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

gods. 1

a piece of her,

sure that she

could get the seat I

for.

The seat of Hades.

abandon his seat to live peacefully with the rest of

retirement. 1

trying to be

and her allure to convince princes

But where was she?

♡♡♡

LUCY.

you know about my necklace and where my mother buried it? ” I asked

Lena, Laira, and I were laying down in her bed, with our feet still on the floor, as we just all stared at the ceiling. I had no idea how long we’d been in

made her join us.

promise me that whatever you hear, you will not

Patrea.”

haven’t decided

return to the

your word.”

I had a chance to ask her and

it. But if

will try to do it another way. Will that be

“Yes.”

Patrea. You have

on it.”

“Thank you.

I chuckled, as 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.

create an

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

her into

the law of the realm!” I blurted out

rising from my body,

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

underworld, Patrea and

her drink potions to make sure that nothing would

marks. This was your father’s order, so he could do

and she

back whole and…”

I don’t want

was not the first female he brought into the underworld, where they needed to do the potion, and they both

would not get

“But how come…”

hand reached for

me to remain

took her back to

two witches were not around, and knowing Lucien, he didn’t

laying down. I could only imagine the pain my mother went through, but I

it was the same

to visit his region. He heard her cries. Lucien panicked and sent your

own bed. Hades was

as your father claimed was in his chamber.

the underworld. And because she didn’t have the potion that Patrea would

had no idea you existed until Lucien

that he had a

the one where you burned a rabbit accidentally. And with that glimpse, Everly came running. That’s how

of your werewolf genes. So they knew that it was only a

looking for Everly, and when she found her, she

mother and created a spell around the place where she buried it so that if anyone

or the money your mother

supernatural power within you.”

“Including my wolf?”

fix that necklace so that it only suppresses

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

Only the fire. I can fly, I can transport a few feet as long as I can see where I want

read lies?” Laira asked, her

widening.

demons can. We can tell if you’re lying, and we can see all the lies

what

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

love with.

in love with