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

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 own place,

here

me, some of my brothers had come back and made their intentions.

clear

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

us

was already a

didn’t need

some of them as

I could.

asked me how many of

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

names.

killings. They’re

kill them. The only one I couldn’t

was Guillermo because I knew

his eyes on him. But I waited patiently until it dawned on me

no longer the apple of

moment that

he had a daughter.

her bordered on

of thorns.

something more than the fascination of having a

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

Something he never gave

discover other powers within her. She was never taught to

no matter how many times

training, my father kept refusing. He didn’t want her to move forward.

want her to be stronger.

wasn’t telling anyone. So I made my own

fell on me.

Cordelia, the right hand

immortal seer of the

see the future,

remember

to be with

she had her

Cordelia knew everything.

SO

the Prince of Lust, I never had any problem making her

when no one

next thing I knew,

her and extracting

information from her.

me the next ruler

be stronger than my father. And killing him or her would also end my father’s life.

Father died, the

time, I thought it would be easier

kill Lucien’s heir than him.

two targets

Guillermo and Lucija.

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

had

not one of the sons, but his only

She was only eleven at that time and knew nothing about

world.

fight back. She

to be an easy kill, but one

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

– 11 years old

a female he brought home while I downed the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers

tonight.

had no one to fuck as well. Lust might be in

Father, I never forced any

to have sex with

god

were lusting over me.

I never ran out of them, so I had

why Father took pleasure in taking

him.

nights that I would rather be alone in my

on my next move to secure

crown.

small, but clear girl’s voice.

and I knew who it was.

Lucija.

around and flashed her a wide

I was hoping to

She was

she wanted to get

one. My name is Lucius.” I

and asked her to

forward, which she did, but

couch adjacent to where I was

Father had introduced her to us, but we

name is Lucy,” she stated as she

straight, her eyes looking

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

who I

head as I sipped my drink without taking my

way I can

11

I will tell you?” I chuckled

nodded her

you think that?”

others.

at

never smiled

them.”

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