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.

need time to prepare my men. After that, you can have me for four to five days if

How about the

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

his

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

is the one

shield on the territory.

what

Blade is there

up in his brother’s

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

witch that helped you, maybe

can…

from talking. He

well.

that the

The Beta answered. “Do you

her?”

granddaughter. Do you know where she

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, and I haven’t met her, so if you

on our way there before you stopped us to meet someone who will look for her. We haven’t heard from her

Lucien.”

still alive?” I asked, my

agreed to send

the Alpha’s eyes dilated before he blinked

he spoke.”Lucija… Lucy… Did

low as

his mouth parted but wasn’t saying anything,

moment he looked at me, I mouthed

but she’s busy perfecting her skills and power.” He

meant when I told him to

demon, he

emotions at all.

so he would look at me.

your memory, Lucija

She wanted you out of

she could focus

her strength without having to worry about you being used

be able to concentrate if

kept thinking about you.”

she thinks I’m her weakness,

kryptonite.”

loves you, Alpha 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

because despite not remembering

her, I can see your eyes. You

“I’m so fucking useless.”

loved him and all

I’m here. I need

can’t do it

get from this? I’m sorry, man. I want to trust you,

just want to survive my father. It’s either we do it separately or together. But there

out?”

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

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

didn’t want Lucien to see her. The thought of him taking a fancy to her was

underestimating Althea.” The Beta butted in. “Sorry, I keep jumping in since my Alpha

did

doing. She did it in exchange for your freedom from the underworld. And now that

on her if she needs her

bring her to the

conversation now?”

in surprise. Was he changing

talk about this

back? It’s so

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

is right.