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.

the aftertaste of

if I push more, I might end

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

know. Deal with it and hurry

have all

♡♡♡→

come out, I would not drink that

and roots that I had never seen in

I knew I was being bratty,

it tasted

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

were treading the forest grounds for our

for hoping that he would

out for a date.

would teach me how

now, and I had no idea where we

refused to

He asked as he stopped on his track and

finally decided to open your mouth.”

now?” he

have

“Almost an hour.”

and you’ve been

me for one

your necklace.”

“No way.”

brought you here so

to control your fire.

your wings to take you out of a bad situation, but if

end up hurting someone in

process.”

I don’t

wings. I can live as an

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human too.”

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.”

I have 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

can control it.”

sure this is a

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

was trying to read him, but

necklace from you, what will your reaction be?

as everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and Laira? And then your

out

my necklace as I

them off my head and handed it

we summoned my father accidentally

to. We can’t be scared

time. I want to protect you,

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

will accidentally summon fire or that he can.

you again. Having the

chance to live normally

head.

to be clearer

I will move backward. Tell

we’ll try all of them, but I

coming out so I can come back

will tell you to stop.”

“Let’s start then.”

nodded my head. Adan was doing so much for

or Gamma to

to take

me on

you still feel

nodded my head, and

back again.

can’t sense it

Now, look at me. Tomorrow I

leaving, and it might take

can

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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to

narrowed at him.

I decided to tell

now.”

are you going?”

don’t need

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged for me.

arranged before I met you, and I totally forgot about

worry. I will just go

His eyes were all over me and my surroundings,

days with her? What

Can I come?”

you do

as if my request was

you don’t

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