Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 211

BRAVING THE DARKNESS: One Night With The Demon King

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Book 2

Chapter 58 – Under A Thousand Stars (PATREA)

Five nights ago, I told Lucius I was ready to take our relationship to the next level. I was ready to have a baby with him.

A demon pregnancy could be detected a few hours after mating. But five days later, there was still nothing.

I stared blankly at the mirror inside the bathroom that Lucius had custom-made for me.

I felt empty. I felt useless.

I knew Guinevere wasn’t lying when she reversed the spell I did on my body, and I was sure Lucius could get any female pregnant if he didn’t stop himself from producing one.

So, it must be me. Maybe my actual human age has something to do with this. I was not getting older in physical form, but perhaps I was past the stage of childbearing.

And it hurts. It hurt more now than it did the first time when I thought I could not give him an heir because, this time, I expected it to be possible.

Lucius seemed to not mind, but he might just be good at hiding it. Because it was the same thing I was showing him, but deep inside, I was slowly dying.

What do I have to give up to give my king the heir he wants from me?

‘Where are you?’ Lucius’ voice rang in my head, startling me from my own thoughts.

I immediately snapped my fingers, and my face cleared up. The swollen eyes and puffy nose were gone.

‘In the bathroom. Where are you?’ I replied and asked.

‘Here in the bedroom now.’

I didn’t reply and stepped out of the bathroom instead. My lips curled into a wide smile when my eyes fell on his handsome, smiling face as if seeing me was the highlight of his day.

I launched on my feet and ran toward him, and in seconds, I was already wrapped up in his arms as he spun me around. “Aren’t you too excited to see me?”

“I am always excited to see you,” I answered, cupping his cheeks as I peppered his face with kisses.

Lucius spent the day with Dorion and Simon, visiting both the kingdoms of Kalmerus and Athwart.

“Good. Because I am as well. How about I take you somewhere to make up for leaving you alone the whole cycle?”

“Hmmm… Where?” I asked, my eyes squinting.

“You will find out soon, but let’s get you dressed up.” He said it with a smug smirk tugging his mouth before he let me down on m y feet and pointed at the bed.

Three evening gowns were in there, but my eyes focused on the red one. I wore black and blue the last time we attended an event, so I opted for red this time. “Hmmm… Are we attending some event?”

I racked my brain to check for any events in Althea’s or Lucy’s lives that I forgot because of overthinking these past few days, but I couldn’t remember anything.

“No. This is just me and you.” Lucius answered as his arm snaked around my waist, pulling me into his chest. Before I could blink, he was already wearing a blank suit with a white shirt inside.

“Aren’t you particularly handsome tonight?” I teased, my finger trailing his chin before changing my clothes, that I was already wearing the red evening dress in seconds.

“All for my queen.” He said it hoarsely before his hand cupped my cheek and kissed me passionately.

I coiled my arms around his neck, and I was starting to get lost in the kiss when he pulled away, his thumb wiping the corner of my lips. “We better go, or we might end up in bed again.” He said.

My heart clenched at the mention of the bed, but instead, I smiled warmly at him, nodding as I untangled my arms around his neck.

“Are you ready?” He asked as he offered me his arm.

I couldn’t help but raise my eyebrows at his gesture. He was really getting good at being a gentleman, and it made my heart flutter all the time.

“Ready… Take me anywhere you want, my, king.” I told him, and his hand went to my hand, holding his arm before I felt my body s*uc*ked into limbo.

We ended up inside a small room until I figured we were inside an elevator. My eyes widened as I stared at him, waiting for an explanation, but it seemed he didn’t want to say anything.

“Where are we?” I finally asked.

“You will see.” He answered in a warm voice before he carefully removed my hand from his. He then snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to his side as the elevator pinged and the door opened.

My eyes widened as a butler welcomed us in a private suite, the biggest I had ever been in, but then again, my luxury experiences were limited as, before being trapped by Lucien in the underworld, I had nothing.

“Bonsoir, Monsieur et Madame Lucio Vitali. Bienvenue dans la Suite Belle Etoile du

Meurice.” The butler greeted us as he guided us inside the suite.

Vitali. My last name was Vitali, but I wasn’t using it because I didn’t want people from my past to track me down. But it warmed my heart that it was the one he thought of using for his reservation.

Lucius began to converse in perfect French with the butler before we were guided around the penthouse. It was magnificent, and I discovered we were in Paris because the Eiffel Tower was visible from the big windows.

We had a luxurious mansion in the underworld, but seeing actual human territories outside the penthouse was overwhelming.

The butler opened the bi-folding doors to the balcony, where a candlelight dinner was already in place.

I controlled my jaw from dropping and my eyes widening as a server was standing by the table to assist us, and I didn’t want him to think I was overreacting. But, of course, I could do that later when it was just me and Lucius.

I never imagined Lucius would take me out to dinner like this, not that he was incapable of i t, but more so because this was more human than demon ways.

The butler and the server assisted us and explained a bit about the Eiffel Tower and the