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

but I wanted to know everything about him before I came

did, but I didn’t

special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom

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

“Don’t do it again.”

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

queen. You’re making me forget we are in

were here s o I could learn how

turned and faced the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand up.

hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no

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

what Lucius told me, so I tried my

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

hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls

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

doing it right. A smirk formed on my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited

as energies from the dead souls were coursing through my whole

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

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

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

need, Simon?]”

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

king. He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would

turned around to face him, taking

for us in there. Make sure he is isolated from

didn’t answer but tipped

cheek. “Would you like to come

want to

it in a firm tone, and I

didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them

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

killing him was far better than him using demons who just

ready?” He asked as he squeezed my hand,

our bodies appeared in the dungeon — at

and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood,

hand as we walked to where a

meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius

Alastor roared. His

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

back or I will make sure I kill your

of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a

and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped