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?”

guys. In fact, I don’t like

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

close proximity so it might be

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates me.”

Don’t fight it. I think he likes

claim me because he has been alone for a

but she blinked it back and puffed her chest before walking to where I placed

her food.

about the age gap? It’s about being the

guess so. I

told him about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m

a

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

talk about it.

will

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

didn’t. He was just

actually asked if he wanted

the training grounds, but he refused. He stated that he will

lips before she pushed

eating with the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should

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

bring you

don’t eat before any

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“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned around and

head for the door

for me again.

can fix your necklace after

I already

to just chant everything

I have their powers around

yourself by then?”

new witch. Young and fresh. I haven’t cast many spells in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But

good.” I smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only for her to call

one last

“Sure…”

you make sure Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food

“Sure…”

that I was checking

him…”

I won’t!” I winked at her

stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

already extracted blood from me and dripped it on

appear and chanted

I felt air rush out of

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

was doing was different.

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

Blade was not able to

break.

why was she secluding the people that should

the

then drew blood from me and

blood before she mixed them into

other things

before.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi possibilem ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus,

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

stood still.

was standing beside me. Her face looked pale

it

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora

her mouth parted as if she were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as sweat formed everywhere in my body. Something

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

She was

than it

are you

fucking witch just chanted

glancing to look

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

duo corpora in

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the middle of her runes

was moving toward me and

is not fucking

anymore.

her body, and her eyes snapped open, but they were

were in

fuck now! I

but I just couldn’t leave her