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 fact, I don’t like

“Aside from Blade.”

I didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

so it might be the

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He

it.

for a long time. And I will be just a replacement.”

her chest before

her food.

the age gap? It’s

I don’t

him about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

I’m a

a

about it. I’ll deal with it one day. We have more

about it.

will make time.”

now. I just want

he didn’t. He was just downstairs.

asked if he

stated that he will not leave you

curl on her lips before she pushed

speaking of that, I should get going

Go!” Athea giggled as she motioned with her hand.

you dinner.”

eat before any rituals. I’ll

TT

“Oh, okay.”

need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned around

head for the

for me again.

fix your

Since I already summoned

easier to just

have their powers around me.”

exhausting yourself by then?”

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 tonight

good.” I smiled at her before twisting the door handle,

last favor…”

“Sure…”

eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston

“Sure…”

that I was checking on

him…”

won’t!” I winked at her

the door and stepped out of

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

blood from me and dripped it on the

runes appear and

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

spells and enchantments, but I was

this one she was doing was

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

barrier that Blade was

break.

this was just for the whole territory, why was she secluding the people that

protected by the

drew blood from

other’s blood before she mixed them into a

herbs and other things I had never

before.

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

they didn’t wither.

stood still.

face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went

squeezed it tightly.

spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi. Vna

corpora

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

demon.

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

She was

the fucking Latin words louder than it was paining my ears

are you doing?!” I

fucking witch

to look at

fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora in

of dried leaves, twigs, and dust

was moving toward

This is not fucking right

anymore.

was shaking her body, and her eyes snapped

if she were in

now! I

my body, but I just couldn’t leave her to

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