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."

sigh before combing his

is not

She’s your fated mate.She will not be given to you unless she was meant to be

without trying to raise

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 again.I need to walk away

going to

not just about Althea dying.It’s everything.I don’t want to

love, or at least

glass and drank it directly.I was never patient, but I was trying, and his silence was pissing me off so

Don’t you

her! She’s too young! We will never see

least give her

hear yourself and how

slammed the glass on the table before

me years ago.I had given everything to Sol.Althea doesn't

of saying you should give her a chance, I should be saying, give yourself a fucking chance! You're not giving yourself the credit you deserve! You’re a fucking Alpha! Go take your pack back and claim your

why I work

but I knew what he wanted — to welcome death with open

you still

drank the remainder

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

her to wait for

from you to Althea.I will make

what’s your plan after you

witchy, crazy stuff as she wants.Use it all on her.And if it's not

love her."

paused, and I remained silent,

makes me feel guilty.Sometimes I wished, Althea

your

one comes along, and slowly, she was ripping away all the pages and memories of my past without even trying?" He

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

her,"

back when she’s ready to give herself to someone

feel the