BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

057 – Blade

GAMMA KINGSTON.

I knew something was off when the witch raised an invisible barrier that prohibited us from entering the

ruin where she was performing her rituals. And I couldn’t even mindlink my Alpha, but I tried to keep

calm. Maybe I was just not familiar with witches and their spells. If my Alpha trusted her, then I should

too.

But the moment Alpha Stone flinched from his position and anger flashed in his eyes, I knew something

went wrong. The Alpha didn’t like what was going on. I began to slam my body against the shield, and

soon Blade and the other warriors with us were doing the same thing.

We all looked like fucking lunatics trying to crush an invisible wall we couldn’t even see.

But nothing we did could shatter it. It was too strong, and even if we all slammed our

bodies on it at the same time, it didn’t break.

“Put the fucking shield down!” Blade was roaring, shaking the ground as he kept pounding his fists

against the barrier while his eyes were fixated on the witch, who I didn’t notice until now. Her body was

convulsing as blood trickled down her nose.

“What the fuck is happening?” I growled, and the warriors around me were expressing

the same sentiments.

If Alpha Stone’s reaction earlier bothered

me, it was nothing compared to what I was feeling at the moment. My eyes widened as my jaw dropped

open the moment I saw fire engulf the Alpha and Lucy. I was fucking terrified they would burn and that it

was a message that hell was coming.

‘Collin, Alpha Audrius!’ I sent a mindlink to the two men who were left at the packhouse. ‘Issue a high

alert on all borders and double the number of patrollers around unmanned territory borders. Lucy let out

a fire.’

I went straight to the point. We already discussed previously that ‘Lucy let out a fire’ or something similar

only meant one thing: Lucien might show up anytime now.

‘Is the shield up?’ Alpha Audrius asked, and I

didn’t know what to say.

‘I had no idea, we are unable to talk to the witch right now. I guess we will find out

soon.’

‘Then let’s move as if the shield does not

exist. Where is Adan?’

‘With Lucy.’ How could I tell them the Alpha was burning? Fuck!

‘Okay. Keep communication open.’ Alpha

Audrius stated.

‘Noted, Alpha.’ Both Collin and I answered in

unison before the link closed.

My eyes darted back to the Alpha at the exact

moment I felt like water was splashing out as the shield shattered and just disappeared. I didn’t waste

any time and rushed to where

Adan and Lucy were.

“Tell Lucy to take out the fire!” I yelled to the Alpha, as I took off my shirt and tried to put out the fire on

their bodies using my shirt, but it was useless.

“I’ve been trying to!” Adan snapped at me, and it was only then that I realized he was still standing still

with Lucy in his arms as if the fire wasn’t burning him.

I moved my hand closer to the fire, only to pull it back in an instant. “The fuck!” It was fucking hot, but

how was Adan still standing and not burning?

“Lucy… baby. Your fire hurt Kingston.” Adan was talking to her in a voice totally different from the way he

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snapped at me, but it

worked.

Soon, the fire was gone. Lucy and Adan were right in front of me without any burns or damage, as if the

fire earlier was just a

figment of my imagination.

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BLADE.

I came with them to the ruin with no

expectations. I just wanted to get over and done with this, and maybe Althea would decide to go back to

the mountains, and I would take her there without any questions.

I wanted her out of here before the full

moon. Because as much as I never killed just for fun or out of annoyance, I might end up doing that if

someone else other than me

tried to satiate her heat.

I was not sure if witches would emit a heat

scent as she-wolves during their heat. But I

was one hundred percent sure she would go

into heat.

What if her heat scent came around? Adan

was not marked, and with many unmated wolves checking her out, she might give in and spend her heat

with them.

And the thought alone was making me furious and fucking insecure.

Because she never wanted me.

Before she came, I couldn’t care less if no one found me attractive. I lost my mate

many years ago and had learned to shut off

any emotions.

No females, no pains.

And I was okay with that. But then the Goddess knew how to torture an already

dead soul. She sent me a new mate, someone

that would ignite the fire within me, but the fucking thing was, she sent someone twelve years younger

than me.

How could a young, free-spirited female end up liking someone like me? 4

And what will I do with a pup? Was she meant to be my mate or my child?

But no matter how many times I told myself I would reject her, I couldn’t do it.

Something kept pulling me back to her.

“I’ll stay here. I’m not leaving the ruins.” I

crossed my arms against my chest and

remained on my spot as I looked ahead. I

wanted to make sure she was just within reach if something happened.

“Of course, you will. I don’t need another

soul in here except for Alpha Stone and Lucy. “Her hand went to my forearm, but she withdrew right

away.

Did she feel the sparks? Because I did, and it

was making my fucking knees weak. It had been years since I felt it, and I had forgotten how it felt. But

instead of my previous mate, it was Althea wrapped up in my arms that suddenly flashed in my head.

Was I doing the wrong thing? Shouldn’t I be honoring the memory of my mate? Was this my fault

because I no longer spent my nights thinking of her? Althea had occupied my thoughts since the day I

saw her.

“I don’t have a soul,” I snapped at her,

trying to mask the real emotions that her

touch had given me.

“Ha ha,” she feigned a laugh before rolling

her eyes at me. “Please, Blade. I’ll do

whatever you want after this, just get off the ruins now. I need to get started as soon as possible while

the spirits are still within me, or it will take too much of my energy to summon them again.”

She looked desperate, and something in her eyes was pleading with me to just trust her

this time.

“Whatever I want? You can’t back down on

that.” I told her in a low voice before turning

my back on her and walking away from the building.

The moment my foot stepped into the fresh

earth, I felt a jolt push me further, and I moved forward. And then a big flash came at

the exact moment I turned around to see

what was happening.

And before I knew it, the little witch had

already built an invisible barrier separating us from her. I growled as I slammed my fist into it, but it didn’t

do anything.

My eyes met Althea’s and I was expecting

her to glare at me, but she just placed a finger against her lips, silencing me. And I couldn’t help but

focus on her slightly

pouted, plump lips, and think of the many things I could do with them.

Fuck!

I backed away from the barrier and stood at a safe distance behind Kingston and his warriors. My dick

was fucking painful, and I

was sure it would take a while before it

would calm down.

I was not even sure if Althea was doing this on purpose because her every move felt like she was

seducing me, only to leave me hanging like a fucking teenager with a boner.

I closed my eyes and steadied my breathing. I was too old for this. I shouldn’t be letting an 18-year-old

make me feel like this. 1

Althea began her ceremony, and everything was ordinary until I noticed a slight shake coming off her

hands. The first ritual didn’t shake any part of her body. Was it really part

of this?

My eyes darted to Stone and he looked like he was panicking as he pulled Lucy into her

arms. Lucy looked like she was also

convulsing.

What the fuck was happening?

My heart pounded inside my chest as my

shifted between Stone and Althea.

gaze

Only then did I realize I couldn’t actually hear anything that was happening on the

other side of the barrier.

I stepped forward at the same time Kingston did, and we ended up slamming our arms on

the barrier wanting to break it. He was

cursing, and so was I.

“Put the fucking shield down!” I roared, trembling the ground below, but no matter how hard I pounded on

the shield, it refused

to break.

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Althea’s nose began to trickle with blood. It was too much blood, and the memory of

losing my mate right before my very eyes came flashing back.

No! No! Not Althea!

My eyes watered as I slammed the barrier the hardest, but it wasn’t doing anything. I moved to the other

side, where I could only see Althea’s back, and began slamming there.

The whole globe on which she set the barrier was engulfed in a tornado of dry leaves and dust, and soon

I could no longer see anything inside.

And then a fire glowed from the middle but I couldn’t see everything.

“Althea!” I bellowed, shaking the ground again, and all of a sudden, a big flash

appeared in front of me, and the barrier

shattered like broken glass, but no debris fell on the ground.

I rushed forward and caught Althea just before she hit the ground.

“No! No! No!” I kept mumbling, crouching while holding Althea’s upper body. I could hear her faint

heartbeat, but she was lying unconscious in my arms with too much blood coming from her nose.

“Althea… wake up…” I was begging, and my voice was breaking as I wiped the blood off her face using

the torn fabric from my shirt.

Her body jolted, and my hold on her tightened while my eyes widened. I let out a breath of relief, only to

panic again the

moment she gasped for air and began coughing.

“Can’t breathe…” She was flinging her

hands around.

I caught them before I tilted her upper body into a sitting position as I crouched in front of her, my hands

holding her arms as I tried to catch her eyes. “Breathe easy, breathe

with me…”

Althea looked lost, but she followed my lead, and soon she was breathing at a slow pace at

the same rhythm as mine. My hand went to cup her cheek, caressing it gently with my thumb as we

continued breathing in sync

with each other.

“You’ll be okay…” I told her, but it felt like I was trying to pacify myself.

She closed her eyes and nodded her head. I didn’t waste any more time. I scooped her petite body off

the ground and carried her in bridal style, ready to take her away from this place, when Stone walked

toward me, tugging Lucy behind him.

“I need your help, Blade.”

“No. I will only look after Althea.”

“I know that, but take Lucy with you to the

packhouse. I have warriors coming with you,

I just need to go to the border with Kingston. Collin is meeting you halfway.”

“Did my father arrive?” Lucy asked.

“No. I just want to make sure the security is

up.”

Stone was lying. I knew him well enough to know when he was lying or not. The uncomfortable way his

upper lip twitched and his refusal to meet Lucy’s eyes gave him

away.

Lucy’s father had arrived.

“Go, now. I’ll be at the packhouse in thirty minutes.” Stone cupped the she-demon’s face, kissing her

briefly before pushing her to my side. “Blade, I trust you.”

I nodded my head and signaled the three warriors around us to start moving. One of

them held Lucy’s arm and guided her to

move. “Luna, we have to go.”