BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 82
082 – Shapeshifting
ADAN STONE.
Every day had been routine for me, and I
still didn’t have the answer we were looking for. Collin told me that maybe we needed help from the same witch that put a shield in the territory, and that’s what we were about to do today. He said her
name was Althea.
So I had to arrange to meet with someone who would look for her in places they thought she would go because I couldn’t
reach Blade at the moment.
But I didn’t tell my parents or
grandparents about this plan. I needed to
ask Althea questions without anyone
interfering.
“You didn’t eat anything.” Mom followed
me after I left the dining table.
Aside from her and Dad, Pops and
Momma also moved back to the
packhouse. They called it family
solidarity. I called this invasion of space
and babying the Alpha.
“I don’t have an appetite at the moment, but I can always grab a meal on the road.”
“Okay. But don’t go hungry.”
“Mom, I’m 28,” I grunted, and she stopped following me, but I could hear her giggling.
If anything, it made me happy to hear her laugh. My Beta told me she was miserable when I was still missing, and even when I came back, she still looked in agony. But at least today she was smiling and
laughing.
“Ready to go?” I asked Collin the moment
I reached the entrance hall of the
packhouse, where he waited with Laira.
“Yes. Whenever you are.”
I nodded my head at him before tilting my head to look around and when I saw no one, I focused my attention back on him. “Tell me, Collin, despite my
memory loss, do you still trust me as your Alpha?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Don’t lie to me.” Not everyone knew in the pack about me losing my memory of Lucy. Only a few of my warriors and most of them accompany me every now and then to make sure I have a scapegoat whenever someone asks about Lucy.
And sometimes I wonder if they see me as
weak this way.
“You lost your memory of her but not the
pack or how to be an Alpha.”
“Make sense. But let me check if you’re lying…” I chuckled, but for some reason I found myself reaching for his forehead with my pointer and middle finger as if I had seen this before or knew what I was
doing.
Collin’s forehead creased as he watched me tap his forehead, but nothing prepared me for what happened next.
It felt like a bolt ran through my fingers and gave me a quick view of his mind, confirming he was not lying – he still believed in me as his Alpha.
“What the fuck?!” I growled as I
withdrew my fingers almost immediately after I tapped his forehead.
“What’s wrong?” He asked, and
confusion was written on his face.
“Let’s try this again. Do you love Laira?”
Laira’s eyes widened, and Collin chuckled at my question before he spoke. “What kind of question is that?”
“Answer it!”
“Of course, I love Laira!”
I tapped his forehead again. Truth.
“You love every home-cooked meal Laira
makes?”
“Of course I do.”
I tapped again. 2
Lies.
Laira giggled softly. She knew her mate was lying. Collin would always complain about the meals Laira made. He would always tell her to do something else and not touch our meals. She couldn’t cook to
save her life.
But what the fuck was that? Why can I
read lies?
‘Lucy can read lies.’ Beast informed me.
‘And why can I do the same now? I didn’t have this ability before.”
‘She marked us.’
‘Do you think she shared this ability with
us?’
“Alpha,” Collin said, drawing my attention away from my thoughts with his hand on my arm. “Are you okay?”
“Yes, let’s go.” I didn’t wait for his acknowledgment. I immediately walked
past them and headed for the car waiting
outside.
♡♡♡
“Wait! I know that guy! Fuck!” Viktor
growled from the backseat, and my forehead creased as my eyes focused on the man he was talking about.
“He was one of them! That one that took you to the underworld!” I could hear the
panic in his voice while my ears were ringing with the loud thudding of his
heart as well as Collin’s.
My Beta hit the brakes hard even before
we reached where they were standing, but
the man in front of us moved at an
inhuman speed and was now standing in
front of our car.
He tapped the hood of Collin’s car and motioned with his finger for me to come
to him with his eyes fixed on me. If Beast
hadn’t told me he was Lucius, Lucy’s
brother, and the one we should be
reaching out to, I would be growling at his audacity to order me around.
But I kept my temper in check because my fucking wolf wanted me to behave. I
pushed the door open and stepped out without taking my gaze off him.
“Lucius.” I greeted him as I walked to where he had positioned himself, leaving a few meters between us. Even if Beast kept telling me we needed him, a part of me was not convinced he would help us. For all we know, he’s working for Lucien.
“You remember who I am?”
“My wolf does.”
“Impressive.”
“And her? Do you remember her?” He tilted his head and pointed a finger somewhere on his right. And when my gaze followed his line of sight, I saw a female in her early twenties looking at me, as if she were scrutinizing me.
And Beast began to growl in my head. He
was upset.
“No. I don’t remember her, but it seems my wolf doesn’t like her.”
“I won’t blame him. Patrea, come here.” He called for her without taking his eyes off me as if he were watching my every
move. “Alpha Stone, meet Patrea…”
‘She took our memory away,’ Beast growled in my head, and something snapped in me. I was about to attack her if Lucius hadn’t magically placed a fire
between us.
“Fucking calm down!” He positioned the witch behind him as his eyes blazed red
while mine dilated in black.
We stared at each other; if there hadn’t been fucking fire between us, I’d be snapping his head off for getting the
witch out of my way.
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