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.

and had my

here

my brothers had come back

clear

wanted our father’s crown. Not that it bothered Father at all. We all knew he had his eyes

it did not stop us from

already

to beat. I didn’t

of them as many

I could.

you asked me how

I couldn’t count anymore.

names.

no. I didn’t regret any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise, I would

to kill them. The only

because I knew my

I waited patiently until it dawned on

the apple

the moment that Lucien

daughter.

her bordered on the fact

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

was something more than the fascination of having a daughter.

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

be stronger. Something he never

how to discover other

no matter how many times

training, my father kept

her to be stronger.

was going on, and Father wasn’t telling anyone. So I made my own

fell on me.

met Cordelia, the right hand

was the immortal

She could see

couldn’t remember it afterward,

needed someone to be with her

had her

knew

SO

Lust, I never had any problem

I succeeded when

I knew,

her and extracting

information from her.

next

ruler would be stronger than my father.

If Father died, the prophesied ruler

time, I thought

kill Lucien’s heir than

only had two targets

Guillermo and Lucija.

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 him.

attention had

not one

eleven at that time and knew nothing about power or

world.

never fight back. She was

be an easy kill,

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

– 11 years

the remaining whisky in my

tonight.

to fuck as well. Lust might

unlike Father, I never forced

sex with

being treated like a god in bed,

who were lusting over

ran out of them, so I

clue why Father took pleasure in taking

him.

of those nights that I would rather be alone in my chambers,

next move to

crown.

small, but clear girl’s voice.

ears, and I

Lucija.

turned around and flashed her a wide

Just the girl I was

was pressing herself

entryway pillar as if she wanted to get lost

one. My name

and asked

forward, which she did, but

to where I

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

she stated

straight, her eyes

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I am?”

nodded my head as I sipped my drink without

know a way I can

11

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

nodded her head.

you

the others.

at

because you never smiled at

them.”

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

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