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

069 – Lucien & Patrea

LUCIEN.

I didn’t find the witch. And I couldn’t

force Stone’s pack members to reveal her

whereabouts.

Hades had called for me and asked for an explanation of what happened the night that I took Lucija home. Lucius

accidentally summoned his name, but he just ignored it. By the time he realized it was a royal son who mentioned his name, the only thing he saw was when Lucija took my hand. 3

But he heard me swear to her that I would

never touch Stone’s pack. So even if I

wanted to crush them and force the

witch’s name out of their mouths, I knew Hades was watching and just waiting for me to make one more mistake. I could feel he didn’t like me at all, especially

after that close encounter with him when

Lucija’s mother was in my chambers.

more than two decades ago.

I always had to watch my back. I felt like a fucking dog being watched all the time, and I didn’t like it. But I didn’t have a

choice. I wanted to gain his favor even if I

hated him.

Despite being the being god of the underworld, Hades always had a soft spot for females, something I couldn’t understand. He was supposed to be the toughest of all the gods, but he was bowing down to females.

I pushed any thoughts of Hades aside for the moment as I made my way inside Patrea’s cottage. I reached the door to her bedroom and forced it open, breaking the

door from its hinges and making the witch jolt from her bed.

She was sleeping, and I just woke her up.

A crooked smile was plastered on my face. as my gaze wandered over the flawless

skin of her neck and shoulders while she

clutched her sheets tighter around her body.

“Oh, come on, Lucien! I’d been asking you for privacy for many decades now,

and up until now, you didn’t have the decency to knock.”

“I would have transported my body here if you hadn’t cast a spell in your cottage. Barging in is the next best option.”

“What do you want now?” Her eyes darkened, and I knew I had annoyed her

again like I’d been doing for the last three

decades.

Patrea caught my eye because she was beautiful. I thought I outsmarted her when I brought her here, but the witch. was cunning and cast a spell on herself so

I would not be able to fuck her.

Despite lusting after her, she was the only

female I couldn’t touch in this realm. If I

pushed myself on her, her body would

deteriorate and she would die –

something she would rather be than have

sex with me.

So I just watched her from a distance, and

from time to time I would give in and

touch her, but I couldn’t fuck her. Until I

finally gave up because it just led to more

frustration. She was the only female I

could never have. I could have killed her,

but I needed her alive rather than dead.

“Are you just going to stare there, or will you talk?” She rolled her eyes before she continued. “Can you leave my room and

let me dress up, I will meet you in the

kitchen.”

“I’ve seen everything in your body, Patrea. What’s the point of having privacy?”

“Oh, yes, I forgot.” She shoved her blanket off her body and got up from her bed. “You’ve seen everything.

for you, you

eyes swirled with desire at the sight of her in her simple nightgown. The way her hips

my lust. It wasn’t even skimpy or

smiled mockingly at me before she held the hem of her nightgown and pulled it off her body, giving me

hissed in annoyance before turning my back on her and walking out of

frustrating the hell out of me. I swear to the fucking Hades that once I didn’t need her anymore, I would fuck the life out of her and just let her die just

fill of her.

is Lucija?’ I

to come down

in

instead of answering.

is

sleeping. I

‘And Stone?’

in the dungeons. Did you find the

witch is no longer at the Mystic

Pack.’

someone from Stone’s

now I feel like he’s watching me the

me, Father. If you

me. I’ll find the

I don’t

hurt bad.’

fuck off and check Lucija.

she doesn’t

can figure out how to

them.’

Stone dead? Just send him back to his realm, and prohibit Lucija from traveling outside

peasy.’ 1

you aware that Lucija is special and not someone you

to do. No matter what

her, she can always find

to go

know it. Because you fucking

know about how useless I am

to her, every fucking

don’t get dirty on me.

to follow my order and

you can leave

I won’t

just saying, I am the one loyal to you, and yet Lucija and Guillermo

getting

you need to prove yourself to get the favors

all!’ He snapped, and I

off not that it bothered me.

She had already proven her worth

could say more.

between me and Lucius had been going on for years,

Lucija nce she was six years old, and I could el the power within her the only ing that could

only

Guillermo, ne of my firstborns, would be the one to ake over my throne once I ascended to Hades’ throne, or at least be

land.

that, as did the other spawns I

bother me. It didn’t matter who would take over

as I got the throne of Hades

out of me, so I reached out

and asked for the future

Kalmerus.

take over as the new ruler was the only one who could destroy me. Someone whose power was greater than

power was.

that day to find answers for the future of Kalmerus, but I could never tell them that, in fear, they would all conspire and try to kill me if they found out, one of them was

I told them a lie, stating that the next ruler would be able to mark his

royal demon venom without killing their mate. Up to this point, none of my sons had been

their venom.

drink blood from our

deeper, it could lead

demise.

of the she-demons around

a demon royal, making it impossible for my sons to bring home a marked female. It gave me more time to put my plan into motion.

the beginning, I thought

could be the next ruler

a

me immobile when she yelled at me not to come near her when I planned to take her

thought her begging was the one that made me leave Lucija

was showing a tough facade in front of my daughter, I

her limits, because she might discover she had power

than mine.

warned me that destroying the chosen one would also destroy me.

patiently for her to turn 18 so we could bind our lives together under the pretext that I wanted to rinse her off of her werewolf blood, but she ran away, and now I am facing a bigger problem.

I bind us when she was

a werewolf?

chair scraping the floor snapped me out

She inquired, scowling as she

the only

or late in this

for all of us.” I chuckled and

head.

world. Now can we get

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