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

How

Alpha owed me a favor when I

within his land.”

for the explanation, but I don’t give a fuck who these people are. As long as

one who

a shield on

what Lucy

if Blade is there

up in his brother’s

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

witch that helped

can…

held Lucius’ chest with my palm to stop him from talking. He probably wanted to ask them to have the witch

well.

that

The Beta answered. “Do

her?”

Do you know where she

How come I

asked sarcastically as if I

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 I

on our way there before you stopped us to meet someone who will look

Lucien.”

still alive?” I asked, my heart

Lucija agreed to send Stone back

Alpha’s eyes dilated before he

Lucy… Did she

voice was so low as

his mouth parted but wasn’t saying anything, just

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

her, but she’s busy perfecting her skills and power.” He said it without any

I meant when I told him

demon, he

emotions at all.

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

memory, Lucija

wanted you out of

she

about you being used by her father as an outlet for

be able to

kept thinking about you.”

thinks I’m her weakness,

kryptonite.”

doing right now is to make sure she will

because despite not remembering

her, I can see your

“I’m so fucking useless.”

loved him and all he was

I’m here. I need

can’t do it alone.”

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

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

out?”

long as I get my memory back, and I get to

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

I didn’t want Lucien to see her. The thought of

Beta butted in. “Sorry, I keep jumping in since my

did bind Alpha

she was doing. She did it in exchange for your freedom from

her if she needs

we can get on our side, 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 do our plans,

conversation

in surprise. Was he

about this once

so difficult to

on and what we’re going to do when all the names and places you’re mentioning are

the Alpha is right. We