BRAVING THE DARKNESS: One Night With The Demon King
BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Book 2
Chapter 53 – He’s Up To Something (PATREA)
Weeks passed, and I was still reeling from the feeling of being Lucius’ queen and the queen of two kingdoms.
Today is one of those days where I had to fulfill a duty for our demons.
“Open your palms and let your hand feed on their souls,” Lucius instructed me as w e stared at the pit of fire, where I could hear souls full of anguish and pain.
I swallowed hard, but I couldn’t raise my hand. I was slowly accepting the ways of the underworld, but my heart was shattering at the cries I could hear at the moment.
“In time, your heart will harden. The souls you hear are undeserving of your pity, whether they are judged or not in the realms they belong to. If their souls went straight to the pits of hell, it only means that they were meant to be here. They were irredeemable and had never regretted their actions. We do not throw away souls that were sincerely regretful of their misdeeds before they died. That’s why the veils of realms exist. In there, they were given time to redeem themselves before they would be judged again.”
I remained quiet, looking at the images my head conjured from the bottom of the fire pit.
“I am not saying you should not feel sorry. But those below don’t deserve your pity. “
“Do you think Lucien is there?”
“I am sure he’s there. We can pay him a visit if you want.”
“I don’t want to be reminded of him anymore.” I forced a chuckle. “And Guillermo?”
“Probably not. He might be annoying, but I don’t think he violated any rules of the realm, as my father had been doing.”
“So, you mean Nyneve is not there as well?”
“She is. I’m sure of that.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Nyneve tried to harm you and Althea. Demons could kill any demon and get away with it. That’s part of our world here. It wouldn’t taint their demons’ souls. But once they cross realms and create chaos there for no reason at all, then judgment begins.”
“And your father violated so many laws of the realms when he took humans in here for his s*e*xual pleasure.”
“He violated some in their own realms too. My father was a vicious incubus. He deserves where he is now.”
“But how about Lucy? She used her succubus form?”
“It’s part of our demon sensuality. S*e*x with an incubus or succubus is just a dream. Or nightmare, I would say. The problem is when demons make it a reality. When they get their victims pregnant, it means the act is more than a dream. It became physical.”
“So, they won’t judge Lucy for that?”
“It’s consensual. Besides, I don’t think she assaulted Stone.” He chuckled.
“Did you ever use your incubus form?”
me to answer
but I wanted to know everything about him before I
I didn’t
tinge of jealousy for the human or species for whom he
my ear. “I did it because I wanted to f*uc*k, not because of anything.
“Don’t do it again.”
something not freely given. I did it because of peer pressure. I was a young demon then. Besides, I’ve got everything I want and need here with me.” A smug smirk tugged on his m*outh before his eyes turned full red.
I answered
like that, my queen. You’re making me forget we are in the pits of
I totally forgot that we were here s o I could learn how to summon energy from the dead
of the pit of fire before
k*issed my temple before he faced the same direction I was looking and raised his hand. “Take only what you can. There’s no need to force yourself to take many, as it’s a heavy
soon, Lucius’ silent words dug into my head before the fire in
what Lucius told me,
felt any pity for them, I would not be able to take energy from them, and I would not be
my eyes as my hand spread its fingers wide open, accepting that the souls below were
my fingers, making my eyes snap open, and I saw electricity-like veins touching the tips of my fingers from the fire all around us. My eyes darted to Lucius, and our eyes locked. Even without saying anything, I felt the pride he was
was doing it right. A smirk formed on my face as I gave Lucius a wink. I felt more energy surging i n, and it
the dead souls were coursing through my whole body —
able to provide for our demons. It made me feel important. I would not be given this privilege if I
We were in the tower of Athwart, overlooking the vast area that now
any fault with me?”
you need, Simon?]” Lucius
was previously Lucien’s right-hand demon and was then assigned to be the main demon of Athwart in our
was taken and chained to the dungeon. Would you like to meet him
turned around to face him,
in there. Make sure he is isolated from the
tipped his head down
his knuckles running down my cheek. “Would you like to come with me, or would you rather stay
to see
it in a firm tone, and
had been recruiting demons that didn’t belong to any kingdom and sending
demons we had, so we knew he was up to something more. He was using them as a
honored to witness that, my king.” I didn’t like killing anyone, but killing him was far better than him using demons who just wanted to
Are you ready?” He asked as he squeezed my hand, and
the dungeon — at
and smelled of burnt skin and rotten
my hand as we walked to where a naked demon
time we finally meet again, Alastor.]” Lucius greeted
kingdom!]” Alastor roared. His eyes were full red
step up to protect it. What kind
will make sure
finish his words when a bolt of lightning shot from Lucius’ hand directly into his heart. At the same time, a scream
and m y hair rose up while my heart thudded loudly. But it was too late. The man chained