Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 115

115 - Demon Forms LUCY.

I had no idea what was more painful: knowing that Lucius had decided to die so Lucien could die too, or knowing that I couldn’t do anything to help him.

I knew that even with my own power, I would not be able to take down Lucien without his help.

But if we saved him, Lucien might come back to life much stronger.

And Lucius was right — I was sure he would raise hell on earth for revenge.

But could I let go of Lucius when he was the only family I had? I knew Lucien was a devil, but I didn’t know that even in the face of death, instead of begging for us to save him, he was still cunning like the demon that he was.

"Now that I know you're useless to me, Lucija, killing him will also kill you. I have no need for you...

You just fucking wasted my time! Now order Patrea to heal Lucius, or I will strike his heart and we can all die together!"

Anger surged through my body as I had never experienced it before.

If he had not been fucking stupid and had not assumed I was his fucking heir, this could have all been avoided, and I could have had the life I wanted with my mate.

But he had to come and fucking ruin everything, and now he was threatening to take the person I loved the most and the only brother I'd learn to care about.

I would not let him take them away, even if it meant using my last breath to save them.

My hair rose around my head as the goosebumps on my skin rose, and I noticed little thorns coming out of my skin.

I had no idea what they were, but they were letting me know I was transforming into something else.

If this was what Lucius was talking about, I was about to transform into my ultimate form.

"There’s only one person who will die here! And it’s not someone from my side!"

My whole body shook, as did the ground around the cave, making burning stones fall on us, but my gaze didn’t stay away from Adan and the dagger tail aiming for his heart.

Adan’s body was also shaking as his eyes blazed red.

The same thorns that sprouted out of my body were sprouting from the back of his arms up to his back, and the sharpness of them cut through my father’s tails, making him fall on the big fire below him.

"No!"

A tortuous scream left my throat as I watched his body fall onto the massive fire, like a pit of hell.

He would never get out of it unharmed.

I rushed to the fire and forgot about Lucien and Lucius.

All I wanted was to save Adan from the fire that ate him alive, only to be taken aback when I got into the middle of it.

A demon was standing in front of me.

And I had never seen such a handsome, beautiful demon as the one I was seeing right now.

Adan, my mate, looked too perfect in his demon form.

The flames whirled around him, but they were not touching him.

I was still confused at all the abilities Adan had shown today, but I just accepted them, knowing getting out of here alive was more important.

"How did you get a demon form?" I asked this time.

He crossed the gap between us, and soon, his arms coiled around my scaly body, and we ended up laughing because it was not really comfortable to be in this kind of intimacy.

I didn’t even notice my form.

I had red scales all over my body, whereas Adan only had them on his back, but they were more prominent and bigger, and it made him look as sexy as fuck.

"I looked like a snake."

I rolled my eyes because he looked so hot, making my pussy throb.

"You looked like Mystique, just more beautiful, but you ended up being how I always imagined you would be. How fucked up is that?"

I giggled before Adan’s body stiffened as he blurted out.

"Shit! We have a demon to kill!"

"Yes!"

And without even saying anything, our minds linked, and we knew what we were supposed to do even without discussing it. It seemed like we were in full sync.

I summoned my wings, and red wings flapped on my back as my body rose in the air and out of the hell of fire.

Lucien's eyes widened at the sight of me as he staggered backward and sat up.

He built a barrier between him and me, but I watched as he inched backward on his ass as I slowly walked toward him.

My hands were raised with my palms up, and fire emitted from them, but in between them, shards of big thorn -like spikes were dancing around.

I would have wanted to say many things to him, but I didn’t want to waste any more time.

Lucius needed to be saved, and we were running out of time.

I raised my hands higher and aimed the fire in my palms at him.

It made him stop moving to protect his heart as he raised his hands in the air to counter my aim, but Adan, with his big, black wings, flew out of the hell of fire and swooshed through the back side until he rounded the area where Lucien’s back was and dove straight into his body.

His claws were out, and they were a mixture of demon and wolf claws — not too long like mine, but not as short as those of wolves.

However, they appeared to be lethal as they were.

He dove straight into Lucien from behind him and struck his hand into his back.

It caught Lucien off guard as he let out a painful scream before I shot the shards of fire straight into his face and his legs, pinning him to the ground.

My eyes snapped to where Lucius was, making sure he was not connected to him in any way.

His chest was heaving, but he was alive, and there were no signs of any pain emanating from Lucien.

"Just hold on a little, Lucius.

Just a little more!"

I shouted as Adan plunged his claws deeper.

Too deep that I saw them emerge in the front of Lucien’s body before he closed his hand and dragged it back, taking Lucien’s heart with him.

Lucien’s battered body fell backward.

His eyes and mouth were open, and I didn’t want to look at them anymore, so I ended up shooting ice to cover his whole face.

It didn’t take long before the Usurper, the demon ghost of the dead came and sucked the soul from Lucien’s body.

I held my breath as I watched his next move.

I was not sure if any of the others could see him, but I was hoping he would not approach Lucius.

The Usurper’s gaze fell on Lucius.

"[Please, not him.]"

I whispered in the air, and his head turned in my direction, and I found myself staring at the bottomless blackness in his eyes before he disappeared into the thin air.

I let go of the breath I was holding before I darted my eyes to Adan, who was still clutching Lucien’s heart. It was still beating.

A devilish grin tugged on my mate’s mouth and tingles erupted all over my body, down to my core.

He looked so sexy.

"Did you know that eating a demon’s heart makes you powerful? Want to eat this? I scoffed before I chuckled.

"No, thanks.Let me destroy that."

"No!"

Lucius’ voice reached my ears, but he still sounded like he was in pain.

"Give me his heart..."

"You’re not thinking of eating it," I asked as I spun my body around to face him and Patrea.

"I will." He responded.