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

056 – Hell Breaks Loose

LUCY.

Althea opened her bedroom and let me in. I placed the tray of food on the round table at the far end before I faced her.

“Did you rest?” My eyes scanned her room, and her bed was cluttered with big, old- looking books.

She shook her head and pointed to the books

on her bed. “I want to make sure I’ll be

doing the right thing.”

“But I thought you needed to rest.”

“This is rest for me – one with my books and channeling the spirits.” She giggled softly while I bit my bottom lip as I nodded my head.

“Are you sure about the additional request? And the Alpha still doesn’t know?” She

asked.

“I’m sure. And yes, he doesn’t know anything.”

“He might kill me.”

“He won’t. I will protect you from him.”

“Are you sure you will defy him if he asks you not to shield me?”

“That won’t be the first time I will defy him. But I know you can protect yourself. But I want you to be honest with me, Althea. Am I putting you in danger with my request?”

“If you had no plan to unbind yourself, then no. I won’t be in danger.”

“However, you mentioned that this ritual is against nature.”

“All supernaturals were born against nature.

We are the result of centuries of wars and

disagreements between the gods. This magic

would not exist if it could not be used. Some

people were just abusing it.”

“Do you think I’m abusing it?”

“You’re protecting your Alpha. In the same way, I’m asking you to kill Patrea in order to free her spirits. Killing her is going against

nature. We are not the ones to decide when a

person should die or remain alive. So we’re just in the same boat.”

“Are we going to get punished?”

“The underworld would never punish you.”

“And you?”

“I’m doing it for a good purpose. I’m not binding you together, so I can kill one and, in effect, kill the other as well. If you get my

point.”

“I do. It makes me feel a bit better.”

“But you have to be ready. Because once I

bind

you, you will feel a connection within

you and the Alpha, and he might sense it.”

I hissed and smoothed my hands over my

hair.

“That’s the reason I had to do the shield

first, so whatever happens, if he stops me in the middle and throws me out, the shield is already in place.”

“Thank you… I will make sure he won’t interrupt you.”

“And there must be just two souls, not including mine, in the area where I will do the ritual. Otherwise, your life could be tied to anyone around you.”

I nodded my head. “You should eat. You need energy for tonight.”

She ignored my words and instead asked something else. “Where is Blade?”

A smile curled on my lips. “You miss him…”

“I think I overdid it this morning. He’s

probably super mad at me for being childish.

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“Don’t worry, he will get over it.”

“He was ignoring me the whole morning, and I thought I’d joke around just to get a reaction from him. And oh boy, I did get one! “Althea pouted as she crossed her arms against her chest. She looked like an eighteen -year-old having a boy problem, not the

fierce witch I met.

“If him, ignoring you, bothers you, why don’t you give him a chance?”

“He’s twelve years older than me.”

“And Alpha Stone is eight years older than me. And it’s working fine. After all, look at you. Look at the power and maturity you hold, do you think an 18-year-old guy can match up to you?”

In fact, I don’t like

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

proximity so it might be the

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates

fight it. I think he likes

think he just wants to claim me because he has been alone for a long time. And I will be just a

blinked it back and puffed her chest before walking to where I placed

her food.

gap? It’s about being the second

guess so. I don’t

told him about

“No.”

“Why not?”

I’m a whiny

are a teenager.

about it. I’ll deal with it one day. We have more important things to

can always talk about it. Just tell

will make

I just want to know if

he didn’t. He was just downstairs.

he wanted

grounds, but he refused. He stated that he will not leave you alone in the packhouse.”

pushed food into her mouth. “Would

with the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should get going or he

with her hand. “I’ll

you

before any rituals. I’ll

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

turned around

head for the

for me again.

way, I can fix your

Since I already summoned

easier to just chant everything

I have their

yourself

witch. Young and fresh. I haven’t cast many spells in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see. If I don’t have more

at her before twisting the door

last favor…”

“Sure…”

didn’t eat the food Gamma

“Sure…”

don’t tell him that I was checking

him…”

won’t!” I winked at her before I

and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

witch already extracted blood from me and

appear and

air rush out of my lungs. She said that was

with spells and enchantments, but I was sure the first part was for

she was doing

Blade, and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment she was able to push him far away, she

was not able to

break.

was just for the whole territory, why was she secluding

the

drew blood from me and Lucy and

other’s blood before she mixed

herbs and other things

before.

Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea

the candles all around us kept flickering, but they didn’t wither. Soon her chants became louder, and the air

stood still.

looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to

it tightly.

spiritus. Da mihi

ligandi. Vna vita in

corpora in uno.”

to roll as her mouth parted as if she were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as sweat formed everywhere in my body.

demon.

I tugged Lucy’s hand, pulling her body closer to mine as my arms. wrapped around her before I threw a furious glare at the witch, who was standing in the middle of her runes with her eyes

She

Latin words louder than it was paining

are you doing?!” I bellowed

witch just chanted

even glancing to

fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ligandi. Vna vita

corpora in

leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the

moving toward

widened. This is not fucking

anymore.

shaking her body, and her eyes snapped open, but they

if she were in

the fuck now! I

my body, but I just couldn’t leave her to snap the witch’s