Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 117

117 - Alexa Author's note: To the readers of my previous series: Just a reminder that this book (Lucy and Adan's) happened 10 years after "Stealing The Heart of My Alpha"

BLADE.

When I agreed with this setup, all I wanted was to make sure Althea would be around me so it would be easier to look after her if ever the king of hell decided to come after her.

But I didn’t expect to be questioned by Adan’s family, and the fucking problem was that I wasn’t even allowed to say anything and had to play dumb.

Although Stone’s parents and grandparents were subtle and respected my silence, Alexa, Stone’s cousin, was another case.

I was not prepared for her.

She arrived around lunchtime with her mate, and she came to me like a hurricane, bombarding me with questions about Lucy.

And no matter how I pretended not to care at all about Lucy and her whereabouts, she was not dropping the subject.

"So that’s it? You can’t remember anything about her, and you just let it go and take another female, although everyone around here is telling you that Lucy is your fated mate? What happened to having a fated Luna you'd been hoping to have all these years?"

"Can you calm down? Sheena is just outside, and my Beta is here, which, if you have no idea, is Sheena’s brother."

"Of course, I know her.And I’m not even shouting."

She was hushed in her response, but of course, she had been raising her voice earlier.She then began pointing her finger at my chest, and if I had not been pretending to be Stone, I would have growled at her for touching me.

"But this is not about Sheena.I have nothing against her.This is about you! Do I have to crack eggs on your head to wake you up?"

"Eggs are a little too soft," I grunted.

"Try some boulders, it might do the trick."

"Aaah, you're frustrating me! Just tell me where Lucy is! Is she still with her father? Does she want to be there?" She snapped at me.

"Oh, for Selene’s sake.I have no fucking idea!"

We were having these conversations all afternoon, and I was getting tired of it.

My eyes darted to Beta Collin and Alpha Aeon, hoping they would interfere but both seemed to ignore us and were lost in their own conversations.

"Come with me, and I will explain." I finally gave up.I had to tell her the truth, or she would be ringing my ears for the rest of the day.

Aeon and Collin’s gazes finally shifted to me, and I nodded my head at them, signaling for them to follow us before my hand grabbed Alexa’s arm.

The next thing I knew, a loud growl ripped through the air, and my hand automatically let go of her arm as I swung my body around to face Aeon, with my hands up in the air.

His jaw tightened as he stared at me.

Fucking Alpha Ego.

I’m Alexa’s cousin, or at least they thought I am, so what's with the fucking attitude?

"Relax, I’m just guiding her," I said, my forehead creasing.

"You're grabbing her. There’s a fucking difference." Aeon snapped at me as he went to her.

"Relax, babe. I’m okay."

Alexa tried to pacify her mate, but he still had a dark expression on his face as he checked her arm.

"See nothing.But fine, I’m not touching her again.Come with me.I'll explain everything.Collin, you can stay here."

My eyes shifted to the Beta and he looked agitated, so I sent a mindlink to him.

‘ Relax, I’ll take them somewhere the devil can’t see us"

The Beta nodded his head and gave me the border where I should head.

I went straight for the door and held it open to let Aeon and Alexa go first.

As soon as we reached the corridor, I heard little hurried footsteps from the other hallway, and I knew right away that it was Althea Sheena approaching.

The moment she appeared in the same corridor, I went to her and coiled my arm around her waist as I pulled her to my side, taking her along with me.

I saw Alexa let out a sigh, but she didn’t say anything until we reached the packhouse grounds.

I told Althea we would head off outside the border and let her sit on the passenger seat of my car before I positioned myself to open the backseat door.

But Alexa stopped me before I could.

"Can we not take Sheena? I don’t want her to hear my inquiries about Lucy.As much as I hated this situation, I have nothing against her.I actually like her, but just not for you." Alexa explained.

"Trust me, you would want her there.And I’m not leaving her in the packhouse without me.So just hop in and trust me." I replied.

She sighed before diverting her eyes to Aeon, and when her mate gave her a nod, she let go of her hand that was blocking the door.

She slipped in and Aeon followed before I went to the driver's seat and drove away from the packhouse.

I had no idea which place in the territory Lucien had visited, so my only option was outside the border, where Collin was one hundred percent sure Lucien had never been.

I just waved at Viktor as I passed the western border and drove straight ahead, away from the territory.