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 answer

knew it would hurt, but I wanted to know everything

did, but I didn’t do a physical

Is she special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human

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 was probably just

“Don’t do it again.”

because of peer 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 more than happy to give you all the l*ust surging from within my

all of it,” I

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

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

the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand

what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to take many, as it’s a heavy load. I can take care of the

nodded my head, and soon, Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as

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

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

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

the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us.

was 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 me more. The underworld had welcomed me as part of

at this moment, as energies from the dead souls were coursing through my whole body

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 love,” Lucius 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 been doing every day since

too smitten that you couldn’t find any fault with me?” I teased him before we felt

Simon?]” Lucius asked without

demon and was then assigned to be the main demon of Athwart in our

king. He was taken and chained

and Lucius turned around to face him,

in there. Make sure he is

didn’t answer but tipped his

my cheek. “Would you like to come with me, or would

to see

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

demons that didn’t belong to

and useless compared to the demons we had, so we knew

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

he squeezed my hand,

appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of

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

of my hand as we walked to where a naked demon was heavily

meet

His eyes were full red and swirling in

protect it. What kind of a king you will b

make sure I

of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand

heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man