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 anyone.

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

it might be the only reason

“Attracted to him?”

He

Don’t fight it. I think he

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

back and puffed her chest before walking to

her food.

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

guess so. I don’t know.”

told him about how you feel?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a

a teenager.

with it one day. We have more important things

always talk about it. Just tell me

will

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

he didn’t. He was just

actually asked if he wanted to

he refused. He stated that he will not leave

saw a smile curl on her lips before she pushed food into her

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

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

you

eat before any

TT

“Oh, okay.”

need

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

you!” I turned

to head for the

for me again.

can fix your necklace after

I already summoned the

easier to just chant everything

have their powers around

exhausting yourself by

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 then we’ll do it

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

last

“Sure…”

He didn’t eat the food Gamma

“Sure…”

him that I was checking

him…”

I winked at her before I

and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not right.

blood from me and dripped it on the circle, where she

made runes appear and

felt air rush out of my lungs. She said that was the

but I was sure the first part was for

one she was doing was different.

but the moment

Blade was not

break.

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

the shield she

then drew blood from me and Lucy

portion of each other’s blood before she mixed them into

things I

before.

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

flickering, but they didn’t wither. Soon her chants became

stood still.

face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to grab

squeezed it tightly.

spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora in

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

demon.

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 arms wide open,

She was continuously

fucking Latin words louder than it was

fuck are you

witch just chanted

glancing to

fortes spiritus.

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora in uno.”

of dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise from

toward

widened. This is not fucking right

anymore.

and her

were in a

now! I

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