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

069 – Lucien & Patrea

LUCIEN.

I didn’t find the witch. And I couldn’t

force Stone’s pack members to reveal her

whereabouts.

Hades had called for me and asked for an explanation of what happened the night that I took Lucija

home. Lucius

accidentally summoned his name, but he just ignored it. By the time he realized it was a royal son who

mentioned his name, the only thing he saw was when Lucija took my hand. 3

But he heard me swear to her that I would

never touch Stone’s pack. So even if I

wanted to crush them and force the

witch’s name out of their mouths, I knew Hades was watching and just waiting for me to make one more

mistake. I could feel he didn’t like me at all, especially

after that close encounter with him when

Lucija’s mother was in my chambers.

more than two decades ago.

I always had to watch my back. I felt like a fucking dog being watched all the time, and I didn’t like it. But

I didn’t have a

choice. I wanted to gain his favor even if I

hated him.

Despite being the being god of the underworld, Hades always had a soft spot for females, something I

couldn’t understand. He was supposed to be the toughest of all the gods, but he was bowing down to

females.

I pushed any thoughts of Hades aside for the moment as I made my way inside Patrea’s cottage. I

reached the door to her bedroom and forced it open, breaking the

door from its hinges and making the witch jolt from her bed.

She was sleeping, and I just woke her up.

A crooked smile was plastered on my face. as my gaze wandered over the flawless

skin of her neck and shoulders while she

clutched her sheets tighter around her body.

“Oh, come on, Lucien! I’d been asking you for privacy for many decades now,

and up until now, you didn’t have the decency to knock.”

“I would have transported my body here if you hadn’t cast a spell in your cottage. Barging in is the next

best option.”

“What do you want now?” Her eyes darkened, and I knew I had annoyed her

again like I’d been doing for the last three

decades.

Patrea caught my eye because she was beautiful. I thought I outsmarted her when I brought her here,

but the witch. was cunning and cast a spell on herself so

I would not be able to fuck her.

Despite lusting after her, she was the only

female I couldn’t touch in this realm. If I

pushed myself on her, her body would

deteriorate and she would die –

something she would rather be than have

sex with me.

So I just watched her from a distance, and

from time to time I would give in and

touch her, but I couldn’t fuck her. Until I

finally gave up because it just led to more

frustration. She was the only female I

could never have. I could have killed her,

but I needed her alive rather than dead.

“Are you just going to stare there, or will you talk?” She rolled her eyes before she continued. “Can you

leave my room and

let me dress up, I will meet you in the

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kitchen.”

“I’ve seen everything in your body, Patrea. What’s the point of having privacy?”

“Oh, yes, I forgot.” She shoved her blanket off her body and got up from her bed. “You’ve seen

everything.

Unfortunately for you, you can only look.”

My eyes swirled with desire at the sight of her in her simple nightgown. The way her hips curled on the

satin nightgown

spiraled my lust. It wasn’t even skimpy or body-hugging.

She smiled mockingly at me before she held the hem of her nightgown and pulled it off her body, giving

me a view of her perfect breasts and flat stomach.

I hissed in annoyance before turning my back on her and walking out of her room.

Three decades of just staring at her and having my hand touch her core were frustrating the hell out of

me. I swear to the fucking Hades that once I didn’t need her anymore, I would fuck the life out of her and

just let her die just so I could get

my fill of her.

‘Where is Lucija?’ I connected with Lucius

while I waited for Patrea to come down from her room.

‘Are you back in Kalmeurs?’ He asked

instead of answering.

‘Yes. Where is Lucija?’

‘Probably sleeping. I can check.’

‘And Stone?’

‘Still in the dungeons. Did you find the witch?’

‘No. The witch is no longer at the Mystic

Pack.’

‘Did you kill someone from Stone’s Pack?’

‘No. I couldn’t because my son messed up by mentioning Hades’ name, and now I feel like he’s watching

me the moment I leave the realm.’

‘My bad, forgive me, Father. If you want,

send me. I’ll find the witch.’

‘No. I don’t trust you.’

‘Ouch! That hurt bad.’

‘You knew it. So fuck off and check Lucija.

Make sure she doesn’t communicate with

Stone until I can figure out how to unbind

them.’

‘Do you still want Stone dead? Just send him back to his realm, and prohibit Lucija from traveling outside

the realm. Easy

peasy.’ 1

‘I’m sure I made you aware that Lucija is special and not someone you can tell

what to do. No matter what restriction I

place around her, she can always find a

way to go around it.’

‘Yup, I know it. Because you fucking let

me know about how useless I am

compared to her, every fucking day.”

‘Now, now, Lucius, don’t get dirty on me.

If you don’t want to follow my order and

just shut up, you can leave my tower and

be on your own. I won’t miss you.’ 2

‘I didn’t say I was defying you. I was just saying, I am the one loyal to you, and yet Lucija and Guillermo

have always been

the ones getting favors.’

‘Then you need to prove yourself to get the favors they are getting.’

‘Lucija didn’t do anything at all!’ He snapped, and I knew he was already

pissed off not that it bothered me.

‘Lucija doesn’t need to do anything. She had already proven her worth simply by existing.’ I cut off the

connection before

he could say more.

This argument between me and Lucius had been going on for years, ever since I

und out Lucija existed. I watched Lucija nce she was six years old, and I could el the power within her

the only ing that could destroy me. And this was he secret I kept all these years.

feared my only daughter.

efore Lucija was born, I knew Guillermo, ne of my firstborns, would be the one to ake over my throne

once I ascended to Hades’ throne, or at least be Hades’ right

land.

And Lucius wanted to challenge that, as did the other spawns I had. They wanted my throne.

But it didn’t bother me. It didn’t matter who would take over as ruler of

Kalmerus, as long as I got the throne of Hades or was seated next to him.

But the constant fighting between my spawns irritated the fucking hell out of me, so I reached out to the

Orpheus of the

Underworld and asked for the future of

Kalmerus.

The Orpheus couldn’t see when the prophecy would be fulfilled – the only thing she saw was that the

next one who would take over as the new ruler was the only one who could destroy me. Someone whose

power was greater than mine, and only I could feel how great his or her

power was.

Some of my sons knew I went to the Orpheus that day to find answers for the future of Kalmerus, but I

could never tell them that, in fear, they would all conspire and try to kill me if they found out, one of them

was stronger than me.

So I told them a lie, stating that the next ruler would be able to mark his mate with

his royal demon venom without killing their mate. Up to this point, none of my sons had been able to

bring home a

female marked with their venom. We

could bite and drink blood from our

victims, but the moment our fangs dug deeper, it could lead to the victim’s

demise.

And none of the she-demons around

were willing to take the risk of being bitten by a demon royal, making it impossible for my sons to bring

home a marked female. It gave me more time to put my plan into motion.

In the beginning, I thought it was

Guillermo who could be the next ruler of

Kalmerus. He had a strong aura almost

similar to mine, but when I met Lucija, everything changed. She was only six, but her power rendered me

immobile when she yelled at me not to come near her when I planned to take her that day.

Everly, her mother, thought her begging was the one that made me leave Lucija that day, but it was

Lucija’s anger that made me stop approaching her.

Even if I was showing a tough facade in front of my daughter, I knew I could

never push her to her limits, because she might discover she had power stronger

than mine.

The Orpheus warned me that destroying the chosen one would also destroy me.

Killing her on purpose was never an option, and the only way she could not kill me is if I bound my life to

her. That was why I waited patiently for her to turn 18 so we could bind our lives together under the

pretext that I wanted to rinse her off of her werewolf blood, but she ran away, and now I am facing a

bigger problem.

How could I bind us when she was bound

to a werewolf? a

A sound of a chair scraping the floor snapped me out of my thoughts, and I found myself face-to-face

with Patrea.

“So, why are you so early?” She inquired, scowling as she leaned back in her chair.

“Early? You’re the only one who

complains about being early or late in this

realm. Everything is just one whole day for all of us.” I chuckled and shook my

head.

“I’m not part of your world. Now can we get this over and done? What do you need?

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“Lucija is back.”

“So I heard.”

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“And what do you know about

werewolves?”

“Not much. I was abducted before I could

get a grasp of other creatures.”

“I didn’t abduct you. You came of your

own accord.”

“You tricked me.”

“You’re greedy. That’s the thing that

lured you.”

“You’re evil, taking advantage of

someone’s innocence.”

“I don’t see an innocent female in front

of me.”

She slammed her fist on the table as she

glared at me. “Tell me what you want, and get out of my house!”

“My house. You own nothing. Even the

clothes you’re wearing are mine!”

“Right! You own everything here, except my pussy that you can’t fuck!”

I scoffed but didn’t say anything, I could feel myself getting pissed off already.

“Got your tongue tied? Poor King of Kalmerus, so…. deprived of sex.”

“You’re not the only female around,

Patrea. In case you forgot that.”

“I know. But I also know, how frustrating

it is when you can have everything here except one. So do me a favor and let my body go.”

“No. Your presence here fulfills more of

my needs than your body can.”

“Fine. Now talk, you’re disrupting my peace.”

“Can you unbind two people?”

“What do you mean?”

“Lucija’s life was bonded to another man.

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“Oh, isn’t it wonderful? Lucija times two.”

“What do you mean?”

“Whatever Lucija has, he will get it too.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?”

“When did I ever joke on you? We’re not

friends.” She chuckled as if she had won

something. “However, to clarify so you can understand it clearly, there are two

types of bond, one where the other simply

shares a life connection. One dies the

other dies. And another, that shares the

ability as well. Lucija is somewhat

immortal – unless they discover the right

way to kill her. Making the person bonded

to her as immortal as she is.”

“And Lucija’s power?”

“You mean her fire?”

I swallowed. I knew Lucija had more

power than her fire. “Yes.”

“I’m not sure, but it’s possible. But I’m

sure her strength will be his strength.”

“Can you unbind them?”

“No. I can only make the bond stronger, not unbind them.” She smirked at me and I wanted to wipe it off

her face.

“Who can unbind them? The witch who did it?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t think so. Some spells are bound to last forever. Especially things

like that.”

“If she’s bound with someone already, can another one bind with her?”

Her smirk warped into a scowl. “What are you planning to do?”