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?”

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

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

never had any guy in close proximity so it might be

“Attracted to him?”

He irritates me.”

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

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

it back and puffed her chest before walking

her food.

it’s not about the age gap? It’s about

I

you told him about how you

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a whiny teenager.”

are a

one day. We have more important things

about it. Just tell me

will make time.”

I just

he didn’t. He was

asked if he

that he will not leave you alone in the packhouse.”

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

Alpha. And speaking of

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

you dinner.”

don’t eat before any rituals. I’ll

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

I turned around and was

for the door when she called

for me again.

the way, I can fix your necklace after

already summoned the

it’s easier to just

have their powers around me.”

yourself by then?”

in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we

twisting the door handle, only for her to call me

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

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

“Sure…”

tell him that I was checking

him…”

I won’t!” I winked at

the door and stepped out of the

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not right.

witch already extracted blood from me and dripped it on

appear

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

enchantments, but I was sure the

was

didn’t like it, but the moment

Blade was

break.

territory, why was she secluding the people that

by the

then drew blood from me and Lucy and

a portion of each other’s blood before she

herbs and other things I had

before.

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

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

stood still.

Lucy who was standing beside me. Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to grab hers,

squeezed it tightly.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ligandi.

corpora in uno.”

mouth parted as if she were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as

demon.

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 wide open, her hair raising as if there was wind around, but only still air

She

Latin words louder than it was

you

witch

to

vos, fortes spiritus.

ligandi. Vna vita

corpora in uno.”

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust

moving toward me

eyes widened. This is

anymore.

body, and her eyes snapped open, but they were glassy

were in a

I

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

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