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

it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about him

did, but I didn’t do a physical

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

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

“Don’t do it again.”

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

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

smile at me like that, my queen. You’re making me forget we are in the pits of

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

the pit

“Take only what you can. There’s no

silent words dug into my head before the fire in

kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me, so I tried my best to keep my emotions

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

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

and I saw electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to

formed on my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld

this moment, as energies from the dead souls

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

Lucius told me as he squeezed my hand that he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now

that you couldn’t find any fault with

need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

was previously Lucien’s right-hand demon and was then assigned to be

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

around to face him, taking me

room for us in there. Make sure he

answer but tipped his head

you like to come

to

kill him.” He said it in a

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

so we knew he was

didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who just wanted to survive the underworld for his

Are you ready?” He asked as he squeezed my hand,

in the dungeon — at the

smelled of burnt skin and

walked to where a

meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius

His

didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of a king you will b e?”]

will make sure I kill your

from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At

wind swirled around my body, and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped dead. His heart burned and