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?”

really like young guys. In fact, I don’t

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t

“You’re blushing.”

in close proximity so it might be the only reason I’m… you

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates

of the attraction. Don’t fight it.

don’t think so. I think he just wants to claim me because he has been alone for a long time. And

her chest before

her food.

about the age gap? It’s about

guess so. I

you told him about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

I’m

are a teenager.

with it one day. We have more important

about

I will make time.”

now. I just want to know if

He was just downstairs.

if he wanted to

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

before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would you like to eat?”

of that, I should get going or he might storm here again.”

Go!” Athea giggled as she motioned with her hand. “I’ll see you later at seven in

bring you

I don’t eat before any rituals. I’ll

TT

“Oh, okay.”

need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

turned

for the door when she

for me again.

fix

I already

to just chant everything

I have their powers around me.”

exhausting yourself

my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see. If I don’t have

I smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only

last favor…”

“Sure…”

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

“Sure…”

tell him that

him…”

I winked at her before

the door and stepped out

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not right.

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

runes appear

mouth. And I felt air rush out of my lungs. She said that

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

she was doing was different.

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

Blade was not able

break.

the whole territory, why was she secluding

been protected by the

then drew blood from

portion of each other’s blood before she mixed them into a bottle

other things I

before.

mihi possibilem ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea

didn’t wither. Soon her chants became louder, and the air

stood still.

beside me. Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to grab

squeezed it tightly.

spiritus. Da mihi

invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora in uno.”

My heart hammered inside my chest, as sweat formed everywhere in my body. Something was happening to my little

demon.

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 closed and arms

us. She was

fucking Latin words louder than it was paining

you doing?!” I

fucking witch just chanted louder,

glancing to

fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi.

corpora

leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the middle of

was moving toward me and

widened. This is not fucking

anymore.

shaking her body, and her eyes

if she were in

the fuck now! I

just couldn’t leave her to snap the witch’s