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 about

should I wait before

my presence, King of

might be in danger once the rumor spread that I already had a queen. “I just want to know when I will know…” I was not able to finish my question when my body was sucked into

began shooting

just destroyed

and appearing in the dungeon. I asked for the prisoner that was due to be punished

while I was still upset and furious with Hades, or my emotions would betray me.

PATREA.

asked Lucy and Althea to give me a moment, as I wanted a moment with Hades. I thought Lucy would object, but she simply told me to make sure I would not stay there for a long

Hades the moment I entered the bedroom I usually occupied whenever

quite some time, but there was still

important in his eyes to

demon. There were other demons that he obviously favored that needed his

slumped shoulders, I walked toward the door, but before I could 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 prepared to be

my posture, and it was only then that I saw Hades

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

Queen Patrea. There was a persistent demon before you that I was attending to.” He explained. “Oh, I hope I didn’t cut your

before he shook his head. “I was glad you summoned

how to answer that. “I believe

here to take the gift

be lifted up? So, Lucius’ blood will no longer pose a threat to

I’d been thinking about this and the spell I had 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

said this as he rubbed his hand

spoke. “I want to be able to conceive. One child is enough, King

asking from

with Lucius? A security that none of his siblings will come and destroy

want that too, King Hades, but I know Lucius wanted

easily give you the gift of unbinding you from

fists, before I blinked back the tears forming in my eyes. “I want a

would

“I don’t understand.”

or my demons doing. So, it is harder

face as

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

soul as he

to decide now, or this wish will

asked, but I knew it was wrong to come here without

laughter rumbled from his chest as sweat formed on

to let him know I would want to summon Lucius here, but before I could say anything, a flash of light like lightning came a

beautiful female with silver hair stood on the spot