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

out and had my

here most of the

me, some of my brothers had come back and made

clear

at all. We

it did not stop us from

already a

to beat. I didn’t need more.

of them

I could.

me how many of

I couldn’t count anymore. I couldn’t even

names.

I didn’t regret any of the killings. They’re weak, otherwise, I would

them. The only one I

because I

his eyes on him. But I waited patiently until it dawned on me that

no longer the apple of

was the moment

he had a

with her bordered on

his only rose among throngs of thorns. But as

more than the fascination of having

with me or cared about my existence, he did

Something

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

no matter how many

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

want her to

going on, and Father wasn’t telling anyone. So I made my own move and tried to find the answer. Until

fell on me.

met Cordelia, the right

immortal

She could see the future,

couldn’t remember it

needed someone to be

she had her

So Cordelia knew everything.

SO

I never had any problem

succeeded when no one

thing I knew,

her

information from her.

the next ruler

be stronger than my father.

way. If Father died, the

that time, I thought it would

Lucien’s heir

I only had two

Guillermo and Lucija.

probably visited the tower once or twice, but

had

realized the heir was not one of the sons, but

have been an easy act. She was only eleven at that time and knew nothing about power

world.

never fight

be an easy

encounter changed everything.

***FLASHBACK***

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downed the remaining whisky in my glass. Some of my brothers had

tonight.

to fuck as well. Lust might be in my blood, but

I never

to have

being treated like a god

were

never ran out of them, so

why Father took pleasure in taking females

him.

one of those nights that

my next move to secure

crown.

small, but clear

I knew who

Lucija.

around and

Just the girl I

was

as if she wanted to get lost

one. My name is

hand

she

couch adjacent

occasions, and Father had introduced her to

is Lucy,” she stated as she

straight, her eyes looking directly

mine.

“You mean Lucija?”

who

sipped my drink without taking

a way I can get out

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know, I will tell you?” I chuckled in

She nodded her head.

you

than the others. They

never smiled at me.”

you

them.”

too… But you smiled at me,”

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