Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 52

052- The Underworld

LUCIEN

Prince of Darkness, ruler of Kalmerus, one of the four Underworld regions.

“How long are you going to stand there and watch that fiber, father?” For the nth time today, Lucius asked as he slumped his body on my throne, making me hiss before I motioned for him to get off my seat.

He laughed as he stood up before walking to where I stood, staring at the fiber in front of

It used to hold the locations of my sons who

were often traveling back and forth to different realms at my disposal, but now I had allotted 50% of it just to track Lucija.

But my only daughter was smart enough not to use her fire — the only way I would be

able to pinpoint her exact location.

Almost a fortnight ago, something glowed

on the fiber, but before I could see where it was, it was already gone. She accidentally summoned fire, I assumed, and she’s been controlling herself so as not to use it again.

“So nothing new yet?” Lucius asked again.

“If there is, you and I will not be here,” I

answered in a cold tone.

“I can’t believe she’s not using fire accidentally. That girl couldn’t control her hands!” He said it with an irritated

expression.

I kept quiet, my hand reaching for my chin as I rubbed it while thinking. It was the reason I never asked Gargon to teach her how to control fire. I knew she never wanted

to be here, and it was only a matter of time before she would try to escape. And I wasn’t

wrong, but what I wasn’t expecting was that I would not be able to find her right away.

I underestimated how smart my daughter

was, but somehow it made me proud. Though I knew she could never outsmart me

for a long time, I was already losing my patience.

Two years and there were still no signs of

her.

And it wasn’t helping that my access to earth was limited due to the pact Hades, the God of the Underworld, agreed upon with all the other realms. I had no power to just barge in and destroy everything until they surrendered my daughter to me like I

wanted to.

The humans were worth nothing. I could easily kill them with a flick of my fingers, but I didn’t want Hades’ wrath to befall me – not when I spent my whole life trying to prove that once he relinquished his throne, I would be the one worthy of it.

If Lucija were not important, I wouldn’t be bothered with what she would do with her life, like I had stopped caring for all the

other spawns I had created over a span of centuries. Most of them had their own lives;

some of them were dead, and some decided to abandon the demon world, but I couldn’t

care less.

But Lucija was different. She was my only daughter and my sure ticket to winning the favor of the other gods and princes of this realm. All of my sons were useless; they could only sweet talk she-demons but not the male demons. But my Lucija could do it

for both without even trying hard.

And with the underworld swarming with

males, and she-demons being a rarity,

having Lucija would be an advantage.

She had the allure of an underworld goddess.

And I knew that once I transformed her into

a full demon, she would be sought after by

the princes of the underworld. Or even by the

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while everyone wanted a piece

sure that she would use it

I could get the

for.

The seat of Hades.

rumored for many decades now that Hades had wanted to abandon his seat to live peacefully with the rest of the immortals,

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trying to be the

I needed Lucija and her allure to convince princes and gods

But where was she?

♡♡♡

LUCY.

you know about my necklace and

just all stared at the ceiling. I had no idea how long

made her join us.

that whatever you hear, you will not back out

Patrea.”

still haven’t

have no way to return to

your word.”

a chance to ask

But if

then I will try to do it another way. Will that

“Yes.”

help Patrea.

on it.”

“Thank you.

did Laira and Lena, but when I glanced at Althea beside me with a solemn expression on her face and her eyes closed, I nudged Laira beside me, and she passed

giggling.

father would create an

your mother’s body to remain in her bed at night, but

her into

can’t do that. He was breaching the law of

was rising from my body,

held my hand, and I ended up closing my eyes as I tried to control

underworld, Patrea

to make sure that

no bruises, no marks. This was your father’s

wanted with her and

back whole and…”

don’t want to hear

order, but they couldn’t do anything. She was not the first female he brought into the underworld, where they needed to do the potion, and they both knew what else they could do to help her. They made her drink one more potion that

would

“But how come…”

reached for

signaling me to

he took her back

Lucien, he

into fists as I sat up from laying down. I could only imagine the pain my

the

his region. He heard her cries. Lucien panicked

her own bed. Hades was

that the crying woman was a she- demon, as your father claimed was in his chamber. So he told Lucien he would

was the last time he took your mother to the underworld. And because she didn’t have the potion that

idea you existed until Lucien returned

he had a

rabbit accidentally. And with that glimpse, Everly came

your werewolf genes. So they knew

mother got away, she went looking for Everly, and when she found her, she began doing spells, and eventually,

your mother and created a spell

mother left for you. The necklace

supernatural power within you.”

“Including my wolf?”

to fix that necklace so that it only suppresses

power linked you to Lucien, so she made it that way. Are you

a few feet as long as I can see where I want to go next, I can

read lies?”

widening.

demons can. We can tell if you’re lying, and we can see all the lies you’ve told in your life. But we can never read the truth

confusing, what do

love with someone and she says, she’s not, I will be able to tell if it’s a lie or not.

love with. Unless

she’s in love with