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

Chapter 71

071 – Future Ruler of Kalmerus

LUCIUS.

I transported us to Lucija’s chamber, and I helped her put Stone in her bed. I knew she had many questions, but at the moment, she wasn’t asking any. She was busy attending to her mate and it was to my advantage. I didn’t want to tell her

anything more at the moment than what

she needed to know.

“I have to go now. I have other things to do,” I told her after a while of watching her clean up Stone’s body.

He looked like he was fucking dead to me, but his chest was moving, which meant he was still alive.

“But… what if I need you?” Lucija stood up from the bed and faced me.

“Then reach out to me. I won’t block my

mind.”

“Do you think Lucien will come back

soon?”

“I don’t think so. He wants to find the witch, so I’m sure he will search the whole North for her.”

“Will you let me know if he returns?”

“Of course. But what are your plans? Will

you return Stone to his cell?”

“No. Definitely not. I just want to be prepared when he comes back because

I’m sure he will raise hell if he finds out I took him out of the dungeons.”

“Raise hell? You’re already in hell.” I chuckled before I let out a deep sigh, and my expression turned serious. “Lucija, you need to control your fire. If you snap and your fire comes out, you can burn the

whole place. And it won’t kill Lucien, me, or any other demons, but I am sure it will affect the man there, and it will backfire

on you.”

She nodded her head, but I wanted to make sure she understood the severity of letting out fire uncontrolled.

“If I’m not around to remind you, you need to remind yourself to calm down. You have a wolf, right?”

She nodded her head.

“Make her useful. Tell her to remind you so she has some use here and not just resting there in your head.”

Lucija’s mouth twitched as her eyes dilated, but it was just for a few seconds. Her wolf was trying to surface, which impressed me because, despite the enchantment around the tower, she was able to show me a glimpse of her through

Lucija’s eyes.

I chuckled as I pointed at her. “I made

your wolf angry. Remind me to stay away once you can shift.”

“My wolf is not useless.” She glared at me.

“Whatever,” I said before turning around and disappearing from her room without saying anything else.

I transported my body on the stairs going up to my room. I could have gone directly inside my chamber, but I wanted time to think, and walking helped.

My mind had been racing for the past few days. I literally had no idea what my next

move would be. There were many

speculations in my head, and I didn’t

know what to believe anymore.

But one thing I knew for sure: I needed

Lucija on my side.

I might be older than her, but I knew she had a power far greater than mine. How did I find out? I wasn’t born yesterday. If you’d been living around my father,

Lucien, for decades, you would get to know him inside and out.

He had never behaved strangely until Lucija moved in with us.

I had always known that by the time he retired as the ruler of Kalmerus,

Guillermo was most likely to take over. Guillermo was three centuries older than

me, and Lucien had always favored him over everyone else, including me.

Of course, why would he choose me? I

was nothing. My mother was a she- demon slave. She left me at the gates of the tower on the very same day that I was

born and never came back. I didn’t even

know her name. Lucien was responsible

enough to take me in but other than that, I didn’t receive any personal attention.

from him.

He probably didn’t know how to raise his

own son.

Almost all my brothers were brought up

by their mothers and were only

summoned by Lucien the moment they

turned fifteen. Some of them stayed in

the tower with us, but the moment they came of age at eighteen, they moved away

and made a life of their own.

moved out and had my own

came back here

had come back and made

clear

Not that it bothered Father at all. We all knew he had his eyes set on Guillermo.

stop us from still wanting

was already a

I didn’t need

them as many as

I could.

how many

in my hands, I couldn’t count anymore. I couldn’t

names.

didn’t regret any of the killings.

The

Guillermo because

I waited patiently until it

longer the apple of

the moment that Lucien

had a daughter. I thought his

with her bordered on the

only rose among throngs of thorns. But as the years went by, I

more than the fascination of having a daughter.

father was never hands-on with me or cared about my existence, he did provide me with everything I

Something he

but never on how to discover other powers within her. She was never taught to explore

matter how many

father kept refusing. He didn’t want her to

her to be

going on, and Father wasn’t telling anyone. So I made my own move and tried to find the answer. Until it

fell on me.

Cordelia, the right

immortal

could see the

remember

needed someone to be

had her readings.

knew everything.

SO

I never had

I succeeded when no one

the next thing I knew, I was

her and extracting

information from her.

next ruler

male or a female, but the ruler would be stronger

one way. If Father died, the prophesied

thought

Lucien’s heir than

two

Guillermo and Lucija.

his life. In fact, I haven’t seen him in the last decade. He had probably visited the tower once or twice, but never as often as in previous decades when

had shifted

was not one of the sons, but

been an easy act. She was only eleven at

world.

never fight back. She was

be an easy kill,

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

– 11 years

had left me in the big hall to fuck a female he brought home while I downed the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers had left and

tonight.

fuck as well. Lust might be in

I never forced any

to have sex with

being treated like a god in

who were lusting over

never ran out of them, so I had

in

him.

I would rather be

on my next move to secure

crown.

A small, but clear girl’s

I knew who

Lucija.

and flashed her

girl I was hoping

was pressing herself

the entryway pillar as if she

My name is Lucius.”

my hand and asked

did, but she sat

adjacent to where I was standing.

introduced her to us, but we never really spoke to each other.

Lucy,” she stated as she

her eyes looking directly at

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I am?”

nodded my head as I sipped my drink without taking my

I can

11

if I know, I will tell you?” I chuckled in surprise at her

her head.

you

others.

at

never smiled

them.”

didn’t smile at you too… But you smiled at me,” she replied in a very

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