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?”

young guys. In fact, I don’t like

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

it might be the only reason

“Attracted to him?”

know. He irritates me.”

fight it.

don’t 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 replacement.” She chewed her bottom lip as her eyes

her chest

her food.

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

I don’t know.”

you told him about

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m a

a teenager.

deal with it one day. We have more important things to

about it. Just

I will make time.”

for now. I just want to know if

didn’t. He was

asked if he wanted to join

but he refused. He stated that he will not leave you

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

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

she motioned with her hand. “I’ll see

bring you

before any

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“Oh, okay.”

need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned around and

for the door

for me again.

fix your necklace after the

Since I already summoned the

it’s easier to just

I have their powers around

exhausting yourself

so the odds are on my side. But we will see. If

at her before twisting the door handle, only for

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

He didn’t eat the food Gamma

“Sure…”

him that I was

him…”

course, I won’t!” I winked

the door and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not right.

already extracted blood from me and dripped it

runes appear and

poem flew out of her mouth. And I felt air rush out of my lungs. She said that was the

with spells and enchantments, but I was sure the first part was for the

was doing

ordered everyone away, even Blade, and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment

was not able to

break.

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

protected by the shield she

blood from me and

us drink a portion of each other’s blood before she

and other things I had never

before.

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

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

stood still.

Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went

it

spiritus. Da

ligandi. Vna

corpora in

hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as sweat formed everywhere in my body.

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

She

than it was paining my ears already.

fuck are you

the fucking witch

to

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in

corpora in

twigs, and dust arise from the

toward me

This is not fucking right

anymore.

her eyes

were in

the fuck now! I will fucking kill you!”

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