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.

taste the aftertaste of the tea,

more, I might

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

Deal with it and

have all day,

♡♡♡→

wolf to come out, I would

I had never seen

knew

tasted bad.

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

when we were treading the forest grounds for

hoping that

out for a date.

he would teach me how

a long time now, and I had

he refused to tell me.

tired now?” He asked as he stopped on his track and looked

decided to open your

you tired now?”

have we

“Almost an hour.”

and you’ve

me for one

off your necklace.”

“No way.”

you here

how to control your fire. Sooner

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

end up hurting someone in the

process.”

I don’t need to

live

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human too.”

doing this for your protection. If the day comes that you need to go, and the easiest way out is to fly, you need to be able to control your power to make

my territory.”

no

overwhelmed, the fire just pops out. So now let’s try all emotions and see where it takes us. I want to know if

control it.”

this is

can’t be scared of your own power. You need to utilize it to protect yourself,

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

necklace from you, what

who took it as well as everyone around you? Including me? Including Lena and Laira?

will appear out of

hands reached for my necklace as

off my head and handed

summoned my

We can’t be

I want to protect you, Lucy, and

will protect you as much as I can. But I can only do so much. If

will accidentally summon fire or that he

you again. Having

the chance to live normally without

head.

to be clearer now.

backward. Tell me if

we’ll try all of them, but I need a signal

burn coming out so I can come back to you.”

you

“Let’s start then.”

my head. Adan was doing so

his Beta or Gamma

take a day off

me on my emotions.

still

my head, and he

back again.

sense

me.

it might

can come home.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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trying to irritate me.” My

narrowed at him.

why I decided to tell

now.”

you

don’t need to

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

female Pops

that arranged before I met you, and I totally forgot

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

you just need to relax. I will still come home to you.” His eyes were all

her? What

Can I come?”

you do there?” He

if my request was weird.

make sure you

we have never talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…”