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

hurt, but I wanted

didn’t

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

wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k,

“Don’t do it again.”

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

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

my queen. You’re making me forget we are

softly. I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead souls in hell to feed

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

faced the same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to take many, as it’s a heavy load. I can take care of

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

remembered what Lucius told me, so I tried my best to keep my emotions in

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

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

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.

my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld had welcomed

moment, as energies from the dead souls

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

that he was holding. We were in the

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

Simon?]” Lucius asked without

was then assigned

taken and chained to the dungeon. Would

turned around to face

us in there. Make sure he is isolated from the

answer but tipped his head

my cheek. “Would you like to come

to

in

Alastor had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending them either on Athwart or Kalmerus for suicide

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

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

you ready?” He asked as he squeezed my

— at the deepest part of the

smelled of burnt skin

we walked to where

we finally meet

deserve this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were

it. What kind of a king

back or I will make sure I kill

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

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