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

but I wanted to know everything about him before I came into

did, but I didn’t do a

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

wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything.

“Don’t do it again.”

was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.” A smug smirk tugged

to take all of it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips curled into a

You’re making me forget we are in the pits of hell, and we

as I chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead

pit

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

fire in

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

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

eyes as my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and

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

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 me as part of them, and there was nothing I could complain

dead souls were coursing through my whole body

to provide for our demons. It made me feel

well today, my love,” 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 belonged to us. “As you’d been doing every

fault with me?” I teased him before we

you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

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

my king. He was taken and chained to

and Lucius turned around to

for us in

answer but tipped his head

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

want to

will kill him.” He said it in a firm tone, and I couldn’t

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

we had, so we knew

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

he squeezed my hand, and I

— at the

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

we walked to where a naked demon was

finally meet again, Alastor.]”

deserve this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full

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

kingdom back or I will make sure I kill your queen right before

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

it was too late. The