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

knew it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about him before I came into his

did, but I didn’t

jealousy for the human or

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

“Don’t do it again.”

of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.”

am willing to take all of it,” I answered immediately as my

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

I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon

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

looking and raised his hand. “Take only what

dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as

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

take energy from them, and I

accepting that

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 pride he was feeling at the

felt more energy surging i

from the dead souls were

would be able to provide for our demons. It made me feel important. I would

told me as he squeezed my hand that he was holding. We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us. “As you’d

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

you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without

then assigned to be the main demon

chained to the dungeon. Would you like

to face him, taking me with

room for us in there. Make sure he is isolated

tipped his head down before

“Would you like to come with me,

to

kill him.” He said it in

enjoy our kingdoms as Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either

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

was far better than him using demons who just wanted

then. Are you ready?” He asked as he squeezed my hand, and I nodded

seconds, our bodies appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of the tower

smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the

as we walked to where a naked demon was

we finally meet again, Alastor.]”

kingdom!]” 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

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

hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late.