BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

083 – Queen & King of Kalmerus

PATREA.

I watched as Lucius tried to pacify Alpha Stone. I knew I could easily protect myself, but the last thing I wanted was to hurt the Alpha if he attacked me because he was not the enemy here, so I was thankful Lucius was taking a stand to stop him.

I still had no idea what Lucius had in mind. He never shared his plan – either he didn’t trust me or he had no concrete plan at all. But maybe he just didn’t have time to tell me yet since he only showed up today.

“Not just any demon. I want you to practice taking my form.” Lucius told

Alpha Stone as if he were just telling him to shop for new clothes.

I was trying to keep my silence, but I couldn’t keep it this time. “Are you

planning to bring him to the underworld again and pretend to be you?”

“Relax, I will lay out all the plans

tomorrow, but first we need his memory back. That way he will remember things about the underworld, and I don’t need to spend hours explaining them to him.”

“But how will you bring him there?”

“That’s where you will come in.”

“No. I’m not sending him there, and I don’t think my power or spells can.”

“Think about some of the things my

father told you. He discussed how to

bring other creatures into the underworld.

“Spirits, Lucius! I was stuck there for

decades, and your father visited or

summoned me too many times. I doubt if

I will remember everything he told me.”

“Just try… because I had no way of bringing him there.”

“I’m still here in case you forgot. And don’t you fucking tell me you have plans but no way to bring me back there? What happened to sell your soul to the devil to get there?”

“No, we are not doing it that way?”

“And why?”

“If I die, no other demons can take you out of the demon world. Not even Lucija. You will be stuck out there.” Lucius

explained.

“Are you telling me you are going to die?”

“Who knows? But I didn’t want to take

that risk.”

“So how on fucking earth will I get there?

“Patrea needs to search her memory, and I will try to find other ways. But you need to prepare yourself. We will need to begin training you after you get your memory back. That means I might need you for

two to three days straight away from your

territory with a legitimate excuse so my father doesn’t suspect you’re up to something against him.”

“I can arrange that.” The man behind Alpha Stone spoke. “I’m his Beta. I can hold the fort down while he goes on a

territory check with his Gamma. But then he can’t go with just his Gamma, he

needs to take five to ten men with him.

It’s a pack protocol.”

“I can take them with me, but they will go and check territories without me.” Alpha Stone answered before he pointed to the other man behind him. “I will have Viktor lead them in that case, so we can limit the

people who know about this.”

“We can do that. We can meet again here

tomorrow morning.”

in the morning. We’ll

I need time to prepare my men. After that, you can have

How

current Alpha owed me a favor when I

his

are. As long as you trust they can keep us without revealing anything, then

one who

that put a shield on

what Lucy is, but I’m

if Blade is there

up in his

to the Beta’s words. Did he mean the witch Althea?

that helped you,

can…

him from talking. He probably wanted to ask them to have the

well.

Is that the

answered. “Do

her?”

my granddaughter. Do you know where she

come I didn’t know

sarcastically as if I owed him

asked him before shifting my attention back to Alpha Stone. “I’m not sure she knows that I made it back from the underworld, and I haven’t met her, so if you can tell me where

before you stopped us to meet someone who will look for her.

Lucien.”

you know if she is still alive?” I asked,

Lucien didn’t bother her anymore because Lucija agreed to send Stone back here and forget about

Alpha’s eyes dilated before

Did she

low

Lucius, who had his mouth parted but wasn’t saying anything, just looking at Alpha

with my elbow and the moment he looked at

spent time with her, but she’s busy perfecting her skills and power.” He said it

I meant when I told him

he’s a demon,

emotions at all.

his attention so he

memory,

plans. She wanted you out of

so she could focus

worry about you being used

be able to concentrate if

kept thinking about you.”

she thinks I’m her

kryptonite.”

never thought of you that way, and she would never forget you. I’m sure everything she’s doing right now is to make sure

because despite not remembering

your eyes. You are longing for

“I’m so fucking useless.”

spirits! I just told him Lucija loved him and

why I’m here.

it alone.” Lucius

helping her? Us? What do you get from this? I’m sorry, man. I want to trust you,

is my father’s daughter. We all just want to survive my father. It’s either we do it

out?”

as I get my memory back, and I get to keep the girl,

forget Patrea’s granddaughter. As soon as you get any

She’s too young. Let her out of this.” I let out a sigh. I didn’t want Lucien to see her.

I keep jumping in since my Alpha has no memory

But she did bind Alpha Stone

it in exchange for your freedom from the underworld. And now that you’re here, I am assuming Lucy did that.

her if she

our father. That’s where Althea will come in. We don’t need to bring her to the underworld. She stays here, because all the while we do our plans, I am

we cut this conversation now?” Alpha

mouth parted in surprise.

we talk about this

It’s so difficult to

and places you’re mentioning are things I’ve heard

Alpha is right. We