Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon

125 - Sol - Blade - Althea ADAN STONE.

After the event outside the packhouse, Lucy and I excused ourselves so we could freshen up before breakfast, as we promised my family that we would explain more while eating.

But since it was still early, we were planning to play hooky for a while in our room, but the plan ended abruptly even before it started, even before we could reach our room.

Blade cornered me in the hallway leading to the stairs and requested to speak with me alone.

From the expression on his face, I knew he would not accept a no, so I told my little bunny to go ahead and wait for me in our room instead, and I went with Blade into my office.

T heard him lock the door as I made my way to my chair, and as soon as I sat down, he threw a thick envelope on my desk.

"What's that?" I asked as I leaned forward and grabbed it.I opened it to find stacks of cash inside.I didn’t ask again, but I raised it and waited for his reply.

"For Althea." He answered in a cold voice.

"I’m not sure I understand,"I told him.

"I’m giving you back the money you paid me when I picked her up in the red mountains."

"Okay, but the fuck, man, I only give you a portion of this.This is ten times what I paid you."

"Use it for her.It’s my life’s savings since I started doing mercenary work."

I knew that when Blade left his territory, he didn’t take anything with him except his car and one duffel bag.

His cards and cash were left behind, so everything in my hand right now was the money he earned in the last five years, doing what he was doing.

"I don't understand.If you want to give her money, why does it have to come through me? Can’t you just give it to her?"

"I’m leaving."

"You’re what? We didn’t even have time to catch up."

"We don’t need to.I know you’re happy, that’s enough for me."

"And you? Are you happy? You know that I would never stop you from leaving, but I want to know what’s going on.This is about Althea, right? Don’t tell me you didn’t talk things out until now."

"We did, but it’s going nowhere."

let out a deep sigh before combing his fingers over his

is not

fated mate.She will not be given to you unless she was meant to be with

firmly, without trying to raise my

first mate stand? She, too, was given to me and then taken away in the blink of an eye.I'm not going to stand here and wait for the same thing to happen

it’s going to

dying.It’s everything.I don’t want to feel any

love, or at

glass and drank it directly.I was never

it! Don’t you fucking love

don’t love her! She’s too young! We will never see eye

At least give her a

hear yourself and how selfish you

the table before turning around to

Stone! And look at Althea! How could a free-spirited, beautiful young female be mated to a man who had nothing more to offer? She’s young and fresh, while life was sucked out of me years ago.I

I should be saying, give yourself a fucking chance! You're not giving yourself the credit

I

he wanted — to welcome death with open arms.But even if he wanted to, he would always come out victorious, wounded but

what you still want after

remainder of his whiskey before pouring another

just confused right now.Go and think about it.Maybe you'll miss her while you’re gone.Come back when you’ re ready to face

her to

walk out that door and out of my territory, my loyalty will shift from you to Althea.I will

plan after you

been doing.But what I do doesn’t matter at this point.I just want to make sure she’s provided for.Buy her a house, a car, everything she wants, and as much witchy, crazy stuff as she wants.Use it all on her.And if it's

me you don’t love her." I scoffed, mocking

He paused, and I remained silent, waiting for

feel guilty.Sometimes I wished, Althea didn’t come.I’m done with all the pain, Stone.I don't want

your own

before you were ready? And then another one comes along, and slowly, she was ripping away all the pages and memories of my past without even trying?" He spoke in a slightly higher

ahead of her.She’s better off without me.I don’t want her to wake up every day thinking about who I liked more.She deserved a man

marked her," I growled

come back when she’s ready to give herself

will feel the pain every time she's