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

I came back here most of the

some of my brothers had come

clear

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

it did not stop us from still wanting

already

I didn’t need more.

eliminated 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.

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

The only one I couldn’t

was Guillermo because I knew

had his eyes on him. But I waited

the apple of his eye.

that Lucien found

daughter. I

bordered on

throngs of thorns. But as the years went by,

the

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

stronger. Something

basics, but never on how to discover

how many times

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

want her to be stronger.

I made my own move and tried to find the answer. Until

fell on me.

met Cordelia, the right hand

the immortal

see

remember

someone to

she had her readings.

Cordelia knew everything.

SO

I never had any problem making her fall for my

when no

thing I knew, I

fucking her and extracting

information from her.

told me the next ruler

not yet determined, whether a male or a female, but the ruler would be stronger than my father. And killing him or her would

If Father died, the prophesied ruler would still

time, I thought it would be

heir

I only had two

Guillermo and Lucija.

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

attention had shifted

the heir was not one of the sons, but

eleven at that time and knew nothing

world.

never fight back. She was

to be an easy kill, but one

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

11 years

had left me in the big hall to fuck a female he brought home while I downed the remaining whisky in my

tonight.

fuck as well. Lust might be in my blood, but sometimes I

I never

sex with

a god in bed, so I would definitely go

were lusting over

of them,

in taking females who refused to fuck

him.

one of those nights that I would rather be alone in my chambers,

next move to secure

crown.

small, but clear girl’s

and I knew who it

Lucija.

turned around and flashed her a wide

I was hoping to

was pressing herself

the entryway pillar as if she wanted to

little one. My name

hand and asked her

which she did, but she

the Victorian couch adjacent to where

introduced her to us, but we never really spoke to

she stated as

her eyes looking directly at

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who I am?”

as I sipped my drink without taking my eyes

way I can

11

think if I know, I will tell you?”

her

made you

others. They

at me.”

because you never

them.”

too… But you smiled at me,” she