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

push more, I might

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

it and hurry up! I

all day,

♡♡♡→

didn’t want my wolf to come out, I would not drink that awful tea

that I had

I knew I was being bratty,

it tasted bad.

grumpy. He hadn’t smiled at me since he watched me

now when we were treading the forest grounds

much for hoping that he would

me out for a

would teach me how

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

because he refused to

stopped on his track

You finally decided to open your mouth.”

tired now?” he repeated.

have we been

“Almost an hour.”

and

one

your necklace.”

“No way.”

I brought you here

how to control your fire. Sooner or

might need to use your wings to take you out of a

end up hurting someone

process.”

understand. I don’t need

wings. 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

my territory.”

no intentions

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

control

sure this is a good

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

was trying to read him, but he was impossible to

grabs that necklace from you, what will your reaction be? You’ll

as everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and

will appear out of

for my

head and

we summoned my father

We can’t

want to protect you, Lucy, and

much as I can. But I can only do so much. If I

worrying that you will accidentally summon fire or that he

Having the capacity

means having the chance to live normally without being scared.”

head.

to be clearer

backward. Tell me if

all of them, but I need a signal if

so I

you to

“Let’s start then.”

my head. Adan was

either his Beta or Gamma to do this,

was willing to take a day off to

me on my

still

my head, and

back again.

I can’t sense it

Now, look at me.

might

I can

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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just trying to irritate

narrowed at him.

That’s why I

now.”

you

need to

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops arranged for

I met you, and I totally forgot about it, so I

cancel it now. But you don’t have to worry. I will just

come home to you.” His eyes were all over me and my surroundings, but he was not meeting my

her?

Can I come?”

will you

if my request

make sure you don’t

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