BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

052- The Underworld

LUCIEN

Prince of Darkness, ruler of Kalmerus, one of the four Underworld regions.

“How long are you going to stand there and watch that fiber, father?” For the nth time today, Lucius asked as he slumped his body on my throne, making me hiss before I motioned for him to get off my seat.

He laughed as he stood up before walking to where I stood, staring at the fiber in front of

It used to hold the locations of my sons who

were often traveling back and forth to different realms at my disposal, but now I had allotted 50% of it just to track Lucija.

But my only daughter was smart enough not to use her fire — the only way I would be

able to pinpoint her exact location.

Almost a fortnight ago, something glowed

on the fiber, but before I could see where it was, it was already gone. She accidentally summoned fire, I assumed, and she’s been controlling herself so as not to use it again.

“So nothing new yet?” Lucius asked again.

“If there is, you and I will not be here,” I

answered in a cold tone.

“I can’t believe she’s not using fire accidentally. That girl couldn’t control her hands!” He said it with an irritated

expression.

I kept quiet, my hand reaching for my chin as I rubbed it while thinking. It was the reason I never asked Gargon to teach her how to control fire. I knew she never wanted

to be here, and it was only a matter of time before she would try to escape. And I wasn’t

wrong, but what I wasn’t expecting was that I would not be able to find her right away.

I underestimated how smart my daughter

was, but somehow it made me proud. Though I knew she could never outsmart me

for a long time, I was already losing my patience.

Two years and there were still no signs of

her.

And it wasn’t helping that my access to earth was limited due to the pact Hades, the God of the Underworld, agreed upon with all the other realms. I had no power to just barge in and destroy everything until they surrendered my daughter to me like I

wanted to.

The humans were worth nothing. I could easily kill them with a flick of my fingers, but I didn’t want Hades’ wrath to befall me – not when I spent my whole life trying to prove that once he relinquished his throne, I would be the one worthy of it.

If Lucija were not important, I wouldn’t be bothered with what she would do with her life, like I had stopped caring for all the

other spawns I had created over a span of centuries. Most of them had their own lives;

some of them were dead, and some decided to abandon the demon world, but I couldn’t

care less.

But Lucija was different. She was my only daughter and my sure ticket to winning the favor of the other gods and princes of this realm. All of my sons were useless; they could only sweet talk she-demons but not the male demons. But my Lucija could do it

for both without even trying hard.

And with the underworld swarming with

males, and she-demons being a rarity,

having Lucija would be an advantage.

She had the allure of an underworld goddess.

And I knew that once I transformed her into

a full demon, she would be sought after by

the princes of the underworld. Or even by the

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wanted a piece

sure that she would use

the seat I was aiming

for.

of

rumored for many decades now that Hades had wanted to abandon his seat to live peacefully with the rest of the immortals, but until he found the right demon for the job, he had to postpone

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out here, trying to be the right

needed Lucija and her allure to convince princes and gods to do my

where was

♡♡♡

LUCY.

you explain to me how you know about my necklace and where my mother

down in her bed, with our feet still on the floor, as we just all stared at the ceiling.

join us.

you

Patrea.”

decided on that.”

condition, Lucy. Now if you have no way to return to the underworld, then I will understand. But

your word.”

to ask her and she

it. But if

to do it

“Yes.”

help Patrea. You have my word

on it.”

“Thank you.

chuckled, as did Laira and Lena, but when I glanced at Althea beside me with a solemn expression on her face and her eyes closed, I nudged Laira beside me,

giggling.

create an illusion that

mother’s body to remain in her bed at

her into

can’t do that. He was breaching the law of

rising from my body,

hand, and I ended up closing my eyes

underworld, Patrea and my

make sure that nothing would

This was your father’s order, so he

wanted with her and she would

back whole and…”

don’t want to hear that part.”

underworld, where they needed to do the

not get

“But how come…”

hand reached for

me to

took her back to the

and the two witches were not around, and knowing Lucien, he didn’t want to wait. He used her without the potion

sat up from laying down. I could only imagine the pain my mother went through, but I didn’t stop her from talking

same time that Hades

to visit his region. He heard her cries. Lucien panicked and

her own bed. Hades was

your father claimed was in his

him. That was the last time he took your mother to the underworld. And because she

idea you existed until Lucien

had a daughter. He

the one where you burned a rabbit accidentally. And with that

the underworld one of these days, and cleanse you of your werewolf genes. So they knew that it was only a matter of time before it would happen. So they

away, she went looking for Everly, and when she found

spell that Patrea taught her from the underworld, and your opal necklace was born. She gave it to your mother and created a spell around the place where she buried it so that

the money your mother left

within you.”

“Including my wolf?”

fix that necklace so that

Mom made that, she had no idea what other power linked you to Lucien, so she made it

feet as long as I can

can read lies?” Laira

widening.

all the lies you’ve told in your

do

be able to tell if it’s a lie or not. But I will never find

love with. Unless I

in

So better not