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

you can

How

after he turned his back on his pack. The current Alpha owed me a favor when I helped him

within his

are. As long as you trust they can

one

a shield

aware of what Lucy is, but

is there

in

I listened to the Beta’s words.

that helped

can…

palm to stop him from talking. He probably wanted to ask

well.

Is that the

The Beta answered. “Do

her?”

granddaughter. Do you

come I

sarcastically as if I owed him

him before shifting my attention back to Alpha Stone. “I’m not sure she knows that I made it back from the

meet someone who will look for her. We haven’t heard from her since she left the

Lucien.”

is still alive?” I asked,

Lucija agreed to

eyes dilated before he blinked and his gaze shifted

spoke.”Lucija… Lucy… Did

so low

had his mouth parted but wasn’t saying anything, just

and the moment he looked at me, I mouthed at him

busy perfecting her skills

That wasn’t what I meant when I told him to answer him.

a demon,

emotions at all.

Stone…” I called for his attention so he would look

memory, Lucija

plans. She wanted you out of

so she could focus

without having to worry about you being used

to concentrate if

kept thinking about you.”

she thinks I’m her weakness,

kryptonite.”

Stone. She 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 she will get back to you. The heart never forgets. And I

because despite not remembering

about her, I can see your eyes. You are longing

“I’m so fucking useless.”

him and all he was thinking

I’m here. I need your

do it alone.”

Us? What do you get from this? I’m sorry, man. I want to trust you, but you are your

It’s either we do

out?”

I get my memory back, and I get to

as you get any information about her, let us know. Maybe she can

her out of this.” I let out a sigh. I didn’t want Lucien to see her. The thought of him taking a fancy to her was

butted in. “Sorry, I keep jumping in since my Alpha has no memory of her

But she did bind Alpha

she looked like she knew what she was doing. She did it in exchange for your freedom from the underworld. And now that you’re here, I am assuming Lucy did that. And if she did, I don’t think

on her if she

the more we can play 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

this conversation now?”

surprise.

talk about this once

so

to do when all the names and places you’re mentioning are things I’ve heard about

Alpha is