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.

out and had my

came back here most of the time.

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

clear

Not that it bothered Father at all. We all knew he had his eyes

us from still wanting

already

beat. I didn’t

of them as many as

I could.

asked me how many of

count anymore. I couldn’t even

names.

any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise,

to kill them. The only one I

Guillermo because I

waited patiently until it

the apple of his

the moment that Lucien

had a daughter. I thought his

her bordered

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

something more than the fascination

hands-on with me or cared about

be stronger. Something

but never on how to discover other powers within her. She was never taught to explore many more

matter how many times

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

to be stronger.

So I made my own move and tried

fell on me.

right hand of

immortal

She could see the future,

remember it afterward,

to

she had her

knew

SO

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

succeeded when no one

thing I

fucking her and

information from her.

me the next

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

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

I thought it would be easier

Lucien’s heir than him.

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

had shifted elsewhere.

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

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

world.

never fight back. She

be an easy kill, but one

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

– 11 years old 3

remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers had

tonight.

well. Lust might be in my blood,

unlike Father, I never

have sex with me.

god

who were lusting over

I never ran out of them, so I

why Father took pleasure in taking females

him.

that I would rather

on my next move to

crown.

A small, but clear

and I knew who it

Lucija.

flashed her a

girl I

She was pressing herself

pillar as if she wanted to

little one. My name is Lucius.” I

and asked her to

did, but she

couch adjacent to

and Father had introduced her to us, but we

Lucy,” she stated

her eyes looking directly at

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I

my drink without taking my eyes

you know a way I

11

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

nodded her

made you think that?”

the others.

smiled at me.”

because you never smiled

them.”

smile at you too… But you smiled at