BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 64
064-Maybe One Day
LUCY.
The place felt damp and warm, with no wind blowing at all. I used to be okay in these surroundings, but now I miss the cold wind biting against my skin while I was still in the north. This palace looked dead, but why would I expect more?
I trod my way on the usual path that would lead me to Patrea’s stone cottage. She might be a prisoner in this realm, but she was given an option as to what home she would
like to have. She told me she had them
construct a home that was nearly identical
to the one she had in the human realm. She
thought she was being clever so it would still feel like home, but it only made her long for her real world.
The smell of a freshly cooked home meal whiffed through the air, and I heard my stomach rumbling. My thoughts went to
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Adan – we both hadn’t eaten dinner, and I was sure he was already hungry by now. It was already almost dawn in the human
world, while in this realm, we didn’t have any concept of time.
Darkness was everywhere, and the demons and the lost souls around never slept. And I was sure my father and Lucius didn’t need to, but they just did it so they could rest.
But Patrea kept her sense of time and would always have her meals according to how she programmed her hours. I wondered how she never lost her fire and spirits in this dead realm where there were barely any living souls here.
I stopped by her front door, but before I could knock, the door opened, and standing before me was a beautiful female that
seemed to never age despite the fact that she was already a grandmother now. When I first met Patrea, I thought she was just the same age as my mother, but knowing her story from Althea, she must be around fifty
or sixty years old, and yet she looked like she was just in her late twenties.
It was probably her age when she was brought here by my father.
I wondered if there was more to Patrea and Lucien than meets the eye. She was clearly the only living soul from another realm who had gotten this far.
“Lucija? Is that you?” Her eyes rounded as her hand clamped over her mouth.
I flashed her a wide smile, my teeth showing, as I nodded my head.
She looked around before her hand reached for my arm and pulled me inside her home, closing the door behind us as soon as I stepped in.
“Why did you come back? How did he find you?” Her eyes were flitting with worry before they became sad. “Or did you decide to embrace your demon side?”
I wet my lips before I smiled warmly at her. ” First, let me hug you.”
“Oh, sweetheart!” She smiled warmly back at me and opened her arms, enveloping me in a warm hug. She smelled of cinnamon mixed with herb spices. “I didn’t want to see you here, but I did miss you.”
“I’m glad you’re okay, Patrea. I have so much to tell you.”
“You can tell me everything, but have you eaten? I just finished making dinner. It’s not much, but it’s enough for the two of us unless you now eat like the wolf that you are.
I giggled softly and followed her lead as we walked to her small dining area. My eyes roamed around her cottage. Nothing had changed there was still a place for all her potions and books in one corner, and the house was still as tidy as ever.
said as she
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food and plates on the table. “Now, tell me first what
“I found my mate.”
she exclaimed as she placed her hands on her hips, a wide
ache at the same time. It felt like this
I wondered if Mom knew I
Adan.
smile back before
you doing here, young lady? ”
So I
Your father had never faltered in bringing living
with a royal princess!” Her face morphed into a scowl. She hated my father
here… so no, I can’t go to Hades
Spirits! I forgot I’m one of the stupid ones as well!” She slapped her palm on her forehead before looking at
me
I was coming here. Then Adan… Adan was being Adan…He…” I let out a
you out of his sight… Understandable. Is he
from the other realms. In Kosior
dungeon. He’ll survive.. unless Lucien orders something terrible for him.” She sat down and reached for my
moment they entered it, and they would be left with a hollow
would not accept in
Lucien plans to do
said he still wants to drain me of my werewolf blood. Do you think it’s still possible? I
The only way he
first. And then
to ask you to
not going to do it!” She shook her head, her eyes flitting with defiance. “I can do all the others, but I will not let
he do to
end of the day, no
before he breaks
darling. If there’s no witch to help him, his next option is to release a very strong demon power to convert you. And Hades and
decides to make me use my magic and spells to kill your
and change you.”
I’m not going to kill you.” I shook
kill me but Lucien and his blood. I’m sure if he had a way out, he would also not let his
“What do you mean?”
our contract, he added that without my knowledge. Maybe he specifically stated that none of his sons could approach me without his presence. He had no daughters by then, and he probably thought
as Patrea, just ‘the witch’ because he had never met her on a
“So you see, you’re
only way
me will tarnish your soul,
sooner I’m dead, the lesser dark magic Lucien can come up
that. Especially without telling
What do you
a deep breath before I began talking. I
mouth remained open as shock registered on her
is dead.
as tears streamed
has a lovely daughter. She’s eighteen now. She is a little shorter than me, with beautiful dark plum hair. She has your nose. She also has your spirit and your fire. Her name
her name
hands on her chest