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 answer

it would hurt, but I wanted

didn’t do a

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

ear. “I did it because I wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and I move on.

“Don’t do it again.”

I honestly didn’t 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

to take all of it,” I

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

my m*outh as I chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn

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

looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need

my head, and soon, Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in

kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me, so I

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

accepting that the

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 to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without saying anything, I felt the pride he was

my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more.

moment, as energies from the dead souls

our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege if I didn’t

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 you’d been doing every day

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

Simon?]” Lucius asked without looking

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

He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you

Lucius turned around to face him,

for us in there. Make sure he is isolated from

answer but tipped his head down before

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

to see

in a firm tone, and

didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them

had, so we knew he was up

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

he squeezed

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

and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the still air

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

meet again, Alastor.]”

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

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

me my kingdom back or I will make sure I kill your queen right before

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

rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped dead. His heart burned and melted down to the