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.”

the

that, you can have me for four

good. How about

go to Blade’s territory. His brother is the current Alpha after he turned his back on his pack. The current Alpha owed me

his

for the explanation, but I don’t give a fuck who these people are. As long as you trust they can keep us without revealing anything, then we

is the one who brought us

a shield on the territory.

aware of what

Blade is there since he

up in his

as I listened to the Beta’s words. Did he mean the witch

witch that helped

can…

chest with my palm to stop him from talking. He probably wanted to ask them to

well.

Is that the

The Beta answered. “Do you

her?”

you know

How come I didn’t

sarcastically as if I

back to Alpha Stone. “I’m not sure she knows that I made it back from the underworld,

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

Lucien.”

if she is still alive?” I asked, my heart

her anymore because Lucija agreed to send Stone back

before he blinked and

he spoke.”Lucija… Lucy… Did

so low as

to Lucius, who had his mouth parted but wasn’t saying anything,

he looked at me, I mouthed at him to answer

Well, I haven’t spent time with her, but she’s busy perfecting her skills and power.” He said it without any

wasn’t what I meant when I told him to

he’s a demon,

emotions at all.

attention so he would look at

memory,

wanted you

she could

being used

able to concentrate

kept thinking about you.”

she thinks I’m her weakness,

kryptonite.”

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

see your eyes. You are longing for

“I’m so fucking useless.”

just told him Lucija loved him and all he was thinking

I’m here.

do it

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

either we do it separately or together. But there are strengths in numbers. So

out?”

my memory back, and I get to keep the girl, yes, I’m all

you get any information about

I didn’t want Lucien

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

she did bind

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 Althea will turn

on 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

cut this conversation now?” Alpha Stone

parted in surprise. Was he changing his

talk about this once

It’s so difficult to

and places you’re mentioning are things I’ve heard about but have

is