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.”

Not in the

to prepare my men. After that, you can have me for four

How about

he turned his back on his pack. The current Alpha owed me a favor when I helped him run their pack when Blade left, so I

his

explanation, but I don’t give a fuck who these people are. As long as you trust they can

is the one who

put a shield on

is aware of what Lucy

is

up in his brother’s

heart thudded loudly as I listened to the Beta’s

that helped you, maybe

can…

my palm to stop him from talking. He probably

well.

Is that the

answered. “Do you

her?”

my granddaughter. Do you know where she

I

asked sarcastically as if

know?” I 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

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

Lucien.”

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

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

dilated before he blinked and his gaze

Lucy… Did she

low as if

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

the moment he looked at me, I mouthed at him

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

what I meant when I

he’s a demon,

emotions at all.

so he would

memory,

plans. She wanted

so she could focus

strength without having to worry about you being used by her father as an outlet for his

to concentrate if

kept thinking about you.”

thinks I’m her

kryptonite.”

never forget you. I’m sure everything she’s doing right now is to make sure

because despite not remembering

can see your eyes.

“I’m so fucking useless.”

just told him Lucija loved him and

I’m here. I need your

it

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

want to survive my father. It’s either we do it separately or together. But there are strengths in numbers. So

out?”

and I

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

Let her out of this.” I let out a sigh. I didn’t want Lucien to see her. The thought of

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

did bind

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

if

the more powerful witches 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, I am sure my father will be watching Stone, especially

we cut this conversation

mouth parted in surprise. Was he changing

about this once my

back? It’s so difficult to

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

think the Alpha is right. We