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?”

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

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

any guy in close proximity so it might be the only

“Attracted to him?”

He irritates me.”

of the attraction. Don’t fight it.

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

puffed her chest before walking to

her food.

the age gap? It’s

guess so. I

about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

he’ll think I’m a

are a

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

can always talk about it. Just tell me

I will make

but 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 to join

but he refused. He stated that

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

the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should get going or he might storm

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

bring you dinner.”

before any rituals. I’ll be

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

I turned

the door

for me again.

I can fix your necklace after the

already summoned the

to just chant

their powers

yourself

so the odds are on my side. But

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

one last

“Sure…”

Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston bought for him this

“Sure…”

that I

him…”

course, I won’t!” I winked at her before

the door and stepped out

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

not

and dripped it on the circle, where she

made runes appear and

song or poem flew out of her mouth. And I felt air rush out of my lungs. She

and enchantments, but I was sure the first part

she was

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.

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

by the shield she was making?

then drew blood from me and Lucy

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

and other things I had

before.

Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora

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

stood still.

was standing beside me. Her face looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand went to grab hers, and

it

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ad invicem ligandi. Vna

corpora in

she were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside

demon.

eyes dilated as I tugged 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 arms wide open, her hair raising as if there was wind around, but only still

She was continuously

the fucking Latin words louder than it

the fuck are you doing?!”

fucking witch just chanted louder,

even glancing to

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

invicem ligandi. Vna vita in

corpora

and dust arise from the middle of her runes

moving toward

eyes widened. This is not

anymore.

and her

she were in a

now! I will fucking kill

but I just couldn’t leave her to snap the