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

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t

“You’re blushing.”

proximity so it

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates me.”

the attraction. Don’t fight it. I think he likes you

because he has been alone for a long time. And I will be just a replacement.” She chewed her bottom

back and puffed her chest

her food.

the age gap? It’s about being the second

so. I don’t

about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

I’m a

a teenager.

deal with it one day.

about

I will

just want to

didn’t. He was just downstairs. The

if he wanted

He stated that

saw a smile curl on her lips before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would

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

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

you

eat before any

TT

“Oh, okay.”

need

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned

to head for the door

for me again.

fix your necklace after the

already summoned

easier to just

I have their

exhausting yourself by then?”

cast many spells in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see.

twisting the door handle, only for her to call

last favor…”

“Sure…”

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

“Sure…”

don’t tell him that I was checking

him…”

I won’t!” I winked at her before I

and stepped out of the

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

from me and dripped it

appear

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

with spells and enchantments, but I was sure the

this one she was doing was

it, but the moment she was able to

barrier that Blade was not able

break.

why was

protected by the

from me

drink a portion of each other’s blood before

herbs and other things I had never

before.

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in

but they didn’t wither.

stood still.

me. Her face looked pale as

it

spiritus.

invicem ligandi.

corpora in uno.”

if she were having a hard time breathing. My heart

demon.

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, her hair raising as if there was wind around, but

us. She was

the fucking Latin words louder than it was paining my ears

you doing?!” I

the fucking witch just

to look

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ligandi. Vna

duo corpora in

leaves, twigs, and dust arise from the

toward me

This is not fucking

anymore.

I was shaking her body, and her eyes

if she were in

the fuck now! I will

just couldn’t leave her to snap the witch’s neck.

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