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.

taste the aftertaste of the tea,

I push more, I might end up

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

Deal with it and

have all day,

♡♡♡→

want my wolf to come out, I would

and roots that I had

whole life. I knew I was

it tasted bad.

grumpy. He hadn’t smiled at

the forest grounds for

for hoping that he

me out for a

like he would teach me how to

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

he refused to

as he stopped

to

tired now?” he repeated.

How long have we

“Almost an hour.”

Seriously, and you’ve

one

off your necklace.”

“No way.”

you here

to control your fire. Sooner

use your wings to take you out of a bad situation, but if you don’t know how to control

hurting

process.”

don’t need

can live as an

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human too.”

protection. If the day comes that you need to go, and the easiest way out is to fly, you need to be able to control your power to make sure you don’t destroy and

my territory.”

no intentions

why I want you to control your emotions. You told me if you get overwhelmed, the fire just pops out. So now let’s try all emotions and see where it takes us. I

control it.”

this is a

own power. You need to utilize it to protect yourself, but if you

I was trying to read him, but he was impossible to read at the moment.

that necklace from you, what will your

everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and

out of nowhere.”

reached for my necklace as I

them off my head and

“What if we summoned my

to. We can’t

I want to protect you,

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

will accidentally summon fire or

Having the

your power means having the chance to live normally

head. Everything was

be clearer

will move backward. Tell

sense the stone anymore. Then we’ll try all of them, but

feel a burn coming out so I can

you

“Let’s start then.”

my head. Adan was doing so much for me.

Beta or Gamma

take a

me on

you still feel it?”

my head, and

back again.

sense it

Now, look at me.

might

before I can come home.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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to

narrowed at

am. That’s why I decided to

now.”

are you going?”

need

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged for

you, and

you don’t have to worry.

just need to relax. I will still come home to you.” His eyes were all over me and my surroundings, but he

days with her?

Can I come?”

What will you do there?”

my

make sure you don’t fuck her!”

never talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…”