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

knew it would hurt, but I wanted

didn’t do

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

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

“Don’t do it again.”

enjoy it. I 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 than happy to give you all the l*ust surging from within

it,” I answered immediately as my

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

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

of the pit

same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to

before the fire in

cries got louder, and my heart kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what

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

that the souls below were rotten souls, and didn’t deserve

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

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

souls were coursing through my whole body —

made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege

did well today, my love,” Lucius told me as he squeezed my hand that he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart,

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

you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without looking

then assigned

and chained to the dungeon.

to face him,

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

didn’t answer but tipped his head down

cheek. “Would you like to come with

to see

in a firm

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

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

anyone, but killing him was far better than him using

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

appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of the tower

smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood,

of my hand as we walked to where a naked demon was heavily

about time we finally meet again,

kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full

to protect it. What kind of a king you will b

me my kingdom back or I will make

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

was too late. The man chained to