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 to

but I wanted to know everything about him before

didn’t do a physical

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

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 f*uc*k, and I move on. I can’t even remember the females I visited, and it was probably just two

“Don’t do it again.”

of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything

I am willing to take all of it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips

my queen. You’re making me forget

chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to

turned and faced the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand up. “I’m ready

what you can.

dug into my head before the fire

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

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

accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and

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

a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The

as energies from the dead souls were coursing through my whole body — I felt

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

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

with

there anything you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

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

king. He was taken and chained to the

Lucius turned around to face him,

in there. Make sure he is isolated from the

didn’t answer but tipped

cheek. “Would you like to come with me, or would

to see

He said it in a

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

and useless compared to the demons we had, so we

didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who

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

our bodies appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of

burnt skin and rotten blood, making the

we walked to where a naked

meet again, Alastor.]”

kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full

didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of a king

my kingdom back or I will make sure

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

But it was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped dead. His heart burned and melted down to the dingy