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

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

I didn’t do a physical

felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species

before 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 I move on. I can’t even remember the females I visited, and it

“Don’t do it again.”

I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.” A smug smirk tugged on

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

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

my m*outh as I chuckled softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the

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

“Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to take many, as it’s a heavy load. I

nodded my head, and soon, Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as if a water tornado was hitting the middle of

pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me, so I tried

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

my eyes as my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and didn’t deserve

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

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

souls were coursing through my whole

able to provide for our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege

in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us. “As you’d been doing every day

any fault with me?” I

need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

previously Lucien’s right-hand demon and was then assigned to be

Prince Alastor, my king. He was taken and chained to

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

me, his knuckles running down my cheek. “Would you

want to see

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

didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either on

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

be honored to witness 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 underworld for his own

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

bodies appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part

and smelled of burnt skin and

as we walked

we finally meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius greeted

kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full red

even step up to protect it. What kind of a king you will b e?”] Lucius mocked

or I will make sure I kill

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

was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped dead. His heart burned and melted