BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 52
052- The Underworld
LUCIEN
Prince of Darkness, ruler of Kalmerus, one of the four Underworld regions.
“How long are you going to stand there and watch that fiber, father?” For the nth time today, Lucius asked as he slumped his body on my throne, making me hiss before I motioned for him to get off my seat.
He laughed as he stood up before walking to where I stood, staring at the fiber in front of
It used to hold the locations of my sons who
were often traveling back and forth to different realms at my disposal, but now I had allotted 50% of it just to track Lucija.
But my only daughter was smart enough not to use her fire — the only way I would be
able to pinpoint her exact location.
Almost a fortnight ago, something glowed
on the fiber, but before I could see where it was, it was already gone. She accidentally summoned fire, I assumed, and she’s been controlling herself so as not to use it again.
“So nothing new yet?” Lucius asked again.
“If there is, you and I will not be here,” I
answered in a cold tone.
“I can’t believe she’s not using fire accidentally. That girl couldn’t control her hands!” He said it with an irritated
expression.
I kept quiet, my hand reaching for my chin as I rubbed it while thinking. It was the reason I never asked Gargon to teach her how to control fire. I knew she never wanted
to be here, and it was only a matter of time before she would try to escape. And I wasn’t
wrong, but what I wasn’t expecting was that I would not be able to find her right away.
I underestimated how smart my daughter
was, but somehow it made me proud. Though I knew she could never outsmart me
for a long time, I was already losing my patience.
Two years and there were still no signs of
her.
And it wasn’t helping that my access to earth was limited due to the pact Hades, the God of the Underworld, agreed upon with all the other realms. I had no power to just barge in and destroy everything until they surrendered my daughter to me like I
wanted to.
The humans were worth nothing. I could easily kill them with a flick of my fingers, but I didn’t want Hades’ wrath to befall me – not when I spent my whole life trying to prove that once he relinquished his throne, I would be the one worthy of it.
If Lucija were not important, I wouldn’t be bothered with what she would do with her life, like I had stopped caring for all the
other spawns I had created over a span of centuries. Most of them had their own lives;
some of them were dead, and some decided to abandon the demon world, but I couldn’t
care less.
But Lucija was different. She was my only daughter and my sure ticket to winning the favor of the other gods and princes of this realm. All of my sons were useless; they could only sweet talk she-demons but not the male demons. But my Lucija could do it
for both without even trying hard.
And with the underworld swarming with
males, and she-demons being a rarity,
having Lucija would be an advantage.
She had the allure of an underworld goddess.
And I knew that once I transformed her into
a full demon, she would be sought after by
the princes of the underworld. Or even by the
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wanted a piece
sure that she would use it
so I could get the seat I
for.
The seat of Hades.
that Hades had wanted to abandon his seat to live peacefully with the rest of the immortals, but until he found the right demon for the job,
retirement. 1
trying to be the
allure to convince princes and gods to
But where was she?
♡♡♡
LUCY.
explain to me how you know about my necklace and where my mother buried it? ” I asked
just all stared at the ceiling. I had no idea
made her join us.
you to promise me that whatever you hear, you will not
Patrea.”
haven’t decided on
return to the
your word.”
chance to ask her and she
would do it. But if she wants to
do it
“Yes.”
I will help Patrea. You
on it.”
“Thank you.
did Laira and Lena, but when I glanced at Althea beside me with
giggling.
father would create
her bed at night, but at the same
her into
was breaching the law of the realm!”
Rage was rising from my
held my hand, and I ended up closing my
underworld, Patrea
potions to make
body, no bruises, no marks. This was your father’s order, so
with her and
back whole and…”
I don’t want to hear that
they needed to do the potion, and they both knew what else they could
she would not get
“But how come…”
reached for mine
me to remain
night, he took her back
were not around, and knowing Lucien, he didn’t want to
only imagine the pain my mother went
it was the same time
to visit his region. He heard her
own bed. Hades was
a she- demon, as your father claimed was in his chamber. So he told
mother to the underworld. And because she didn’t have the potion that
until Lucien returned from the human
that he had
of you- the one where you burned a rabbit accidentally. And with that glimpse, Everly came running. That’s how they discovered Everly had
you of your werewolf genes. So they
away, she went looking for Everly, and when she found
able to perfect the spell that Patrea taught her from the underworld, and your opal necklace was born. She gave it to your mother and created a spell around the place where she buried it so that if anyone else dug it up, they would
or the money your mother
supernatural power within you.”
“Including my wolf?”
think. So maybe we need to fix that necklace
when Mom made that, she had no idea what other power linked you to Lucien, so she made it that
fire. I can fly, I can transport a few feet as long as I can see
lies?”
widening.
demons can. We can tell if you’re lying, and we can see all the lies you’ve told in your life. But we can never read the truth out of
what do
ask Althea if she’s in love with someone and she says, she’s not, I will be able to
with. Unless I
she’s in