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?”

guys. In fact, I don’t like

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

it might be

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He

of the attraction. Don’t fight it. I think he likes you too.”

has been alone for a long time. And I will be just a replacement.” She chewed her bottom

and puffed her chest before walking to

her food.

gap? It’s about

guess so. I don’t

you told him about

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m a

are a

with it one day. We have more important things to deal

can always talk about it. Just tell

I will make time.”

you, but I’m fine for now. I just want

didn’t. He was just downstairs. The

he wanted to

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

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

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

as she motioned with her hand. “I’ll see

bring you dinner.”

eat before any

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“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned around and was

the door when she

for me again.

can fix your necklace

already summoned

to just chant

their powers around me.”

exhausting yourself by

cast many spells in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see.

I smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only for

last favor…”

“Sure…”

the food Gamma Kingston bought for

“Sure…”

tell him that

him…”

I winked at

the door and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not

already extracted blood from me and dripped it on the circle,

appear and chanted

poem flew out of her mouth. And I felt air rush out of my

was not familiar with spells and enchantments, but I was sure the first

was doing was different.

everyone away, even Blade, and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment she was able to

Blade was not able to

break.

territory, why was she secluding the

been protected by the shield she was making?

from me and

portion of each other’s blood before she mixed

other things I had never seen

before.

invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea was chanting in Latin repeatedly.

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

stood still.

Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to grab hers, and

it

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ligandi.

corpora in

hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as sweat formed everywhere in my body. Something was happening

demon.

furious glare at the witch, who was standing in

She

words louder than it was paining

the fuck are you doing?!”

the fucking witch just chanted

glancing to look at us.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

invicem ligandi. Vna

corpora

dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the

moving toward me

widened. This is not fucking

anymore.

her eyes

she were in

now! I will fucking kill

surging in my body, but I just

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