Chapter 65


    BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 65


    065 – Wee Back Gift


    ADAN STONE.


    I had no idea how long I’d been sitting in this dark ce. I’d seen some of the


    prisoners being dragged out only toe. back with burned skin, making the whole cell smell of


    burning flesh.


    If I wasn’t used to smelling dead bodies, including decaying ones, this smell would make me sick to my


    stomach, like the others here who were throwing up once in a while.


    I closed my eyes and leaned my head back against the wall. I wondered when my turn to be dragged


    out of here and be burned would happen. I was trying to make myself rx, but I couldn’t help.


    I had to think of a way out. I didn’t want to regret my action, but this was turning out to be a hopeless


    case now.


    “Water!” I snapped my eyes open and grunted a little loudly. I was annoyed now. My throat was fucking


    dry, and the heat from the ground,bined with sweat trickling down from every part of my body, was


    causing dehydration.


    In seconds, something appeared in front of me, and a big bucket of water sshed right in my fucking


    face. Because it was


    unexpected, it made me growl loudly. ” Mother fucker!”


    My roar echoed around this big cell, and soon all attention was on me.


    Regardless of how the water was given to me, it still tasted so fucking good and satisfying that I ended


    up slicking my own skin. This was better than nothing.


    And I was not the only one thinking like that.


    Soon, chains ttered as the prisoners from the other side of the wall tried to crawl their way to me.


    They wanted the water in my


    body.


    I watched as they attempted to reach me, but the chain was holding them back.


    “Try yelling water, maybe they will give each one of you the same thing,” I told them, it was the least I


    could do for them.


    “They don’t speak the humannguage.” One spoke from the corner, but I couldn’t see his face.


    “What are you?” I asked.


    “A dragon. And you?”


    “Werewolf. And the others?”


    “Tritons, faeries, orcs… I can’t see the others from here.”


    Tritons were the male counterparts of the sea nymphs, while fae were the magical beings that sparkled


    when they let out their auras and powers. Orcs, on the other hand, were big creatures that only knew


    how to gurgle and growl. It was probably their


    “I want to fucking do what you did to get water, but if I do, these fuckers here wille and lick me up.”


    He chuckled.


    It would be a funny sight, but I couldn’t see


    the humor in it.


    “Do they burn you as well?” I asked him, preparing myself for whaty ahead of me.


    “No. I have a fire within me. They can’t burn me. What did you do to get here?” He asked.


    I was about to answer him, but footsteps were heard, and our attention drifted to the main entrance


    while some of the prisoners sank deeper against the wall again.


    “Unchained him!” The order came before they came into view, making me swallow hard.


    I felt he was referring to me.


    And I was right. Soon, two demon guards, different from the ones that were here


    earlier came and detached my shackle from


    the wall and sped it together with a shorter chain so that it ended up as a handcuff before they


    pulled my body up.


    Soon, Lucius appeared in the entryway. He raked my body up and down as he made his way inside


    with a deadly expression on his face. Was he checking my naked body?


    “What happened to you?” He asked, his eyebrows furrowing.


    “I asked for water, and someone threw a bucket of water at me.”


    Heughed maniacally while I just looked at him with a face void of any emotion. What the fuck was


    funny about that?


    “Next time, ask for a bed, maybe they will give you one.” He said in a mocking tone before turning his


    back on me and walking away. But not before he left an instruction to guards in a fuckingnguage I


    the demon


    couldn’t understand. “[Take him up to the


    princess as a wee gift. Tell her she can do whatever she wants with him, but she’s not allowed to


    cut his throat or kill him.]”


    The demon guards beside me just tipped their heads down for a second or two before


    one of them grabbed my arm. His touch burned me, and I didn’t want to be grabbed or held by them, so


    I hissed and shrugged my arm off him.


    He hissed back, his eyes glowing red, and it made me re back at him. I felt my eyes dte while his


    fangs erupted before the other guard held him and pushed him away from me while murmuring


    something at him.


    My breathing hitched. I wanted to fucking punch him in the face, but I didn’t want to


    waste my energy on him. He was not the real enemy here.


    The calmer guard motioned with his hand for me to follow them, and soon we were walking out of the


    cell into a long hallway


    before it led to a flight of stairs that seemed


    to be like the ones you could find in medieval


    towers.


    “Where are you taking me?” I asked.


    They replied, but it sounded like strings of curses, so I just gave up making


    conversation. We were heading way up. If they wanted to burn me, it should be somewhere on the


    ground, unless they have


    a fire tower.


    ‘Lucy…’ I tried to mindlink my mate but there was nothing. Beast couldn’t sense Angel as well.


    Hours ago – or was it a day already? I had no idea – I found my fated mate. But instead of us


    celebrating and mating,


    instead of Beast meeting Angel, I was here alone with no information as to where Lucy


    was.


    But if anything, I saw her earlier, and she looked like she could handle herself well. I


    wondered if she still wanted me or if she still needed me. Maybe it was wrong of me to follow her here if


    she ended up not wanting


    me at all.


    Did her feelings for me change the moment. she stepped into this realm? Because when


    our eyes locked as we recognized the mate bond, I was sure I saw love flitting in them.


    But then she’s a demon. It was easy for them


    to lure us into their lies.


    But my heart didn’t want to agree with thatst thought. She was not just any demon. She’s Lucy, my


    Lucy. She would never betray


    My thoughts were snapped back to the


    present when I heard voices around us. I didn’t notice we had already entered a


    certain floor. The settings were totally settings were totally


    different. We were now inside what appeared


    to be a mansion or a luxury home.


    Everything was glistening with gold, but


    despite the luxury, it was still fucking too


    warm.


    I saw many females around, and I wondered


    why Lucy mentioned that she-demons were rare when I could see a lot here, gawking at my naked


    body. If this were the old me, my dick would be fucking hard at the attention I was getting, but now, the


    gawking irritates


    the hell out of me.


    We stopped in front of a man with a single horn on his forehead. They talked, and I was on the verge of


    snapping at them. My patience was running thin, but I kept reminding myself that I was not an Alpha


    here. I needed to buy time.


    My eyes roamed around the big hall, and my eyes fell on the big portrait of Lucien hanging on the far


    end. I chuckled


    internally, I didn’t know demons loved


    being made into canvases.


    I continued to check


    Whole area until I


    caught sight of another portrait. It was not as big as Lucien, but the person in it was


    enough to steal the attention away from Lucien’s portrait.


    It was Lucy. My Lucy. She was probably a


    year or two older than when I first saw her. Her hair was still strawberry blonde, rather than the fiery red


    it was now. She looked too innocent, like an angel, but I knew better. At that age, she had already


    made ns to attack me with her imaginary ws.


    A smile crept across my face, and I had no choice but to drop my gaze to the ground. I didn’t want


    them to see me gawking at her picture. Now I understand why there was an attraction, despite her


    being a child at the time. She was meant for me, and we already had a thread connecting us.


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    I felt something prodding on my back, and I looked back to see the guard motioning for me to follow the


    man with a single horn while they trailed behind me.


    We were entering a dimly lit, elegant


    corridor until we reached a big double door,


    and the single-horned demon turned


    around and began speaking to me in humannguage.


    “Do you know why you’re here?” He asked.


    I shook my head.


    “You will do whatever is asked of you. I don’t care if you get hurt or tortured. But


    you are not allowed to hit back. If you hurt the demon inside, you will be killed immediately. Do you


    understand?”


    “What will the demon do with me?” I asked, but instead of answering, the fucker just gave me an evil


    grin, showing me his


    crooked, pointed teeth, before raising his hand to knock at the door behind him


    without taking his eyes off me.


    His grin felt like an omen


    that bad luck


    was about to befall me.


    I held my breath and kept a poker face as I waited, only for my heart to somersault in my chest and for


    my dick to twitch at the


    sight waiting for me as soon as the double


    door opened.