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?”

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

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

so it

“Attracted to him?”

He

it. I

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

it back and puffed her

her food.

the age gap? It’s about being the second one…”

I don’t know.”

him about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m a

are a

one day. We have more important things to deal

can always talk about it. Just

I will make

just want

didn’t. He was

he wanted to

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

curl on her lips before she pushed food into her

“I’m eating with the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should get going or he might storm here again.”

motioned with her hand. “I’ll

bring you dinner.”

don’t eat before any rituals. I’ll be

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

turned

for the

for me again.

way, I can fix your necklace after the

Since I already summoned

to just chant everything

their powers

yourself by

a new 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 energy

smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only for her to call me again.

one last

“Sure…”

the food Gamma Kingston bought for him this

“Sure…”

that I was

him…”

winked at her before I

and stepped out

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not right.

me and dripped it on the circle, where

runes appear and

I felt air rush out

spells and enchantments, but I was

she was

the moment she was able to push him far away, she built

was not

break.

this was just for the whole territory, why was she

been protected by the shield

drew blood from me and

us drink a portion of each other’s blood before

herbs and other things I

before.

invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora

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

stood still.

who was standing beside me. Her face looked pale

it tightly.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ad invicem ligandi. Vna

corpora

eyes started to roll as her mouth parted as if she were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my

demon.

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

us. She was continuously

the fucking Latin words louder than it was paining my ears

are you doing?!”

the fucking witch just chanted louder,

glancing to look

fortes spiritus. Da

invicem ligandi. Vna vita

corpora in uno.”

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust

moving toward me

eyes widened. This is not fucking right

anymore.

Lucy!” I was shaking her body, and her eyes snapped open, but they

she were in a trance.

fuck now! I will fucking

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