Beneath Her Darkness: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M novel Chapter 84

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 84

084 – One Mate

LUCY.

“And what’s the problem with that?” Father asked as if he was just asking why

I wasn’t eating my vegetables.

“I am doing whatever you want me to do, but being mated to Guillermo is going too far. So no, I am not doing that.”

I only had one mate. There was no way I would let another man touch me.

“You can choose between Guillermo and Lucius. But Lucius is still weak. You and Guillermo will make a strong ruler of

Kalmerus.”

“I don’t need a man to stand beside me. I can rule this kingdom without Guillermo or anyone.” I answered bravely as I adjusted my hair, making sure the mark Adan gave me was not visible. I had tried

o cover it up with some simple demon nagic, but I couldn’t perfect it. I had to isk Lucius how he hid Adan’s mark – if only he would show himself to me.

“You don’t even know many things in

this realm, and having Guillermo around would help you.”

“But you’re still here. You can teach me. Stop pushing Guillermo or I will just cut myself off and end all of this.”

“End all of this? For what reason?

Because you’re still holding on to the idea that Stone will wait for you? He doesn’t even remember you.”

“I don’t want to talk about him.”

“But I do…” He gave out a devilish smirk before a hologram appeared in front of us, and my heart began thudding loudly at the sight of Adan.

I wanted to run and hug him, but I knew

his was just an image. Still, I was glad I was able to catch a glimpse of him. I was still trying to calm the erratic beating of my heart when a female suddenly came into view, and she immediately ran

toward him. Adan’s face lit up as he

opened his arms and caught her, hugging her tightly.

I felt my whole world collapse. Who was that female? Was I replaced that fast? But what should I expect when I remove his memory of me?

“That was earlier. I saved it, especially for you. He has moved on. I think it’s time for you to do the same.”

I didn’t reply, as my full attention was on the image of Adan, who was still hugging the female as if he didn’t want to let her

Soon, Aunt Helena came into view, and the frown on her face couldn’t be

denied as she looked at Adan and the

female.

Could it be she was not in favor of her

because she knew I was Adan’s mate? But

Adan probably didn’t care because he

doesn’t remember me at all.

My heart shattered, and my knees

buckled. I knew if I remained there, I

would be collapsing, so I took the coward’s way out and turned my back on the hologram and my father without saying anything.

I walked away while I could, allowing the tears I was trying to hold back to fall down my cheeks. I wanted to believe Adan would not betray me, but without a memory of me, I was just fooling myself.

♡♡♡

ADAN STONE.

“Do you think it worked?” Kingston

asked the moment we left the border of

the Mystic Pack. We were heading off to

meet Lucius, with my entourage of four cars following us.

“I hope so. If Lucius was right and Lucien was watching my every move 24/7, then he saw that.”

Collin came up with a scheme so Lucien

would think I had totally forgotten Lucy.

He let Laira’s sister, Sheena, come and pretend to be someone close to me. That she was ecstatic to see me. They even had to tell my mother that Sheena was crushing on me and that we were dating before I met Lucy so my mother couldn’t help but feel bad about her visit. Her

reaction of displeasure was real, although

she tried her best to be civil.

This way, Lucien wouldn’t think of anything while I was away from the territory and wouldn’t bother to check or

search for me in this realm while I was

away. My only hope was that he would not tell Lucy this part.

It was difficult enough to act because, to

be honest, I had never shown any

affection to a female. And if Beast wasn’t

giving me any flashbacks of my days with

Lucy, I would never believe I had shown

affection even for the she-demon.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Kingston asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

“Are you trying to make me change my

mind?”

“No. I just want to make sure your heart is into this. We couldn’t really talk about this in the packhouse, so I want to talk to you before we meet them.”

“Beast wants to, and I trust him.”

“I understand. Perhaps I’m still having

flashbacks to the night you were

kidnapped, and knowing it’ll happen

again with no guarantee you’ll survive –

that one doesn’t sit right with me.”

“No way. I have a pack to run.” I answered right away and motioned for

Kingston to start driving.

“What if Lucija wants to?”

“We need to talk about it. But I thought she didn’t want to be there?”

“What if she changed her mind?” He kept asking, and it was already irritating me.

Didn’t I just say no? “I can’t just abandon my pack.”

“I want a guarantee, Stone.”

“What guarantee do you want?”

“I will help you and Lucija if you promise

me you will not stay in the underworld

with her. Take her back here.”

My eyes met Lucius’ in the rearview

mirror, and I couldn’t help but smirk at him. “Of course, I would. Who the fuck

wants to stay in your realm?”

♡♡♡~

Aside from Lucius being bored for the

whole three hours, the travel to Fabius’

territory came without any problems.

I had Kingston contact Fabius and discuss my request for an isolated area where we

could stay for a few days, and he didn’t give any second thoughts about it. We didn’t go into great detail with him, but I

told him I had a witch who needed some

training but made no mention of a

demon. The less information we shared,

the safer our secrets would be.

His only request was to make sure none of his people or his territory would be destroyed.

Kingston halted the car as soon as we reached the pack house of the Silver Crest Pack. Fabius was already waiting for us,

and beside him was his Beta.

Fabius was only nineteen when Blade abandoned his pack four years ago. And despite being the Alpha for four years, he was still not able to get a grip on the title and his responsibilities. But I did

understand him – he never wanted this

title. As he said, he was not born for it, and he was hoping one day, his brother would wake up and take the title back because their territory was already falling

apart.

But from the looks of it, Blade had no

intention of leaving his mercenary life.