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.

moved out and had my own place,

back here

some of my brothers had

clear

that it bothered Father at all. We all knew he

not stop us from still

already a

I didn’t need more. So

some of them as many as

I could.

me how many

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

names.

I didn’t regret any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise, I would

The

Guillermo because I

him. But I waited patiently until it dawned on me that he

longer the apple of his

was the moment that Lucien found

had a daughter. I thought

her bordered on the

throngs of thorns. But as

than the fascination

hands-on with me or cared about my existence, he did provide me with everything I

be stronger. Something he never gave

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

no matter how many

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

her to

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

fell on me.

Cordelia, the right hand

the immortal

could see

remember it afterward,

someone to be with

had her

Cordelia knew everything.

SO

was the Prince of Lust, I never

when no

I

fucking her

information from her.

next ruler

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

If Father died, the prophesied

thought it would be easier

kill Lucien’s heir than

only had two

Guillermo and Lucija.

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

had shifted elsewhere.

was then that I realized the heir was not one of the sons, but his

Lucija would have been an easy act. She was only eleven at that time

world.

could never fight back. She was

to be an easy kill,

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

years old

he brought home while I downed the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers had left and gone their own ways, so I had no companion

tonight.

one to fuck as well. Lust might

I never

sex

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

who were lusting over

never ran out of them, so

clue why Father took pleasure in

him.

tonight was one of those nights that I would rather be alone in my

next move

crown.

A small, but clear

and I knew who

Lucija.

around and flashed

the girl I was

was

if she wanted to

little one. My name is Lucius.”

my hand and asked her to

she did,

couch adjacent to where

her to

she

straight, her eyes looking directly at

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I am?”

head as I sipped my drink without taking my eyes off her.

way I can get out of here?

11

I will tell you?” I chuckled in surprise at her

her head.

you

the others.

smiled at

never smiled

them.”

you smiled at me,” she replied