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?”

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

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t

“You’re blushing.”

any guy in close proximity so it might be the

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He

Don’t fight it. I think he likes you

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

but she blinked it back and puffed her chest

her food.

gap? It’s about

so. I don’t know.”

him about

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a

a

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

can always talk about it.

will

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

was just

actually asked if he

but he refused. He stated that he will not

a smile curl on her lips before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would you like to

“I’m eating with the Alpha. And speaking of that,

Go!” Athea giggled as she motioned with her hand. “I’ll see you later at

you dinner.”

eat before any rituals. I’ll

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“Oh, okay.”

I need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

you!” I turned around and was

head for the

for me again.

way, I can fix your necklace after the

Since I already summoned the

easier to just chant everything

I have their powers around me.”

you exhausting yourself by then?”

my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see. If I don’t have

smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

Blade eats? He didn’t eat the

“Sure…”

him that

him…”

I winked at her

the door and stepped out of the

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not right.

already extracted blood from me and dripped it

runes appear and

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

enchantments, but I was sure the first part was for the

one she was doing

ordered everyone away, even Blade, and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment she was able to push him far away, she

was not able to

break.

this was just for the whole territory, why was she

been protected by the shield

drew blood from me

of each other’s blood before she mixed

and other things I had

before.

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

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

stood still.

was standing beside me. Her face looked

squeezed it tightly.

fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ligandi.

corpora in

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

demon.

witch, who was standing

us. She was

Latin words louder than

are you doing?!” I

witch just chanted

glancing to look

vos, fortes spiritus.

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

corpora in

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise

toward me and

widened. This is not

anymore.

shaking her body, and her eyes snapped open,

were in a trance.

the fuck now! I will fucking

my body, but I just couldn’t

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