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.

moved out and had my own

here most of the time.

had come back and made

clear

Father at all. We all knew he had his eyes set on Guillermo.

it did not stop us from still wanting

was already

beat. I didn’t need more.

of them as many

I could.

asked me how many of my brothers.

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

names.

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

them. The only one I

was Guillermo because

waited patiently until it dawned on me that

longer the apple

that Lucien found

had a daughter. I thought his

with her bordered

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

was something more than the

with me or cared about my existence, he did

stronger. Something he never gave

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

how many times Gargon,

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

to be

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

fell on me.

right hand of Orpheus.

was the immortal seer

see

remember it afterward,

someone to be with her

had her readings.

knew everything.

SO

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

when

I knew, I was

her and extracting

information from her.

next

be stronger than my father. And killing him or her would also

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

that time, I thought

heir than

only had two

Guillermo and Lucija.

fact, I haven’t seen him in the last decade. He had probably visited the tower

attention had

heir was not one of the sons, but his

was only eleven at that time and knew nothing

world.

could never fight back.

to be an easy kill, but

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

11 years

the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers

tonight.

might be in my blood, but sometimes

unlike Father, I never forced any

have sex with

being treated like a god

were lusting over

I never ran out of them, so I had

fucking clue why Father took pleasure in taking females who

him.

nights that I would rather be alone in

on my next move to

crown.

A small, but clear girl’s voice.

I knew

Lucija.

and flashed her a

girl I was hoping

She was

if she wanted to

little one. My name

and

forward, which she did, but she sat

Victorian couch adjacent to where I was

had introduced her to

Lucy,” she stated as she

straight, her eyes looking directly

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

who I

I sipped my

you know a way I can get out of

11

tell you?” I chuckled in

nodded her head.

you think that?”

the others. They

smiled at

because you never

them.”

But you smiled at me,” she replied in a

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