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.

still taste the aftertaste of

I push more, I might end

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

know. Deal with it and hurry

have all day,

♡♡♡→

my wolf to come out, I would not drink that awful

roots that I had never

whole life. I knew I

it tasted

hadn’t smiled at me

were treading the forest grounds for our

for hoping that he would

for a

would

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

he refused to tell

He asked as he stopped on his track and looked at me.

decided to

you tired now?”

long have we

“Almost an hour.”

Seriously, and

one hour

off your

“No way.”

I brought you here

how to control your fire. Sooner or

you out of a bad situation, but if you don’t know

up hurting

process.”

understand. I don’t

can live

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human too.”

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 hurt anyone

my territory.”

no intentions of hurting anyone.’

know. That’s 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 want to know if

can control it.”

this is a good idea.”

to protect yourself, but if you can’t control it, it won’t save

staring at his. I was trying to read him, but he was impossible to

somebody grabs that necklace from you,

as everyone around you?

will appear out of nowhere.”

reached for my necklace

them off my head and handed

him. “What if we summoned my father accidentally

not to. We can’t be

want to protect you, Lucy, and

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

without worrying that you will accidentally summon fire or that he can.

Having the capacity to

chance

my head.

to be clearer now.

I will move backward. Tell

all of them, but I need a signal

coming out so I can come

tell you to stop.”

“Let’s start then.”

my head. Adan was doing so much for

either his Beta or Gamma to do

take a day off to

on

still

my head, and he

back again.

can’t sense it anymore.”

me. Tomorrow I will

it might take another 5-7

before I can come

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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trying to

narrowed at

am. That’s why I decided

now.”

are you going?”

don’t need

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

Pops arranged for me.

met you, and I totally forgot about it,

have to worry. I will just go

come home to you.” His eyes were all over

with her? What the fuck?

Can I come?”

will you do

as if my

sure you don’t

we have never talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…” He was talking nonchalantly, and I felt my chest heaving.