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."

He kept mumbling, and some of them were incoherent things but I didn’t mind at all.I already heard what I wanted to hear and it was enough to put my heart at ease.I kept nodding my head to every word he said until my eyes caught sight of something in front of me.

Someone fired a fireball our way.

"No!"

I screamed, my hand extending out as if it could protect us while my mind searched for a way to escape the fire until I willed for our bodies to be transported.

We were immediately sucked into limbo and dropped on the ground of the cave where we killed Lucien.

The place where I first kissed him — a kiss on his cheek.

He flashed me a devil’s grin as his hand gripped the nape of my neck.

"Did you transport us?"

I nodded my head, a coy smile playing on my lips.His eyes roamed my naked skin, looking at the runes and ancient markings on my skin, but he didn’t say anything.

And then, he slid his hand to the side of my neck as he urged me to tilt it, giving him a view of the mark he had created on my neck.

His thumb brushed against the wounds, and I felt tingles spreading between my thighs from the way he was caressing my mark.

His gaze went back to mine as his eyes softened.

"You survive my bite.Does this mean...does this mean, that.."

He was stuttering — far from the cocky demon that I knew.

"I love you, Lucius," I said before I snaked my arms around his neck and slammed my face against his naked chest.

"I don’t know when and how fell in love with you.But I do love you.I’m not even sure if this will work between us, but I want to try."

I heard him take a deep intake of breath before he pulled my body away from his chest and cupped my cheek with one hand.

"It will work.We will make it work." He said in a deep voice, as he stared deeply into my eyes as if n.ovelebook he wanted to reach my soul, which he did.

My heart fluttered as a smile curled on my lips before I nodded my head.

A smug smirk formed on Lucius’ lips as his grip on my jaw tightened.

"Welcome to Kalmerus, my queen.""

His deep, baritone voice sent a shiver down my spine, and even before I could react to his words, his warm lips had already crushed into mine.