don’t destroy

my territory.”

sorry. I have no intentions of

the fire just pops out. So now let’s try all emotions and see where it takes us. I want to know

can control

not sure this is a

You need to utilize it to protect yourself,

bit my bottom lip, my eyes staring at his. I was trying to read him,

necklace from you, what will your reaction be? You’ll

as well as everyone around you? Including me?

appear out of

reached for my necklace as I

off my head and handed

“What if we summoned my father accidentally while

We

to protect

as much as I can. But I can only do so much. If I can’t anymore, you need

without worrying that you will accidentally summon

again. Having the capacity

power means having the chance to live normally without being

my head. Everything was

be clearer now.

move backward. Tell me

try all

out so I can come back

you to stop.”

“Let’s start then.”

head. Adan was doing so

his Beta or

was willing to take a day off

on

still

and he

back again.

I can’t sense it anymore.”

Now, look at me. Tomorrow

might take another

can come home.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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to

narrowed at

That’s why I decided to

now.”

are you going?”

don’t need to

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged for

that arranged before I met you, and I totally

now. But you don’t have to worry. I will

you.” His eyes were all over me and my surroundings,

days with her?

Can I come?”

What will you do

if my

make sure you don’t

I can still fuck…” He was talking nonchalantly, and I