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

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

I didn’t do

jealousy for the human or species for whom he used

as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear. “I did it because I wanted to f*uc*k,

“Don’t do it again.”

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 than happy

of it,” I answered immediately as

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

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

turned and faced the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand

only what you can.

the fire in front of us swirled

remembered what Lucius told me,

be able to take energy

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

felt a surge of power crawling into my fingers, making my eyes snap open, and I saw electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted

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

moment, as energies from the dead souls were coursing

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

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

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

there anything you need, Simon?]”

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

He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you like to meet him

around to face him,

ahead and make room for us in there. Make sure he is isolated

answer but tipped his head down before

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

to

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

demons that didn’t belong

demons that 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 to distract

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

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

— at the

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

hand as we walked to

finally meet again, Alastor.]”

don’t deserve this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full red and swirling

You didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of a king you will b

my kingdom back or I will make

Lucius’ hand directly into his

body, and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was