BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 71

071 – Future Ruler of Kalmerus

LUCIUS.

I transported us to Lucija’s chamber, and I helped her put Stone in her bed. I knew she had many questions, but at the moment, she wasn’t asking any. She was busy attending to her mate and it was to my advantage. I didn’t want to tell her

anything more at the moment than what

she needed to know.

“I have to go now. I have other things to do,” I told her after a while of watching her clean up Stone’s body.

He looked like he was fucking dead to me, but his chest was moving, which meant he was still alive.

“But… what if I need you?” Lucija stood up from the bed and faced me.

“Then reach out to me. I won’t block my

mind.”

“Do you think Lucien will come back

soon?”

“I don’t think so. He wants to find the witch, so I’m sure he will search the whole North for her.”

“Will you let me know if he returns?”

“Of course. But what are your plans? Will

you return Stone to his cell?”

“No. Definitely not. I just want to be prepared when he comes back because

I’m sure he will raise hell if he finds out I took him out of the dungeons.”

“Raise hell? You’re already in hell.” I chuckled before I let out a deep sigh, and my expression turned serious. “Lucija, you need to control your fire. If you snap and your fire comes out, you can burn the

whole place. And it won’t kill Lucien, me, or any other demons, but I am sure it will affect the man there, and it will backfire

on you.”

She nodded her head, but I wanted to make sure she understood the severity of letting out fire uncontrolled.

“If I’m not around to remind you, you need to remind yourself to calm down. You have a wolf, right?”

She nodded her head.

“Make her useful. Tell her to remind you so she has some use here and not just resting there in your head.”

Lucija’s mouth twitched as her eyes dilated, but it was just for a few seconds. Her wolf was trying to surface, which impressed me because, despite the enchantment around the tower, she was able to show me a glimpse of her through

Lucija’s eyes.

I chuckled as I pointed at her. “I made

your wolf angry. Remind me to stay away once you can shift.”

“My wolf is not useless.” She glared at me.

“Whatever,” I said before turning around and disappearing from her room without saying anything else.

I transported my body on the stairs going up to my room. I could have gone directly inside my chamber, but I wanted time to think, and walking helped.

My mind had been racing for the past few days. I literally had no idea what my next

move would be. There were many

speculations in my head, and I didn’t

know what to believe anymore.

But one thing I knew for sure: I needed

Lucija on my side.

I might be older than her, but I knew she had a power far greater than mine. How did I find out? I wasn’t born yesterday. If you’d been living around my father,

Lucien, for decades, you would get to know him inside and out.

He had never behaved strangely until Lucija moved in with us.

I had always known that by the time he retired as the ruler of Kalmerus,

Guillermo was most likely to take over. Guillermo was three centuries older than

me, and Lucien had always favored him over everyone else, including me.

Of course, why would he choose me? I

was nothing. My mother was a she- demon slave. She left me at the gates of the tower on the very same day that I was

born and never came back. I didn’t even

know her name. Lucien was responsible

enough to take me in but other than that, I didn’t receive any personal attention.

from him.

He probably didn’t know how to raise his

own son.

Almost all my brothers were brought up

by their mothers and were only

summoned by Lucien the moment they

turned fifteen. Some of them stayed in

the tower with us, but the moment they came of age at eighteen, they moved away

life of

moved out and

came back here

of my brothers had come back and made

clear

Not that it bothered Father at

stop us from

was already a

I didn’t

of them as

I could.

you asked me how many of my

hands, I couldn’t count anymore. I couldn’t even remember

names.

no. I didn’t regret any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise, I

to kill them. The only one

Guillermo because

him. But I waited patiently until it dawned

the apple of his

moment that Lucien found

had a daughter. I thought

her bordered on the

throngs of thorns. But as the

more than the fascination of having a

cared about my existence,

Something he never

never on how to discover other powers within her. She was never taught to explore many

how many times

requested to upgrade her training, my father kept refusing. He didn’t want

want her

So I made my own move and tried to

fell on me.

met Cordelia, the right hand of

immortal seer of

see the future,

remember

needed someone to be with

she had

So Cordelia knew everything.

SO

I never had any problem making her fall

I succeeded when no

next thing

fucking her

information from her.

me the

not yet determined, whether a male or a female, but the ruler would be stronger than my father.

one way. If Father died, the prophesied ruler would

I thought

Lucien’s heir than

only had two targets in

Guillermo and Lucija.

I began noticing Guillermo’s absence in his life. In fact, I haven’t seen him in the last decade. He had probably visited the tower once or

had

was then that I realized the heir was not one of the sons,

act. She was only eleven at that time and knew

world.

fight

an easy kill, but

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

11 years

home while I downed the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers had left and gone their

tonight.

Lust might be in my

unlike Father, I never

have sex

god

were

ran out of

why Father took pleasure in taking females who

him.

that I would rather be

on my next move

crown.

but clear

and I knew who

Lucija.

turned around and

girl I was hoping

was

pillar as if she wanted to

My name is

hand

forward, which she did, but she

the Victorian couch adjacent to

occasions, and Father had introduced her

she stated as she

straight, her eyes

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

know who

nodded my head as I sipped my drink without taking my eyes off

way I can get out of

11

think if I know, I will tell you?” I chuckled in surprise

She nodded her head.

made you

than the others. They

never smiled at me.”

you never smiled

them.”

didn’t smile at you too… But you smiled

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