BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

Chapter 2

002 – Half She-Wolf, Half She-Demon
LUCY.

I was on my way to the main kitchen from the main floor of the house when I heard Manuel’s voice looking for Stella as he entered the kitchen from the exit door, making me stop in my tracks.

I never liked Manuel. He was lazy as a pig but mated to a wonderful female. And I tried to avoid him as much as I could because we always clashed. And I was sure, if Stella was not around, I would have been kicked out of this orphanage a long time ago because of him.

“Lucy is ready for the Omega Feast. Make sure she has the proper clothing to attend the ceremony.” Manuel blurted out as his footsteps sounded on the kitchen floor.

Stella was preparing dishes for the night’s dinner and I was supposed to come and help her. But instead, I hid in the walk-in cupboard so I could listen to more of their conversation.

“What? What did you do?” Stella asked, and I could only imagine the frown on her face.

“I listed her for the Omega Feast. They just checked her photo and she got accepted right away.”

My eyes widened as my hands flew to my chest, clutching my shirt as if it was enough to stop my heart, but it was beating rapidly. I leaned my back against the cold wall, as I steadied my breathing. The spices and the mixing of too many scents would be enough for them not to smell me, but they would probably hear my heartbeat if I couldn’t control it.

The Omega Feast, where Omega females that had come of age, ranging from 18 to 19, were paraded to the public either for bidding or a duel, in case no one wanted to give up the bidding. And after that, the Omega will be owned by the winner and made a slave, mostly for pleasure.

I didn’t understand at the beginning why the need for an Omega Feast when males could just purchase a female they wanted for the night with the growing population of night and strip clubs everywhere, both for humans and shifters. Only when I heard some of Stella’s friends stating that Alphas and other billionaire shifters used this event to boost their egos, wanting to be the most powerful man in the North, which of course the organizer of the feast was taking advantage of.

“But she doesn’t have a wolf.”

“But she’s eighteen already, right?”

“Yes, she is. But don’t those Alphas want an Omega with a wolf?”

she’s not the first Omega who will be chosen without a wolf in the feast, so I’m sure it won’t be a problem. They just need to be informed. And if no one wants her, I will throw her back here and she’s free to go next month. But they said, she’s beautiful like no other Omega at this year’s feast, so I’m sure she’ll

Stella really liked me. I liked her too. She was

earn from her. Besides, I’m sure one day she’s going to grow horn and boss around every other

Be careful what you wish

know why you don’t like her. She protects the pups here, and if she throws a nasty attitude, it’s because she was protecting

Check. Check.

these young pups were just handed to us to be taken

go like the others?

Check again.

Are you stupid? This feast happens once every two years! We’re lucky that we have an eighteen-year-old

sounded distressed while I kept hearing the

she’ll be leaving

I was eighteen already according to the age I gave them when I arrived here two years ago? I guess I had too much

fists and closed my eyes, trying to stop my emotions from overpowering me. I was already on the

name is Lucija

Lucy, the orphan omega to the shifters of this orphanage and the people

was meant

and the other half of me… was a demon. So the horn Manuel mentioned might grow on me, might actually

using the invisible cloak that I was able to obtain from a lovely witch that was residing in the netherworld and the necklace that I have never

making it easier for me to reach the portals without anyone noticing me, especially the demon guards my father ordered to watch over me. But I could only use it in the underworld – the cloak loses its magic once it crosses other realms. So I left it somewhere near

the necklace on my neck suppressed the power within

power suppressed, I would not be able to harm any living soul that belonged to the netherworld. And without my power, my

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