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?”

me

wanted to

did, but I didn’t do a

girl you visited. Is she special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human

to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and

“Don’t do it again.”

freely given. I did it because of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I

of it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips

forget we are in the pits of hell, and

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

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

leaned closer and k*issed my temple before he 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,

silent words dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as if a

louder, and my heart kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius told

take energy from them, and I would not be

that the souls below were rotten

my eyes snap open, and I saw electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without saying anything, I felt the pride he was feeling at

Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me

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

knew I would be able to provide for our demons. It made me feel important. I would

We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us.

fault with me?” I teased him

Simon?]” Lucius asked without looking

right-hand demon and was then assigned to be the main

and chained to the dungeon. Would you like

and Lucius turned around to face him, taking me

Go ahead and make room for us in there. Make sure he

didn’t answer but tipped his head down

faced me, his knuckles running down my cheek. “Would you like to come with me, or

want to see

in a firm tone, and

couldn’t fully enjoy our kingdoms as Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending

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

honored to witness that, my king.” I didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far

He asked as he squeezed my hand, and I nodded my head in

our bodies appeared in the dungeon — at

and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the still air

go of my hand as we walked to where a

time we finally meet again,

don’t deserve this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes

it. What kind of a

I will make sure

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

m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The