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 the tea,

more, I

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

Deal with it and hurry up! I

all

♡♡♡→

to come out, I would not drink that

roots that I

life. I knew I was

it tasted

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

treading the forest grounds for

much for hoping that he

me out for a

looked like he would teach me how to

long time now, and I had no idea where

refused to tell

asked as he stopped on

to open your

you tired now?” he repeated.

How long have we been

“Almost an hour.”

Seriously, and you’ve been

me for one hour

off your necklace.”

“No way.”

brought you here

how to control your

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

up hurting someone

process.”

understand. I don’t need to use

I can live as an

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human too.”

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

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

control

this is a good

to protect yourself, but if you can’t

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

from you, what will

as well as everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and Laira? And

out

my

them off my head

if we summoned my

We can’t be

to protect you, Lucy, and

I can. But I can only do

accidentally summon fire or that

you again. Having the capacity to

means having the chance to live normally without being

nodded my head. Everything was

to be clearer now.

will move backward. Tell me if

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

so I can come back to

you

“Let’s start then.”

Adan was

or Gamma to do

willing to take a day

on my emotions.

you still

and

back again.

I can’t sense it anymore.”

me. Tomorrow I will

it might

can

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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just trying to irritate me.” My

narrowed at

why I decided to tell

now.”

are you going?”

don’t need to know.”

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged

he had that arranged before I met you, and I

it now. But you don’t have to worry.

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

her?

Can I come?”

you do there?”

as if my request was weird.

sure you don’t

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