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

nodded my head. I knew it would hurt, but I wanted

I didn’t do a physical

tinge of jealousy for the human or

I wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything. I f*uc*k, and I move on. I can’t even remember the

“Don’t do it again.”

of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve

of it,” I answered immediately as my l*ips

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

were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead souls in hell to feed

pit of fire before extending my

my temple before he faced the same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to

the fire in front of us swirled as if a

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

take

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

tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without

as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and

from the dead souls were

our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege if

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

with me?”

need, Simon?]” Lucius asked without looking

then assigned to be the main

my king. He was taken and chained

stated, and Lucius turned around to face him, taking me

room for us in

didn’t answer but tipped his head

my cheek. “Would you like to come with

want to

said it in a firm tone, and

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

were weak and useless compared to the demons we had, so we knew he was up

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

asked as he squeezed my hand, and I nodded my head in

bodies appeared in the dungeon — at the deepest part of

of burnt skin and rotten

go of my hand as we walked to where a

finally meet again, Alastor.]”

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

protect it. What

will make sure I kill

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

But it was too late. The man