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?”

me to answer

would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about him before I came

I didn’t do a physical

a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for

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

“Don’t do it again.”

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

all of it,” I answered immediately as

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

as I chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon

the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand up. “I’m ready

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

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

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

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

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

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

it 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 of them, and there was

at this moment, as energies from the dead souls were

made me feel important. I

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

you too smitten that you couldn’t find any fault with me?”

anything you need, Simon?]”

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.

and Lucius turned around to face him, taking me

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

didn’t answer but tipped his head down before

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

want to see

him.” He said it in a firm tone, and I couldn’t

Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to

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

like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who

asked as he squeezed my hand, and I nodded

— at the

was dark and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the still

we walked

time we finally meet

this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes

didn’t even step up to protect it. What kind of

or I will make sure I kill your queen right

able to finish his words when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his

m y hair 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