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.

out and had my own

I came back here most of the time.

some of my brothers had come back and made their

clear

Not that it bothered Father at all. We all

us from still wanting

was already

didn’t need

eliminated some of them as

I could.

how many of

my hands, I couldn’t count anymore. I couldn’t even remember

names.

any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise, I would not be

The only one

Guillermo because

But I waited

apple of his

that Lucien

daughter.

bordered on the fact

she was his only rose among throngs of thorns. But

the fascination

me or cared about my existence,

Something he

never on how to discover other powers

no matter how many times Gargon,

fire master, requested to upgrade her training, my father kept refusing. He didn’t

to

on, and Father wasn’t telling anyone. So I made my own move and tried to find

fell on me.

the right hand of

was the immortal seer of the

could see

couldn’t remember it

someone to

had her readings.

knew

SO

I never had any problem making

I succeeded when no one

thing I knew, I

her

information from her.

next ruler of

a male or a female, but the ruler would be stronger than my father. And killing him or her would

it was only one way. If Father died, the prophesied ruler would still survive.

thought it would be

kill Lucien’s heir than

only had two targets in mind.

Guillermo and Lucija.

then I began noticing Guillermo’s absence in 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 Father would always summon him to come to

had shifted

not one of the sons, but his

Lucija would have been an easy act. She was only eleven at that time and knew nothing about power or the

world.

fight

an easy

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

years old

whisky in my glass.

tonight.

one to fuck as well. Lust might be

unlike Father, I never forced

sex

treated like a god in bed, so I would definitely go

were lusting over me.

never ran out of

pleasure in taking females who refused to

him.

I would rather be alone in

my next move to secure the

crown.

A small, but clear girl’s voice.

and I knew who

Lucija.

turned around and flashed her

girl I

She was pressing

if she wanted to get lost

little one. My name is Lucius.”

my hand and asked her

she did, but she sat

Victorian couch adjacent to where

her on many occasions, and Father had introduced her to us, but

she stated as she sat

straight, her eyes

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

who

sipped my

a way I can get out

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tell you?” I chuckled in

nodded her

made you

the others.

smiled at me.”

because you never

them.”

smile at you too… But you smiled at me,” she

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