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

wanted to know everything about him before I came

but I didn’t

special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom he used his succubus

wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and I move on. I can’t even remember

“Don’t do it again.”

Never 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

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

smile at me like that, my queen. You’re making me forget

chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead souls

the direction of the pit of fire

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

the fire in front of us swirled as if a

pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me, so I tried my best to keep my emotions in

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

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

veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to

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

moment, as energies from the dead souls were coursing through my whole body

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

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 since I met

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

Simon?]” Lucius

demon and was then assigned to be

was taken and chained to the dungeon.

stated, and Lucius turned around to face him,

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

didn’t answer but tipped his head

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

want to

said it in a firm tone, and I couldn’t

belong to any kingdom and

demons we had, so we knew he was up to something more. He was using them as a decoy

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

He asked as he squeezed my hand, and I

bodies appeared in the dungeon —

burnt skin and rotten blood,

hand as we walked to

about time we finally meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius greeted

Alastor roared. His eyes

You didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of a king you will b e?”] Lucius

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

when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a scream escaped my

loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the wall