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

I push more, I might

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

Deal with it and hurry

all

♡♡♡→

out, I would not drink that awful tea made

that I had never

I knew I was

it tasted

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

treading the forest grounds for

so much for hoping

me out for a

would teach

walking for a long time now, and I

refused

He asked as he stopped on his track and

finally decided to open your

now?”

How long have we been walking.”

“Almost an hour.”

and

one

your necklace.”

“No way.”

brought you here so we

how to control your fire. Sooner or

wings to take you out of a bad situation, but if you don’t know how to control

end up hurting someone in the

process.”

don’t understand. I don’t need to

I can live as an

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human too.”

to fly, you need to be able to control your power to make sure you don’t destroy and

my territory.”

sorry. I have no intentions of hurting

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 know

control

sure this is a good idea.”

need to utilize it to protect yourself, but if you can’t control it,

bottom lip, my eyes staring at his. I was trying

necklace from you, what

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

out

my necklace

my head and handed it

summoned my father accidentally

to. We can’t be scared all

I want to protect you, Lucy, and

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

here without worrying that you will accidentally summon fire or that

you again. Having

having the chance to live normally without

head. Everything was

be

backward. Tell me

stone anymore. Then we’ll try all of

out so I can

you to stop.”

“Let’s start then.”

watered as I nodded my head. Adan

or Gamma to do

to take a day off to

me on my emotions.

still feel

head, and he began stepping

back again.

I can’t sense

at me. Tomorrow I will

and it might take another 5-7

I can come home.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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just trying to irritate

narrowed at

am. That’s why I decided to tell you

now.”

you

need to

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

Pops arranged

that arranged before I met you, and

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

His eyes

her? What the

Can I come?”

will you

as if my request was weird.

you don’t

never talked about exclusivity. I can still fuck…” He was talking nonchalantly, and I felt my