Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 192

Chapter 040 - Welcome to Kalmerus

ALTHEA.

"Mommy didn’t take you? She let you stay?" I asked her, overwhelmed that she was back with me and happy that she had met Mom again.

Patrea nodded her head before she hugged me again.

"Lucius marked me.I chose to accept the mark, Althea.I hope you will never judge me..."

"No, Never, mama."

I cut her off before I withdrew from her hugs.

"If Lucius makes you happy, then he can have you.He kept crying the whole time you were unconscious.He thought he killed you.He keeps saying he loves you."

Tears trickled down Patrea’s face, but this time a smile graced her lips.Do you think it’s possible for him to love me?"

"If I didn’t see him, I would never believe it.But I saw it with my own eyes.Do you love him, Mama?"

She nodded her head as a red tint crept across her cheeks.

"I might be too old for this."

"No one is too old for love, and even demons deserve a chance to be loved back," I told her as I wiped the tears off her face.

"Where is Lucius?"

"Kalmerus is at war," Blade answered from behind me.

"What do you mean?" She asked, her eyes focused on him.

"The demon who held Althea hostage, Lucius killed her, and her father took his army and waged war with Kalmerus for her death."

"Oh, spirits! And what are you lot doing here? You must take Althea away from here!"

"Hmmm...I'm here because you almost died." I told her.

"And Lucius made me swear to guard you with our lives."

Blade added.

PATREA.

My heart was pounding too loudly as I told Althea and Blade that I wanted to go where Lucius was.

Blade was not in agreement and insisted that if something happened to me, Lucius would kill him but I was not to be swayed.

I could feel the power coursing through my veins.

And when Blade wouldn’t stop talking, I raised my palms and willed for a small fire to come out of it, and when it did, it shot out of my hand and bounced everywhere in the room so that Althea had to summon a shield to protect the three of us.

"Mother fucker!"

Blade growled, and I just glared at him.

"I’m going.You stay here and take care of Althea" I told him.

"I'm coming with you," Althea said, and I glared at her, and this time I felt my eyes burning.

Althea stepped back, her eyes widening as she stared at me.

"Your eyes.It's like Lucy’s."

It looked like Lucius shared his power with me the same way Lucy shared hers with Adan, just as Guinevere told me.

"I’m not taking you with me because the demons have no remorse when it comes to killing, and I don’t want you to be harmed or killed."

"But you’re willing to be harmed or killed."

Althea snapped at me.

"Come here, young lady."

I motioned with my hand, and she came to hug me.

"Lucien made me invincible from death in the underworld.I am not easy to kill in this realm.Plus, I’m sure Lucius will protect me.I don’t want to sit here and wait, when I know that my king is at war because of me.Do you understand that?"

She nodded her head.

"And for me to concentrate there, I want to make sure I can focus without thinking of you."

"I can take care of Althea and watch her back," Blade said.

"I don’t doubt that.But not here in the demon world.So please do not argue with me."

I wanted to take them out of here, but they sold their souls to Lucy, so I would not be able to take them out of Kalmerus even if I held the power to do so, if Guinevere was right that Lucius had shared his powers with me through the mark he gave me.

"Be careful, Mama."