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

if I push more, I

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

know. Deal with it and hurry up! I

all day,

♡♡♡→

to come out, I would

I had

life. I knew

it tasted bad.

it wasn’t helping that Adan was being grumpy. He hadn’t smiled at me since

now when we were treading the forest grounds for

for hoping that

for

would teach

walking for a long time now, and I had

because he refused to

now?” He asked as he stopped on his

finally decided to open

you tired now?” he repeated.

have we been walking.”

“Almost an hour.”

and

for one hour now.”

off your necklace.”

“No way.”

here

how to control your fire. Sooner

take you out of a bad

up hurting someone in

process.”

don’t need to

can live as

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human too.”

comes that you need to go, and the easiest way out is to fly,

my territory.”

have no intentions of hurting anyone.’

That’s why I want you to control your emotions. You told me if you get overwhelmed, the fire just pops out. So now

control

sure this is a good idea.”

of your own power. You need to utilize it to protect yourself, but if you can’t control it, it won’t save you and the people

trying to read him,

that necklace from you, what will your reaction

took it as well as everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and Laira?

appear out

reached for my necklace as I

them off my head and

him. “What if we summoned

not to. We can’t be

want to protect

I can. But I can only do

without worrying that you will accidentally summon fire

Having the capacity

the chance to live normally without being scared.”

head. Everything

be clearer now.

move backward.

stone anymore. Then we’ll try all of them, but I need

burn coming out so I can come back to

tell you to

“Let’s start then.”

watered as I nodded my head. Adan was doing so

or Gamma

willing to take a

me on

you still

and he began stepping

back again.

can’t sense it anymore.”

me. Tomorrow I will

and it might take

before I can come home.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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to

at him.

That’s why I decided to

now.”

are you

don’t need to know.”

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged

met you, and I totally forgot about it,

to worry. I will just

relax. I will still come home to you.” His eyes were all

with her? What

Can I come?”

What will you

if my

make sure you don’t

talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…” He was talking nonchalantly, and I felt