Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon

136 - Young Adan LUCY.

"His father, the then Alpha of their pack, was one of the organizers of that Alpha camp.That day I was sparring with Ethan.We were in the corner, far away from the rest.The fucker couldn’t accept that I beat him and told lies to his father.I couldn’t even remember the lies.All I knew was that his father was so mad at me.I tried to reason with him, but he wouldn't hear of it.He slammed the side of his hand into my shoulder.I heard my bones crack.I felt it, but I didn’t scream.I knew my bone had dislocated, but I didn’t even say anything to let him know I was in pain.My body crumbled, and I collapsed on the floor, but I didn’t complain.He continued shouting at me about respect and superiority, and I remained laying on the ground because, as much as I didn’t want him to see me in pain, I knew if I moved he might attack me again.And I was not sure if my body could handle it.He and Ethan left, murmuring curse words about how weak I was.I was only eight, and he was maybe thirty.I wished I knew then that he was too big and too strong for me, that he should be attacking an eight-year-old.But I was too preoccupied with the notion that I needed to be strong to prove that I was worthy of being the next alpha of my pack."

I bit my bottom lip harder as I fought the tears from falling.

My heart broke for young Adan, and it made me wish I had known this before my encounter with Ethan yesterday.

"I dragged myself to my barracks that night.The next morning, I had a fever and couldn’t eat.All I remember is that no one asked if I was okay.I told myself I was expected to be strong, so I acted like one.By nightfall, I couldn’t take the pain anymore.I snuck out of the barracks in the middle of the night.I kept running.I wanted to die.My body was in pain.I was lucky I only had theoretical training that day, but physical training would be up the next day, and I knew I would not survive it.

I should have called Dad, but I didn’t.

I wanted him and Pops to be proud of me.

I don’t know what happened that night.

When I woke up, my shoulder was healed, and there was not a single pain at all.

But I knew the broken bones were not a figment of my imagination because my shoulder was still bruised.

It is still a mystery to me.

But from that day forward, I couldn’t trust anyone with my shoulders.

I didn’t feel the pain anymore.

But I kept remembering it.

I haven’t told a single soul about that day until you."

A lone tear fell from his eye, and he wiped it away immediately before he smiled at me, his face showing uncertainties.

"Are you turned off now by how weak your mate is? I’m still crying over something that's two decades old."

I shook my head as the tears kept trickling down my face.I wiped it away before I cupped his cheeks, and I turned his face gently so he would be looking at me before I brushed the hair that fell off his eyes.

"Do you want to hear one good thing that came out of that experience?"

His brows furrowed, but he smiled.

"Tell me..."

"You meet Hades that night..."

Sobs escaped my throat as I tried to continue talking in between my hiccups and tears.

you away, and then you wished to be mated to a demon.It was the same night I was born...That night, a simple wish from your pure heart connected us for the rest of

but a

"Hades told you?"

"He did..."

I moved my position, kneeled on the couch we were seated on, and faced

same moment I let the glasses all around the gazebo be covered with mist so that no one from the outside could

collarbones before I let them caress his shoulders, letting the sparks dance

now on, I promise

taking

everything in my power to ensure that this shoulder will no longer remind you of the agony of being alone, but of how brave you’ve been to face the god of hell and wish

eight years old, and you faced him again twenty years

leaving soft kisses along the way as his

mouth lapped and sucked on the exact spot where he

"Lucy..."

his hands tightened around me, and his voice was telling me that my kisses were affecting him differently

He was aroused.

memory of his

skin, making a growl resonate from his

flew to my hair, coiling

me, and as much as I wanted to straddle

for Adan,

fangs pierced into his skin, giving him his second mate mark from me, this time

skin some more, making sure that the pain and pleasure he felt right now would replace all the bad memories

"Hmmm..."

moaned as I pulled my teeth off his skin and began

Adan tasted really good.

you stayed there a bit

out hoarsely, but I ignored it

done with erasing the bad memories

tilted my head up and

face and stared into his eyes as I tried my best not to cry

the man I'm kneeling to now, the father of my pup, is the most courageous man I've ever met.And

"Thank you..."

forehead against mine, and

don’t care what others think of me right now.But it is important to me that you know I will fight

who stood up to Pops, even though I knew he'd be the last person you’d disrespect.And there are so many ways that you have proven

prepared this night so I could make you happy, but what you’re doing and telling me — I’m not sure now if

as Adan separated our foreheads, and

had for me, and I knew I was lucky

Foster.Will you marry me and carry my last

guide me, so I ended up sitting on his lap, straddling