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.”

would think

long should I wait before I can

leave my presence, King of Kalmerus.

might be in danger once the rumor spread that I already had a queen. “I just want to know when I will

my hands began shooting fire everywhere before I could

just

asked for the

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

PATREA.

simply told me to make sure I would not stay there for a long time, as Lucius

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

for quite some time, but there was

that important in his eyes to be prioritized like Lucius wanted

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

door, but before I could touch the door knob, my body was sucked into limbo, and my foot landed on solid ground, but

that I saw Hades sitting on what must be his throne,

my head down before I acknowledged

There was a persistent demon before you that I was attending to.” He

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

how to answer that.

here to take the gift you generously offered

you asking for Lucien’s curse to be lifted up? So, Lucius’

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

as he rubbed his hand against his chin

to conceive. One child is enough, King Hades.

you’re asking from me?” I

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

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

what 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 destruction,

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

wanted something I would not

“I don’t understand.”

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

crossed his face

trade something more for the extra mile I have

ask for my soul as he did with

to decide now, or this wish will

to come

chest as sweat formed on my forehead. I wanted

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

a beautiful female with silver hair stood on the spot