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 everything about him before

didn’t do

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

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 probably just

“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 on his m*outh before his eyes turned full red. “I am more than

willing to take all of it,” I answered

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

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

and faced the direction of the pit of fire before

his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force

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

remembered what Lucius told

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

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

of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without saying anything, I felt the pride he was

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

the dead souls were coursing through

able to provide for our demons. It made me feel important.

the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to

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

need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

then assigned to be the main demon of Athwart in

was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would

to face

in there. Make sure

but tipped his head down

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

to

will kill him.” He said it in a firm tone, and

belong to any kingdom and sending them

had, so we knew he was up to something more. He was

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

asked as he squeezed my hand, and I nodded my head

appeared in the dungeon —

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

let go of my hand as we walked

we finally meet again,

Alastor roared. His eyes were full red

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

back or I will make sure I kill your queen right

from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a

hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was