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?”

In

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t

“You’re blushing.”

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

“Attracted to him?”

know. He

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

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

back and puffed her chest before walking to where I

her food.

not about the age gap? It’s about being the second

so. I don’t know.”

him about how you

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a

are a

it one day. We have more important things to deal

always talk about

will

for now. I just want to know if he left the territory.”

was

asked if he wanted to join

that he

saw a smile curl on her lips before she pushed food

And speaking of that, I

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

bring you dinner.”

don’t eat before any rituals.

TT

“Oh, okay.”

need

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

turned around and was

the door when

for me again.

I can fix your necklace

already summoned the

easier to just

have their powers

you exhausting yourself by then?”

my side. But

I smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston

“Sure…”

don’t tell him that I was checking on

him…”

won’t!” I winked at her before

and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

witch already extracted blood from me and dripped

made runes appear and

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

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

was doing was

didn’t like it, but the

barrier that Blade was not able

break.

whole territory, why was she secluding the people that

protected by the shield she

from me and

each other’s blood before she mixed them into

and other things I

before.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi possibilem ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea was chanting in Latin

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

stood still.

to Lucy who was standing beside me. Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing.

it tightly.

spiritus.

invicem ligandi.

corpora in uno.”

My heart hammered

demon.

eyes dilated as I tugged 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

She was

than it was paining

fuck are you doing?!”

the fucking witch just

glancing to look at us.

spiritus.

invicem ligandi.

duo corpora

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise

toward me and Lucy.

is

anymore.

her eyes snapped open,

were in a

fuck now! I

I just couldn’t leave her to snap the witch’s neck.

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