Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 81

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 81

081 – In Seven Cycles

LUCIUS.

It had been three cycles [days], and my

father had never left Kalmerus. All the

time he was putting on that fucking hologram to check on Stone, and it was

now annoying me.

He also knew Lucija was mastering skills,

and he would watch her from time to

time. If I thought he would be bothered by Lucija acquiring advanced skills, I was

wrong. He looked like he was enjoying it.

His action confused the hell out of me.

But then I realized he probably wanted

Lucija on his side. So he was pampering

her, giving in to all her whims except for

anything related to Stone. I wondered

how long it would be before he would

realize that Lucija never wanted to stay.

Earlier, I went to see her while on training, and I found our father watching her with awe in his eyes. Lucija was able to seamlessly change her shape into that

of other demons. We called this

shapeshifting, and only royal and high- ranking demons had this ability. It took me a while to get this, but it only took a day for her, which was impressive. But then, she’s Lucija.

The only thing was that this illusion could only fool ordinary demons or creatures, not us. I could still see part of her. Demons of the same blood could see the illusions perfectly created by a family. So I had no idea why she was focusing on this when she could never use this ability against our father.

Aside from that, she could now

manipulate minds and have someone else do her bidding without even having to

open her mouth.

I saw her one day playing with demons while she was sharing a good laugh with Father. If I didn’t know she was just

acting, I would like to believe Lucija was

more of a demon now than a werewolf.

“Father,” I called out, drawing his

attention away from the hologram he was

watching.

He raised his hand, motioning for me to stop talking, before returning his

attention to the hologram. My eyes

darted to it and saw him watching Stone

as he walked out of the packhouse and slipped into a large car with two other people with him.

Only then did he return his attention to

me, and I pretended I was not interested

in what I saw.

“What do you need?” he asked.

“Are you not going to do anything except watch that fucking thing? Why are you so obsessed with Stone? Where is he going?”

“Outside of his territory. Lucija is doing well here. And the last thing I want is for

Patrea to interfere and bring his memory

back.”

“What are you afraid of? As if they could come back here without a demon taking

them in.” This was actually my problem. I needed forces against my father, and I’d been thinking of ways to bring the witch back here, but I had no idea how without her selling her soul again, and I didn’t

think she would be up for it.

“Patrea knew. I was sure I told her once.

But if she’s stupid, she won’t remember

But I don’t think she is.”

So Patrea knew the answer all along, and here I was racking my brain to find a solution.

What do you need?”

‘What are your plans exactly, Father?

Before Lucija came home, you talked

about cleansing her of her werewolf

blood. I was wondering if we are still on that track or if are we heading in a

different direction now?”

“I don’t need to discuss this with you.”

“Am I not trustworthy enough?”

“Tell me, Lucius. Are you?”

“Have I proven otherwise?”

“No. Not yet. But I’m watching you.”

“Watch all you want, Father. You know how I want your undivided attention all the time. But I’m sure you will find nothing.” I chuckled as I lit another

cigarette. “So what’s the plan?”

“After seven cycles, I will have Lucija go through a cleansing ritual. It will be a three-cycle process so she can transform into a full demon.”

“You’re breaking too many supernatural laws on that one, Father. First, you need

to kill her wolf.”

“That will be the first step, yes. And I had broken numerous laws, but I’m still here. What another one could do?”

“And the biggest one would be transforming her without her approval.”

“That won’t be a problem.”

“Did she agree already?”

“No. That’s why I am keeping an eye on Stone. As long as he’s alive, she can never

say no to me.”

“Smart,” I told him, nodding my head as

I flashed him an impressed smile while my brain was speeding off in different

directions.

Lucija’s werewolf genes were the only thing keeping her toes on the ground, once they were gone, I was sure her humanity would be gone too, and she’d become as rotten as all of us here.

“So do you need my help with anything?”

“Watch her and make sure she doesn’t leave the portal or use her succubus form to reach out to Stone.’

Holy Hell! Why didn’t I think of her succubus form? My stupid father just gave me a fucking idea straight from his wicked heart.

“Got it. But any other task that might be challenging for my brain or my skills? Lucija has been on her best behavior for the last few cycles, so watching her is

quite a boring chore.

“I will need you to join her on her

cleansing.”