BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

057 – Blade

GAMMA KINGSTON.

I knew something was off when the witch raised an invisible barrier that prohibited us from entering the ruin where she was performing her rituals. And I couldn’t even mindlink my Alpha, but I tried to keep calm. Maybe I was just not familiar with witches and their spells. If my Alpha trusted her, then I should too.

But the moment Alpha Stone flinched from his position and anger flashed in his eyes, I knew something went wrong. The Alpha didn’t like what was going on. I began to slam my body against the shield, and soon Blade and the other warriors with us were doing the same thing.

We all looked like fucking lunatics trying to crush an invisible wall we couldn’t even see.

But nothing we did could shatter it. It was too strong, and even if we all slammed our

bodies on it at the same time, it didn’t break.

“Put the fucking shield down!” Blade was roaring, shaking the ground as he kept pounding his fists against the barrier while his eyes were fixated on the witch, who I didn’t notice until now. Her body was convulsing as blood trickled down her nose.

“What the fuck is happening?” I growled, and the warriors around me were expressing

the same sentiments.

If Alpha Stone’s reaction earlier bothered

me, it was nothing compared to what I was feeling at the moment. My eyes widened as my jaw dropped open the moment I saw fire engulf the Alpha and Lucy. I was fucking terrified they would burn and that it was a message that hell was coming.

‘Collin, Alpha Audrius!’ I sent a mindlink to the two men who were left at the packhouse. ‘Issue a high alert on all borders and double the number of patrollers around unmanned territory borders. Lucy let out a fire.’

I went straight to the point. We already discussed previously that ‘Lucy let out a fire’ or something similar only meant one thing: Lucien might show up anytime now.

‘Is the shield up?’ Alpha Audrius asked, and I

didn’t know what to say.

‘I had no idea, we are unable to talk to the witch right now. I guess we will find out

soon.’

‘Then let’s move as if the shield does not

exist. Where is Adan?’

‘With Lucy.’ How could I tell them the Alpha was burning? Fuck!

‘Okay. Keep communication open.’ Alpha

Audrius stated.

‘Noted, Alpha.’ Both Collin and I answered in

unison before the link closed.

My eyes darted back to the Alpha at the exact

moment I felt like water was splashing out as the shield shattered and just disappeared. I didn’t waste any time and rushed to where

Adan and Lucy were.

“Tell Lucy to take out the fire!” I yelled to the Alpha, as I took off my shirt and tried to put out the fire on their bodies using my shirt, but it was useless.

“I’ve been trying to!” Adan snapped at me, and it was only then that I realized he was still standing still with Lucy in his arms as if the fire wasn’t burning him.

I moved my hand closer to the fire, only to pull it back in an instant. “The fuck!” It was fucking hot, but how was Adan still standing and not burning?

“Lucy… baby. Your fire hurt Kingston.” Adan was talking to her in a voice totally different from the way he snapped at me, but it

worked.

Soon, the fire was gone. Lucy and Adan were right in front of me without any burns or damage, as if the fire earlier was just a

figment of my imagination.

♡♡♡

BLADE.

I came with them to the ruin with no

Althea would decide to go back to the mountains, and

out of here before the full

of annoyance, I might end up doing that if someone else other

satiate her heat.

not sure if witches would emit a

during their heat.

sure she

into heat.

heat scent came around? Adan

checking her out, she might give in and spend

thought alone was making

she never wanted me.

she came, I couldn’t care less if no one found me attractive. I lost my

years ago and had learned to shut

any emotions.

females, no pains.

that. But then the Goddess knew how to torture

She sent me a new mate, someone

fire within me, but the fucking thing was, she sent someone

could a young, free-spirited female end

what will I do with a pup? Was she meant to be my mate or my child?

times I told myself I would reject

kept pulling me back

not leaving

my arms against my chest

my spot as I looked

sure she was just within reach

will. I don’t need another

except for Alpha Stone and Lucy. “Her hand went to

sparks? Because I did,

felt it, and I had forgotten how it felt. But instead of my previous mate, it was Althea wrapped

wrong thing? Shouldn’t I be honoring the memory of my mate? Was this my fault because I no longer spent my nights thinking of her? Althea had

soul,”

real emotions that

had given me.

she feigned a laugh

me. “Please, Blade.

to get started as soon as possible while the spirits are still within me, or it will take too much of my energy

desperate, and something in her eyes was

this time.

can’t back

in a low voice before turning

on her and walking

foot stepped into the

and I

I turned

what was happening.

it, the little witch

barrier separating us from her. I growled as I slammed

and

just placed a finger against her lips, silencing me. And I

think of the many things I could

Fuck!

at a safe distance behind Kingston and

would take a while before

would calm down.

if Althea was doing this on purpose because her every move felt like she was seducing me, only to leave me hanging like a fucking teenager with a

I was too old for this. I shouldn’t be letting an

ceremony, and everything was ordinary until I noticed a slight shake coming off her hands. The first ritual didn’t shake any part of her body. Was it really

of this?

darted to Stone and he looked like he

looked like

convulsing.

the fuck was

my chest as my

Stone

gaze

did I realize I couldn’t actually hear anything that was happening on the