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?”

want me

it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about him before I came into his

I didn’t do a

she special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom he

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.

“Don’t do it again.”

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

I answered immediately as my

making me forget we are in the pits

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 dead souls in hell to feed our

the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand up.

only what you can. There’s no need

into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as if

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

I felt any pity for them, I would not be able to take energy from them, and I would not

spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and didn’t deserve

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,

was doing it right. A smirk formed on my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld had welcomed

from the dead souls were coursing

for our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given

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

you too smitten that you couldn’t find any fault with me?” I teased him

there anything you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked

then assigned to be

He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you

and Lucius turned around to

room for us in there. Make

tipped

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

to see

in

as Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either

we knew he was up to something more. He was

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

he squeezed my hand, and

in the dungeon — at the deepest part

burnt skin

my hand as we walked to where

time we finally meet again, Alastor.]”

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

it. What kind of a king

back or I will make sure

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

was too late.