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

wanted to know everything about

didn’t

of jealousy for the human or

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

“Don’t do it again.”

a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything

to take all of it,” I answered immediately

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

s o I could learn how to

the direction of the pit of fire before extending my hand up.

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

and soon, Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in front of us swirled as if a water tornado was hitting the middle of

and my heart kept clenching in pain, but I remembered what Lucius

felt any pity for them, I would not be able to take energy from them, and I would not be able to give my

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

my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without saying anything, I felt the

energy surging i n, and it excited me more. The underworld had welcomed me as part of

souls were coursing through

me feel important. I would not be given this privilege

the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now belonged to us. “As you’d been doing every day since

find any fault with me?” I teased him before we felt a

you need, Simon?]” Lucius asked

was then assigned to be

He was taken and chained to

Lucius turned around to

in

tipped his head

running down my cheek. “Would you like to come with

to see

in a firm

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

to the demons we had, so we knew he was up to something more. He

like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who just wanted to survive the

asked as he squeezed my hand, and

dungeon — at the deepest part of the tower

place was dark and smelled of burnt skin and rotten blood, making the still air

my hand as we walked to where a naked demon

meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius

His eyes were

to protect it. What kind of a

I will make sure I kill your queen right

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

swirled around my body, and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained to the wall dropped dead. His heart burned and melted down