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

knew it would hurt, but I wanted to know

did, but I didn’t do a

I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom

chuckled before his face turned serious as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear. “I did 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

“Don’t do it again.”

Never again. I honestly didn’t enjoy it. 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 his m*outh before his eyes

I answered immediately as my l*ips curled

that, my queen. You’re making me forget we are in

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 dead

the direction of the pit of

same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no

fire in front of us swirled as if a water tornado was hitting the

louder, and my heart kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me, so I tried my best

I would not be able to take energy from them, and I

hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten

touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and

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

the dead souls

It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege if I didn’t deserve

was holding. We were in the

any fault with me?” I teased

there anything you need, Simon?]” Lucius

right-hand demon and was then assigned to be

taken and chained to the

turned around to face him, taking me

in there. Make sure he is isolated from the

but tipped his head down

“Would you like to come with me, or

want to

said it in a firm tone,

our kingdoms as Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either on Athwart or

demons that he was using were weak and useless compared to the demons we had, so we knew he was up to something more. He was using them as

that, my king.” I didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him

He asked as he squeezed

our bodies appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of the tower of

skin and rotten blood,

let go of my hand as we walked to where

we finally meet again, Alastor.]”

Alastor roared. His

up to protect it. What kind of a king

make sure I kill your

able to finish his words when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time,

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