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

Chapter 56

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?”

like young guys. In

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

never had any guy in close proximity so it might be the only reason I’m… you know…”

“Attracted to him?”

know. He

part of the attraction. Don’t fight it. I think he

wants to claim me because he has been alone for a long time. And I will be just a replacement.” She chewed her bottom

her chest before walking to where I placed

her food.

age gap?

I

about

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a

are a teenager.

it one day. We have more important things to deal

talk about it. Just tell me

will

but I’m fine for now. I just want to know if he left

didn’t. He was just downstairs.

asked if he wanted

grounds, but he refused. He stated that he will not leave

on her lips before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would you like

speaking of

motioned with her hand. “I’ll see you later at seven in the

bring you

any rituals. I’ll be fine.

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

you!” I turned around and was

the door when she

for me again.

way, I can fix your

I already

easier to just chant

their

exhausting yourself by then?”

odds are on my side. But we will see. If I don’t

the door handle, only for her to call

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

make sure Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston bought for him this

“Sure…”

him that I was checking

him…”

winked at her before

stepped out of the

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not right.

and dripped it on the

made runes appear and

air rush out of

I

she was doing

didn’t like it, but the moment she was able to push

Blade was not able to

break.

territory, why was she secluding the people that should

by the shield she

blood from me and

other’s blood before she

other things I had never

before.

vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea

us kept flickering, but they didn’t wither. Soon

stood still.

who was standing beside me. Her face looked pale

squeezed it

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi

invicem ligandi.

corpora

time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest,

demon.

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 closed and

She was

words louder than it was paining

fuck are you doing?!” I bellowed

fucking witch just chanted louder,

even glancing to look at us.

spiritus.

ligandi. Vna vita in

corpora in uno.”

a small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the

was moving toward me

eyes widened. This is not fucking

anymore.

was shaking her body, and her

she were in

now! I will fucking kill you!”

in my body, but I just couldn’t

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