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

back here most of

me, some of my brothers had come back and made

clear

our father’s crown. Not that it bothered Father at all.

us from still wanting it.

already a tough

beat. I didn’t

eliminated some of them as many

I could.

how many

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

names.

no. I didn’t regret any of the killings.

them. The only one I couldn’t

was Guillermo because I knew my

waited patiently until it dawned on me that

no longer the apple of his

moment that Lucien found

daughter. I thought his

bordered on

was his only rose among throngs of thorns. But as the

the

my father was never hands-on with me or cared about my

be stronger. Something he never gave

discover other

no matter how many times

kept refusing.

to be

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

fell on me.

right hand of Orpheus.

was the immortal seer of the

She could see

couldn’t remember

needed someone to be

had her

knew

SO

of Lust, I never

succeeded when no

the next thing I

fucking her

information from her.

next ruler

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

way. If Father died, the prophesied ruler would still survive.

time, I thought it would

Lucien’s heir than

I only had two targets

Guillermo and Lucija.

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

attention had shifted

was then that I realized the heir was not one of the

only eleven at that time and knew nothing about power or the demon

world.

fight back. She was

be an easy kill,

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

years old 3

whisky in my glass.

tonight.

to fuck as well. Lust might be in my

Father, I never forced any

to have sex

pleasure in being treated like a god in bed, so I would

were lusting

never ran out of them, so I

Father took pleasure in taking females who refused to

him.

one of those nights that I would rather be alone

my next move to

crown.

but clear girl’s voice.

I knew

Lucija.

around and flashed

I was

was

as if she wanted to get lost in

name is

with my hand and asked

forward, which she did,

Victorian couch adjacent to where I was standing.

had introduced her to us, but we

she stated

eyes

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I am?”

my head as I sipped my drink without taking my

way I can

11

I will tell you?” I

nodded her head.

you think

others. They

at

because you never smiled at

them.”

smiled at me,” she replied in a very polite.

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