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

I knew it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything

but I didn’t do

tinge of jealousy for the human

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

“Don’t do it again.”

demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.” A

am willing to take all of it,” I answered

smile at me like that, my queen. You’re making me forget we are in the

I totally forgot that we were here s o I

direction of the pit of

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

my head before the fire in front of us swirled as if a water

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

be able to take

closed my eyes as my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were

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

right. A smirk formed on my face 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

dead souls were coursing through my whole body

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

my hand that he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast

with me?” I teased him before we felt a presence behind

you need, Simon?]”

right-hand demon and was then assigned to be the main demon

He was taken and chained to the dungeon.

to face

Go ahead and make room for us in there.

didn’t answer but tipped his head down

cheek. “Would you like to come with

to

will kill him.” He said it in

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

the demons we had, so we knew he was up to something more.

but killing him was far better than him using demons who just wanted to survive the underworld for his own

as he squeezed my

— at the deepest part of the tower

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

walked to

time we finally meet

Alastor roared. His eyes were full

you do? You didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of a

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

not able to finish his words when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’

m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was