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?”

want me to answer

would hurt, but I wanted to know everything about

but I didn’t do a

you visited. Is she special?” I felt a tinge of jealousy for the human or species

chuckled 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 was

“Don’t do it again.”

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 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

I am willing to take all of it,” I

making me forget we are in the pits of hell, and we

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

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

what

fire in front of us swirled as if a water tornado was hitting the middle

heart kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius told me,

take energy from them, and I would not be able

hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were rotten souls, and

electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the

surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld had welcomed me as part of them, and there was nothing I could

the dead souls were coursing through my whole body —

It made me feel important. I would not be

were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us. “As

find any fault with me?” I teased him

Simon?]” Lucius asked

right-hand demon and was then assigned to be the main

Alastor, my king. He was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you like to meet

and Lucius turned around to face him, taking me with

make room for us in there. Make sure he

answer but tipped his head down before

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

to

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

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

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

but killing him was far better

squeezed my

bodies appeared in the dungeon — at

smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the

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

about time we finally meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius greeted

don’t deserve this kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were

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

kingdom back or I will make sure I kill your

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

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