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

BRAVING THE DARKNESS: One Night With The Demon King

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Book 2

Chapter 50 – The Gift (LUCIUS)

His eyes blazed red, and I saw confusion flit through them, but it was gone in seconds. “Tell me what you want, Lucius.”

“I want you to break Lucien’s curse on Patrea’s, linking my bloodline to be fatal for her. Including the nightmares she was having.”

“Are you afraid you will kill your queen?”

“Not me, Hades. I will kill myself first before I even think of that. But I have hundreds of siblings and quite a number of offspring, making each one a danger for my queen.”

“Are you sure about this? Don’t you want an heir, Lucius? Like the one Lucija has?”

“What will I do with an heir if I don’t have Patrea anymore?” I asked back.

“Do you know how much Patrea wants to give you a child? Don’t you want to give her something her heart desires?”

“Her life is far more important to me than a child.”

“You are being selfish. You wanted her alive for yourself, but what about your queen? Doesn’t she deserve to have what she wants?”

“I’m a demon, Hades. Let me be selfish.”

His laughter echoed around us, and I was slowly losing my stance. I would give everything to Patrea, even my own life, but did she want a child? Was it because it was what I wanted?

Would she hate me if she found out I wished for her life instead of the child?

But Patrea was not a selfish female. She would never hate me for wanting her alive. Didn’t she fight and abandon her own realm to be with me? So, she could spend more time with me?

“Do you need more time to think?”

Hades interrupted me from my thoughts. “No. My wish is final.”

“I will think about it.” He answered.

“You can’t do that. You owed me that wish.”

“Did you forget who you were speaking with, Lucius?”

“You can’t just back down on something you promise to give. I knew you could do i t, as your demon performed the curse.”

I would think about

wait before I can get your

don’t know. Now leave my presence, King of Kalmerus.

I already had a queen.

as my hands began shooting fire everywhere before I

had just destroyed a

the dungeon. I asked for the prisoner that was due to be punished next before

let my anger out. I didn’t want to face Patrea while I was still upset and furious with Hades, or my emotions would betray me. I didn’t want her to ask because I knew I

PATREA.

but she simply told me to make sure I would not stay there for a long time, as Lucius might freak out and blast her if he found out I went there on my own. To which

entered the bedroom I usually

quite some time, but

Maybe I was not that important in his eyes to be prioritized like Lucius wanted me

was not a full demon. There were other demons that he obviously favored that

touch the door knob, my body was sucked into limbo, and my foot landed on solid ground, but I almost lost my footing as I was not

it was only then that I saw Hades sitting

down before I acknowledged him. “King Hades, thank you for your

made you wait, Queen Patrea. There was a persistent demon before you that I was attending

echoed around us before he shook his head. “I was glad you summoned me,

to answer that. “I believe you wanted something from me.” He

King Hades. I’m here to take

curse to be lifted up? So, Lucius’ blood

and the spell I had created in my body. But the desire I had to provide an heir for my king was

as he rubbed his hand against his chin while he

as I spoke. “I want to be able to conceive. One child is enough, King Hades. It doesn’t matter if it’s a

you know the gravity of what you’re asking from me?” I swallowed hard because I

desire a lifetime with Lucius? A security that none

Hades, but I know Lucius wanted

unbinding you from all the curses Lucien gave you,

closed my hands, coiling them into tight fists, before I blinked back the tears forming in my eyes. “I want a

something I would

“I don’t understand.”

your body is not my or my demons doing. So, it is harder to break that spell. And I am

devilish smirk crossed his face as my heart

to trade something more for the extra

he ask for my soul

to decide now, or this wish

but I knew it was wrong to come here without Lucius. I hope whatever I end up sacrificing, my king will

his chest as sweat formed on my

to let him know I would want to summon Lucius here, but before I could say anything,

female with silver hair stood on