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.”

said I would think

I wait before I can

my presence, King of Kalmerus. I had another demon to deal

it to take effect as Patrea’s life might be in danger once the rumor spread that I already had a queen. “I just want to

loudly as my hands began shooting fire everywhere

just

in the dungeon. I asked for the prisoner that was

I was still upset and furious with Hades,

PATREA.

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.

immediately called for Hades the moment I entered the bedroom I usually occupied whenever I was

for quite some time,

I was not that important in

a full demon. There were other demons that he obviously favored that needed

sucked into limbo, and my

and it was only then that I saw Hades sitting on what must

my head down before I acknowledged him. “King Hades, thank

before you that I was attending to.” He explained. “Oh, I hope I didn’t cut

glad you summoned

had no idea how to answer that. “I believe you

take the gift

up? So, Lucius’ blood will no longer pose

created in my body. But the desire I had to provide an heir for my king was greater than my desire to be safe from his bloodline. “No, King Hades. I have

as he rubbed his

met his eyes as I spoke. “I want to be able to conceive. One child is enough, King Hades. It doesn’t matter

the gravity of what you’re asking from me?”

desire a lifetime with Lucius? A security that none of his siblings will come and

but I

does your heart desire? I can easily give you the gift of unbinding you from all the curses Lucien gave you, from your nightmares to your

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

would not be able to

“I don’t understand.”

spell on your own, Patrea, with the help of your spirits. The enchantment in your body is not my or my demons doing. So, it is harder to break that spell. And I am not sure if I’m willing to go the extra mile to do it for

his face as my heart

you are willing to trade something more for the extra mile I have to go

he ask for my soul as

or

do you want, King Hades?” I asked, but I knew it was wrong to come here without Lucius. I hope whatever I end up sacrificing, my king will not

chest as sweat formed on my forehead. I wanted to regret seeking

want to summon Lucius here, but before I could

it was gone, and a beautiful female with silver