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 the

more,

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

it and hurry up! I

have all day,

♡♡♡→

to come out, I would not drink that awful tea made up of

that I had never seen

life. I knew

it tasted

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

when we were treading the forest grounds for

so much for hoping that he would

for a date.

he would teach

walking for a long time now, and I had no idea

because he refused to

stopped on his track and looked at me.

to open

you tired now?” he

have

“Almost an hour.”

Seriously, and you’ve

one

your

“No way.”

brought you here

to control your fire.

a bad situation, but if you don’t know how to control your fire, you

end up hurting someone

process.”

understand. I don’t need to use

I can live as an ordinary

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human too.”

and the easiest way out is to fly,

my territory.”

no intentions of hurting anyone.’

fire just pops out. So now let’s try all emotions and

control

sure this is a

to utilize it to protect yourself,

my bottom lip, my eyes staring at his. I was trying to read him, but he was impossible

somebody grabs that necklace from you, what will your

around you? Including me? Including Lena and

out

for my

my head and handed it

we summoned my father

to. We can’t be

I want to

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

you will accidentally

again. Having the capacity

having the chance to live normally without

nodded my head.

be clearer

move backward.

try all of them, but I

burn coming out so I can come back

tell you to

“Let’s start then.”

watered as I nodded my head. Adan was doing so much for

either his Beta or Gamma to do this,

he was willing to take a day

me on my

you still feel

my head, and he

back again.

sense it anymore.”

Now, look at me. Tomorrow

it might take another

before I can

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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trying to

at

That’s why I

now.”

are you going?”

need to

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

Pops arranged

that arranged before I met you, and I totally forgot about it, so

worry. I will just go there and spend days

home to you.” His eyes were all over me

her? What the fuck?

Can I come?”

will you do there?”

my request was weird.

sure you

we have never talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…” He was talking nonchalantly,