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?”

you want me to

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

didn’t

a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom

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

“Don’t do it again.”

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

all of it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips

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

we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead souls

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

leaned closer and k*issed my temple 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 to take many, as it’s a heavy load.

dug into my head before the fire in front

what Lucius told me, so I tried my best to keep my

take energy from

open, accepting that the souls below

making my eyes snap open, and I saw electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us.

Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n,

from the dead souls were

me feel important. I would not

he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the

you couldn’t find any fault with me?” I teased him before

you need, Simon?]” Lucius

was previously Lucien’s right-hand demon and was then assigned to be the main demon of Athwart in

my king. He was taken and chained to the dungeon.

around to

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

answer but tipped his head down before

knuckles running down my cheek. “Would you like to

to

will kill him.” He said it in a firm

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

using were weak and useless compared to the demons we had, so we knew he was up to

honored to witness that, my king.” I didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who just wanted to survive the underworld for his

he squeezed my hand, and I

in the dungeon — at the

smelled of burnt skin

walked to

we finally meet again, Alastor.]”

this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His

protect it. What kind

will make sure I

to finish his words when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a

it was too late. The