Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 56

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 56

056 – Hell Breaks Loose

LUCY.

Althea opened her bedroom and let me in. I placed the tray of food on the round table at the far end before I faced her.

“Did you rest?” My eyes scanned her room, and her bed was cluttered with big, old- looking books.

She shook her head and pointed to the books

on her bed. “I want to make sure I’ll be

doing the right thing.”

“But I thought you needed to rest.”

“This is rest for me – one with my books and channeling the spirits.” She giggled softly while I bit my bottom lip as I nodded my head.

“Are you sure about the additional request? And the Alpha still doesn’t know?” She

asked.

“I’m sure. And yes, he doesn’t know anything.”

“He might kill me.”

“He won’t. I will protect you from him.”

“Are you sure you will defy him if he asks you not to shield me?”

“That won’t be the first time I will defy him. But I know you can protect yourself. But I want you to be honest with me, Althea. Am I putting you in danger with my request?”

“If you had no plan to unbind yourself, then no. I won’t be in danger.”

“However, you mentioned that this ritual is against nature.”

“All supernaturals were born against nature.

We are the result of centuries of wars and

disagreements between the gods. This magic

would not exist if it could not be used. Some

people were just abusing it.”

“Do you think I’m abusing it?”

“You’re protecting your Alpha. In the same way, I’m asking you to kill Patrea in order to free her spirits. Killing her is going against

nature. We are not the ones to decide when a

person should die or remain alive. So we’re just in the same boat.”

“Are we going to get punished?”

“The underworld would never punish you.”

“And you?”

“I’m doing it for a good purpose. I’m not binding you together, so I can kill one and, in effect, kill the other as well. If you get my

point.”

“I do. It makes me feel a bit better.”

“But you have to be ready. Because once I

bind

you, you will feel a connection within

you and the Alpha, and he might sense it.”

I hissed and smoothed my hands over my

hair.

“That’s the reason I had to do the shield

first, so whatever happens, if he stops me in the middle and throws me out, the shield is already in place.”

“Thank you… I will make sure he won’t interrupt you.”

“And there must be just two souls, not including mine, in the area where I will do the ritual. Otherwise, your life could be tied to anyone around you.”

I nodded my head. “You should eat. You need energy for tonight.”

She ignored my words and instead asked something else. “Where is Blade?”

A smile curled on my lips. “You miss him…”

“I think I overdid it this morning. He’s

probably super mad at me for being childish.

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“Don’t worry, he will get over it.”

“He was ignoring me the whole morning, and I thought I’d joke around just to get a reaction from him. And oh boy, I did get one! “Althea pouted as she crossed her arms against her chest. She looked like an eighteen -year-old having a boy problem, not the

fierce witch I met.

“If him, ignoring you, bothers you, why don’t you give him a chance?”

“He’s twelve years older than me.”

“And Alpha Stone is eight years older than me. And it’s working fine. After all, look at you. Look at the power and maturity you hold, do you think an 18-year-old guy can match up to you?”

“I don’t really like young guys. In fact, I don’t like anyone.

“Aside from Blade.”

“No. I didn’t say that.”

“You’re blushing.”

“I never had any guy in close proximity so it might be the only reason I’m… you know…”

“Attracted to him?”

“I don’t know. He irritates me.”

“It’s part of the attraction. Don’t fight it. I think he likes you too.”

“I don’t think so. I think he just wants to claim me because he has been alone for a long time. And I will be just a replacement.” She chewed her bottom lip as her eyes

watered, but she blinked it back and puffed her chest before walking to where I placed

her food.

“So it’s not about the age gap? It’s about being the second one…”

“I guess so. I don’t know.”

“Have you told him about how you feel?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Then he’ll think I’m a whiny teenager.”

“You are a teenager.

“Forget about it. I’ll deal with it one day. We have more important things to deal with.”

“We can always talk about it. Just tell me

and I will make time.”

“Thank you, but I’m fine for now. I just want to know if he left the territory.”

“No, he didn’t. He was just downstairs. The

Gamma actually asked if he wanted to join

him at the training grounds, but he refused. He stated that he will not leave you alone in the packhouse.”

I saw a smile curl on her lips before she pushed food into her mouth. “Would you like to eat?”

I shook my head. “I’m eating with the Alpha. And speaking of that, I should get going or he might storm here again.”

“Shoo! Go!” Athea giggled as she motioned with her hand. “I’ll see you later at seven in the evening.”

“I’ll bring you dinner.”

“No. I don’t eat before any rituals. I’ll be fine.

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“Oh, okay.”

“But I need food after.”

“Got it!”

“Thanks, Lucy!”

“No! Thank you!” I turned around and was

about to head for the door when she called

for me again.

“By the way, I can fix your necklace after the

binding. Since I already summoned the

spirits, it’s easier to just chant everything

when I have their powers around me.”

“Aren’t you exhausting yourself by then?”

“I’m a new witch. Young and fresh. I haven’t cast many spells in my lifetime, so the odds are on my side. But we will see. If I don’t have more energy tonight then we’ll do it some other time.”

“Sounds good.” I smiled at her before twisting the door handle, only for her to call me again.

“And one last favor…”

“Sure…”

“Can you make sure Blade eats? He didn’t eat the food Gamma Kingston bought for him this morning.”

“Sure…”

“But don’t tell him that I was checking on

him…”

“Of course, I won’t!” I winked at her before I

opened the door and stepped out of the