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 the only

“Attracted to him?”

He irritates

of the attraction. Don’t fight it. I 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

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

her food.

it’s not about the age gap? It’s

I don’t

you told him about how

“No.”

“Why not?”

think I’m a

are a teenager.

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

talk about it. Just

will

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

was just

asked if he wanted to join

training grounds, but he refused. He stated that

curl on her lips before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would you like to eat?”

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

hand. “I’ll see

bring you

don’t eat before any rituals. I’ll be fine.

TT

“Oh, okay.”

I need food

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

you!” I turned around and was

head for the door

for me again.

can fix your necklace after the

I already summoned

to just chant everything

I have their powers around me.”

you exhausting yourself by then?”

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

twisting the door handle,

one last favor…”

“Sure…”

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

“Sure…”

that I

him…”

won’t!” I winked at her before I

door and stepped out of the

room.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

was not

from me and

made runes appear and chanted

I felt air rush out of my lungs. She said that was the

not familiar with spells and enchantments, but I was

she was doing

and Blade didn’t like it, but the moment she was able to push him

was not

break.

territory, why was she secluding the people

protected by the shield

drew blood from me

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

things I had

before.

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

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

stood still.

face looked pale

squeezed it

vos, fortes spiritus. Da mihi

ligandi.

duo corpora in uno.”

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 was

demon.

her before I threw a furious glare at the witch, who was standing in the middle of her runes with

us. She was continuously

than

fuck are you doing?!”

witch just chanted

even glancing to look

vos, fortes spiritus. Da

ad invicem ligandi. Vna vita

corpora in uno.”

and dust arise from the middle of her runes

moving toward me and Lucy.

widened. This is not fucking

anymore.

and her eyes snapped

she were in a

now! I will

I just couldn’t leave her to snap the