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

push more, I might

vomiting.

“Then vomit it.”

“You’re impossible!”

Deal with it and

all

♡♡♡→

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

roots that I had never seen

I knew I

it tasted bad.

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

treading the forest grounds for our ‘date.’

for hoping that

me out for

like he would teach me how to

long time now, and I had no

he refused

tired now?” He asked as he stopped

You finally decided to

now?”

have we been

“Almost an hour.”

Seriously, and

one hour

off your necklace.”

“No way.”

here so

to control your fire. Sooner

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

up hurting someone

process.”

don’t

can live as

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human too.”

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 sure you don’t destroy and hurt anyone

my territory.”

have no intentions of hurting anyone.’

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

can control

is a good

be scared of your own power. You need to utilize it to protect yourself, but

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

from you, what will your

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

out of nowhere.”

reached for my

head

if we summoned my father

to. We can’t

want to protect you, Lucy, and

I can only do so much.

accidentally summon fire or that

Having the capacity

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

head. Everything

to be clearer

will move backward. Tell me if

anymore. Then we’ll try all of them,

coming out so I can come back to you.”

you to stop.”

“Let’s start then.”

head. Adan was doing

Beta or Gamma to do

he was willing to take a

me on my

still

and he began

back again.

sense it anymore.”

me. Tomorrow I will

and it might

before I can come

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.’

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trying to irritate me.” My

narrowed at him.

That’s why I decided to

now.”

are you

don’t need

“I want to.”

“Well, you can’t.”

“Tell me.”

a female Pops

I met you, and I totally forgot about it,

now. But you don’t have to worry. I will just go there and

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

her? What the

Can I come?”

What will you do there?” He

my request was

make sure you don’t

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