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

054- Who Will Protect You?

LUCY.

“Are we still pretending, Lucy?” Adan asked in a voice void of any emotion.

He was giving me the same face that drew me to him — stoic, unreadable, mysterious, and challenging. But would I take the risk and tell him everything? What if he wanted no commitment at all?

My heart thudded loudly as I made up my

mind. I was never a coward.

“I’m not sure what you mean by pretending. The only thing I pretended to be was the meek and weak Omega you saw from time to

time. Other than that, all of these are real.”

A smile slowly tugged on his plump lips, and

I swear, if this conversation were not

important, I would be kissing him already.

“So you like me?” He asked, his brows

hiking up.

“Why do you think I’m still here? I told myself, that whatever happened after the Omega Feast, I would go. I have wings, I can just fly away. But then…” A wicked smile crawled on my lips as my finger trailed across his chest. “…you happened. And I

can’t resist you.

I felt something poke at my core as I said those words, and I knew this would lead to fucking again, so I couldn’t help but giggle.

“What are you laughing at?” His fingers tugged at my ear, but a smile was on his lips.

“You’re having a hard-on and I’m not even doing anything?”

“Don’t I always have one when you’re

around?”

I swiped my tongue on my upper lip before I

anchored my hands on his shoulders. “Do you like me, Alpha Stone? Or is this all lust?”

“I just spent a fortune to trace the witch that could help you and to amp up the security of

my territory, and I made Blade stay even if he irritated me because you requested it… So

yes, this is all lust. Just so I can have a taste of you every day and night.

”

“Such a pervert… but I will take it.”

His hands slipped inside my dress and trailed up to my waist, as he gently squeezed it while my arms snaked around his neck.

“I really like you, Adan. I don’t even know what will happen to me in the future, but I don’t want to think about it. I just want to

stay here with you.”

“Then stay…” His face turned serious, but this time he was showing a softer

expression, and it was making my heart melt. “I’ll take care of you. You don’t have to face your future alone. Be my Luna, and you will have the whole pack behind you. I can guarantee you, they will risk their lives to protect you.”

“But I don’t want any of them dying because

of me.”

“I know. But that’s what this pack is all about, we protect each other.”

“I don’t have a wolf.”

“So what? You’re not the first Luna without

a wolf.”

“You can’t mark me…”

“I can wait. We can still go with the mating, though.” He added the last part as his hands trailed down to my ass cheeks and squeezed

them, and as much as his actions made

tingles spread along my thighs to my pussy, I tried to ignore them.

“Your family, they might go against it.”

“Everyone loves Lucy. Even Pops like you, so my family is the least of our worries. The question is, will your father like me?”

“He can rot in hell.”

He laughed heartily, throwing his head

slightly back, and I couldn’t help the grin forming on my lips. I liked this side of Adan

-carefree and happy. Well, I liked all sides of him-even the frustrating ones.

“Maybe we should go visit him?” He asked after he calmed down from his laugh.

“No, that is not happening. I’m not taking you down there.”

“Why not?”

down there, you have no power over us anymore. They can just do what they want with you.”

to stand here and let him do that. I will follow you to the depths of

underworld.”

out of his lap while shaking my head. “Now

I’m sure I

of there, so promise me you’re not

don’t need to promise that I will behave. So don’t push it.”

I knew he didn’t like me telling him what

because my father can just easily kill you there! What will I do with my life once you’re dead?” I was

stubbornness.

on with your life…” He

him before I went

you going?”

I’ll just go to the kitchen!”

“Lucy!”

up snapping your neck!” I shouted back at him as

toward the stairs.

you don’t

follow you down.”

I don’t need to be told to

behave…”

search the heavens and hells for you!” His words echoed along the

that he would go to the underworld to look for me, and it

but who would

down my face as I turned to the second floor and walked until I reached Althea’s room. In three knocks, the door opened, and Althea’s smiling face warped into concern when she realized I was crying.

okay?” Her hand

closed the door behind us. “What’s wrong? Did the Alpha hurt

and he

“What happened then?”

you help

I’ll try if I

life with Adan. I mean Alpha Stone. “I told her,

withdrew her hand from her

it had burned her, and her brows furrowed. “Do you

“Yes.”

against the law

it’s my life I’m binding to

dies,

only guarantee that my

touch him.”

about you? If he dies, let’s say of natural causes

life would it be without him? Then I think I’ll

“You love him…”

began to shake. “I don’t know. Maybe I do. I don’t know how love feels, but I don’t want a world without Adan. And if my father kills him, I

underworld.”

a big thing you’re asking me. If I bind you together, I would need so much energy, plus I would be going against nature, it’s like bringing the dead

harm you?”

get tired and might pass out but I will recover in a few minutes.

unbinding can destroy me.

did it, I’m

can unbind

won’t ask you to

Stone? Did

this?”

he

know.”

playing with fire.”

of time before my father

If my father realizes he’s

to me, he will not hesitate to

his life.”

“Lucy…”

your price…” I said, tilting my head high. I had no idea where I would get the

I never

her out alive from the

exchange for Adan’s

“Lucy…”

embracing my demon side. I will do it, Althea. Just bind

to

have to do the shield spell first to protect

binding us require Adan’s presence?”

“Yes.”

bind him to me

creating a shield. And then…”

only imagine

Alpha.”

and I’m sure

think about Adan.”

talk again tomorrow. You might just be upset tonight, so you wanted

decide on it.”

to know,” I added, and she nodded her head. “The last thing I want is for anybody

kill Adan.”

sure you’re not easy to kill, Lucy.

Demons are immortal.”

sure way to

knows how. Mom told me

one day, but that day