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?”

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

“Aside from Blade.”

didn’t say

“You’re blushing.”

so it might be the only reason I’m… you know…”

“Attracted to him?”

don’t know. He irritates me.”

of the attraction. Don’t fight it. I

a long time. And I will be just a replacement.” She chewed

blinked it back and puffed her chest before walking

her food.

gap? It’s about

so. I don’t

about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

I’m a

are a

I’ll deal with it one day. We have

can always talk about

will

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

He was just downstairs. The

actually asked if he

stated that he will

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

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

her hand.

bring you

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

for me again.

the way, I can fix

Since I already

it’s easier to just

their powers around me.”

yourself

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

at her before twisting the door handle, only for her

last

“Sure…”

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

“Sure…”

don’t tell him that I was checking

him…”

winked at her before

the door and stepped

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not

blood from me and dripped it

runes appear

I felt air rush out of my lungs.

with spells and enchantments, but I was

one she was

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

that Blade was

break.

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

protected by the shield she was making?

blood from me and Lucy

a portion of each other’s blood before

things I had

before.

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi possibilem ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita in duobus, duo corpora in uno,” Althea was chanting

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

stood still.

looked pale as she kept swallowing. My hand

squeezed it tightly.

vos, fortes spiritus.

ligandi. Vna

duo corpora in uno.”

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

us. She

fucking Latin words louder than it was paining my ears already.

are you doing?!” I

fucking witch just chanted louder,

to

fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ligandi.

corpora in

small tornado of dried leaves, twigs, and dust

moving toward me and

This is not fucking

anymore.

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

she were in a

I

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