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 53 – He’s Up To Something (PATREA)

Weeks passed, and I was still reeling from the feeling of being Lucius’ queen and the queen of two kingdoms.

Today is one of those days where I had to fulfill a duty for our demons.

“Open your palms and let your hand feed on their souls,” Lucius instructed me as w e stared at the pit of fire, where I could hear souls full of anguish and pain.

I swallowed hard, but I couldn’t raise my hand. I was slowly accepting the ways of the underworld, but my heart was shattering at the cries I could hear at the moment.

“In time, your heart will harden. The souls you hear are undeserving of your pity, whether they are judged or not in the realms they belong to. If their souls went straight to the pits of hell, it only means that they were meant to be here. They were irredeemable and had never regretted their actions. We do not throw away souls that were sincerely regretful of their misdeeds before they died. That’s why the veils of realms exist. In there, they were given time to redeem themselves before they would be judged again.”

I remained quiet, looking at the images my head conjured from the bottom of the fire pit.

“I am not saying you should not feel sorry. But those below don’t deserve your pity. “

“Do you think Lucien is there?”

“I am sure he’s there. We can pay him a visit if you want.”

“I don’t want to be reminded of him anymore.” I forced a chuckle. “And Guillermo?”

“Probably not. He might be annoying, but I don’t think he violated any rules of the realm, as my father had been doing.”

“So, you mean Nyneve is not there as well?”

“She is. I’m sure of that.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Nyneve tried to harm you and Althea. Demons could kill any demon and get away with it. That’s part of our world here. It wouldn’t taint their demons’ souls. But once they cross realms and create chaos there for no reason at all, then judgment begins.”

“And your father violated so many laws of the realms when he took humans in here for his s*e*xual pleasure.”

“He violated some in their own realms too. My father was a vicious incubus. He deserves where he is now.”

“But how about Lucy? She used her succubus form?”

“It’s part of our demon sensuality. S*e*x with an incubus or succubus is just a dream. Or nightmare, I would say. The problem is when demons make it a reality. When they get their victims pregnant, it means the act is more than a dream. It became physical.”

“So, they won’t judge Lucy for that?”

“It’s consensual. Besides, I don’t think she assaulted Stone.” He chuckled.

“Did you ever use your incubus form?”

you want me to

hurt, but I wanted to know

did, but I didn’t do a physical

of jealousy for the human or species

it because I wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and I move on. I can’t even remember the females I visited, and it was probably just two

“Don’t do it again.”

I want my female responsive, plus I never take pleasure in taking something not freely given. I did it because of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.” A smug smirk tugged on

it,” I answered immediately as my

queen. You’re making me forget we are in the pits of

flew to my m*outh as I chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon

forgot.” I turned and faced the direction of the pit of

faced the same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to take many, as it’s a heavy load. I can take care of the

Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled

clenching in pain, but I remembered what

take energy from them, and I would

my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that

touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My

I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld had welcomed

this moment, as energies from the dead souls were coursing through my whole body

demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege

he squeezed my hand that he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us. “As you’d been doing every day

you couldn’t find any fault with me?” I

there anything you need, Simon?]”

was then assigned to be

Alastor, my king. He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you like to meet him

around to face him, taking me

us in there. Make

answer but tipped his head down before

down my cheek. “Would you like to

want to see

kill him.” He said it in a

kingdoms as Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom

we knew he was up to something more. He was using them as

anyone, but killing him was far better than him using

He asked as he squeezed my

— at

place was dark and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood,

of my hand as we walked to

about time we finally meet

Alastor roared. His

up to protect it. What

back or I will make sure I kill your queen right

Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a scream

my body, and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the