Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 64

064-Maybe One Day

LUCY.

The place felt damp and warm, with no wind blowing at all. I used to be okay in these surroundings, but now I miss the cold wind biting against my skin while I was still in the north. This palace looked dead, but why would I expect more?

I trod my way on the usual path that would lead me to Patrea’s stone cottage. She might be a prisoner in this realm, but she was given an option as to what home she would

like to have. She told me she had them

construct a home that was nearly identical

to the one she had in the human realm. She

thought she was being clever so it would still feel like home, but it only made her long for her real world.

The smell of a freshly cooked home meal whiffed through the air, and I heard my stomach rumbling. My thoughts went to

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Adan – we both hadn’t eaten dinner, and I was sure he was already hungry by now. It was already almost dawn in the human

world, while in this realm, we didn’t have any concept of time.

Darkness was everywhere, and the demons and the lost souls around never slept. And I was sure my father and Lucius didn’t need to, but they just did it so they could rest.

But Patrea kept her sense of time and would always have her meals according to how she programmed her hours. I wondered how she never lost her fire and spirits in this dead realm where there were barely any living souls here.

I stopped by her front door, but before I could knock, the door opened, and standing before me was a beautiful female that

seemed to never age despite the fact that she was already a grandmother now. When I first met Patrea, I thought she was just the same age as my mother, but knowing her story from Althea, she must be around fifty

or sixty years old, and yet she looked like she was just in her late twenties.

It was probably her age when she was brought here by my father.

I wondered if there was more to Patrea and Lucien than meets the eye. She was clearly the only living soul from another realm who had gotten this far.

“Lucija? Is that you?” Her eyes rounded as her hand clamped over her mouth.

I flashed her a wide smile, my teeth showing, as I nodded my head.

She looked around before her hand reached for my arm and pulled me inside her home, closing the door behind us as soon as I stepped in.

“Why did you come back? How did he find you?” Her eyes were flitting with worry before they became sad. “Or did you decide to embrace your demon side?”

I wet my lips before I smiled warmly at her. ” First, let me hug you.”

“Oh, sweetheart!” She smiled warmly back at me and opened her arms, enveloping me in a warm hug. She smelled of cinnamon mixed with herb spices. “I didn’t want to see you here, but I did miss you.”

“I’m glad you’re okay, Patrea. I have so much to tell you.”

“You can tell me everything, but have you eaten? I just finished making dinner. It’s not much, but it’s enough for the two of us unless you now eat like the wolf that you are.

I giggled softly and followed her lead as we walked to her small dining area. My eyes roamed around her cottage. Nothing had changed there was still a place for all her potions and books in one corner, and the house was still as tidy as ever.

as she

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on to fix food and plates on the table. “Now, tell me first what

“I found my mate.”

her hips, a

warm and ache at the same time. It felt like this is how my mother

Mom

Adan.

couldn’t help but smile back before

doing here, young lady?

father brought him here. So I have no choice but to

father had never faltered in bringing living souls here! Did he

Hades and tell him! I’m sure he won’t turn down a meeting with a royal princess!” Her

be here… so no, I can’t go

Spirits! I forgot I’m one of the stupid ones as well!” She

me

left with no choice but to tell him I was coming here. Then Adan… Adan

of his sight… Understandable. Is he locked

the

Lucien orders something terrible for him.” She sat down and

worst one, where souls were sucked at the moment they entered it, and they would be left with a hollow

would not accept

know what Lucien

said he still wants to drain me of

spirit! The only way he

And then rituals,

to ask you to do it,

do it!” She shook her head, her eyes flitting with defiance. “I can do all the others, but I will not

do to you

matter. At the end of the day, no matter what he does to me, I won’t

before

next option is to release a very strong demon power to convert you. And Hades and Selene will feel that, and if you’re not willing to

to make

and change you.”

I’m not going to kill

if he had a way out, he would also not let his spawns kill me, but he can’t. And ironically, despite having hundreds

“What do you mean?”

without my knowledge. Maybe he specifically stated that none of his sons could approach me without his presence. He had no daughters by then,

to her as Patrea, just ‘the witch’ because

“So you see, you’re

way to

think killing me will tarnish your soul, but you’re

the lesser dark

do that. Especially without

her…. What do you

breath before I began talking. I found your granddaughter…

open as shock registered on her

is dead.

as tears streamed down her

with beautiful dark plum hair. She has your nose. She also has your spirit and your

murmured her name

hands on her chest