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?”

really like young guys. In

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

guy in close proximity so it might be the

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates me.”

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

don’t 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

but she blinked it back and puffed her chest before

her food.

about the age gap? It’s about being the

I don’t

about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m a

a teenager.

deal with it one day. We have

can always talk about it. Just tell me

will make

fine for now. I just want to

was just downstairs.

asked if he wanted to

stated that

she pushed food

eating with the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should get going or he might storm here again.”

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

you dinner.”

eat before any rituals. I’ll be fine.

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

Thank you!” I turned around

to head for the door when she called

for me again.

the way, I can fix your necklace after the

Since I already

easier to just chant

I have their

yourself by

lifetime, so the odds are on my side.

her before twisting the door handle, only for her

last favor…”

“Sure…”

make sure Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston bought for him this morning.”

“Sure…”

tell him that I was checking

him…”

course, I won’t!” I winked

stepped out

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not right.

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

runes appear and chanted

I felt air rush out of my lungs.

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

one she was

ordered everyone away, even Blade, and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment she

that Blade was not able

break.

territory, why was she secluding the

been protected by the shield she was making?

drew blood from me and

a portion of each other’s blood

herbs and other things I

before.

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in

candles all around us kept flickering, but they didn’t wither.

stood still.

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

it tightly.

spiritus. Da mihi

invicem ligandi.

duo corpora in

were having a hard time breathing. My heart hammered inside my chest, as

demon.

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

She was continuously

louder than it was paining my

are you

witch just chanted

even glancing to look at us.

spiritus.

invicem ligandi.

corpora in uno.”

and dust arise from the middle of her runes

toward me and Lucy.

This is

anymore.

her eyes snapped open, but they were

if she were

the fuck now! I will

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