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

nodded my head. I knew it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about him before I came into his

I didn’t do a

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

wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and I move on. I can’t

“Don’t do it again.”

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 turned full red. “I am more

it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips curled into a

my queen. You’re making me forget we are in the pits of

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

faced the direction of the pit of fire before extending

and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s

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

remembered what Lucius told me, so I

to take energy from them, and I

closed my eyes as my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and didn’t deserve

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

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

this moment, as energies from the dead souls were coursing through

to provide for our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege if

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

find any fault with me?” I teased him before

anything you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked

was then assigned to be the main demon of Athwart in our

was taken and chained to the dungeon.

to face him, taking

in there. Make sure he

answer but tipped his head down before

“Would you like to come with me, or

to see

it in a firm tone, and I couldn’t

recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either on

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 a decoy

king.” I didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was

then. Are you ready?” He asked as he squeezed my hand, and I

— at the deepest part of

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

of my hand as we walked

meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius greeted

kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full red and swirling

to protect it. What kind of a king you will

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. At the same time,

rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late.