Chapter 79


    BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 79


    079 – Demon’s Mark


    ADAN STONE.


    My mind still couldn’t wrap up everything that was presented to me during lunch. I had attempted to


    walk out three times during the conversation, but all the time my father and grandfather were using


    respect to restrain me from walking away.


    I had no idea what the fuck they were ying at by telling me I’d found my mate because I couldn’t


    remember her at all. And the worst thing, she was a part demon.


    Who the fuck on earth would believe me if I told anyone – friends orrades – that my soon-to-be


    Luna is the spawn of a demon straight from the pits of hell?


    The fuck? I wanted to believe my family had totally lost their minds if my Beta


    and Gamma were not included in their


    games. I knew Collin and Kingston’s loyalty would always be on me so I just couldn’t disregard what


    they were telling.


    Yes, at this point I trusted my Beta and Gamma, but this was so hard to believe, and for a moment, I


    had to verify it was not April 1 and that anytime they would all jump out and say “Happy Fucking April


    Fools Day!”


    And my fucking wolf, who did not hesitate tomunicate with my father’s wolf to tell them ‘everything’


    he knew, including how I lost my memory.


    So they got first dibs on the fact that I was whipped like a pig, rather than him exining to me what the


    heck that was and how the fuck I got these scars on my


    back.


    Only when Momma told everyone that


    this might be too much for me to take at


    the moment and that I should think about.


    it in silence was I allowed to leave the


    dining room.


    So here I was in the solitude of my office,


    trying to think about all of the things I’d


    heard. And just as I was about to


    on the door, and Collin stepped in. I could smell Kingston as well as their mates, but


    I didn’t even look at them.


    “I didn’t want anypany at the moment or to hear words or anything about Lucy or my mate. So just


    please go. ” I said in a low voice while my elbow was prodded on my desk and my hand massaged my


    temples.


    “I just thought you might have questions


    about Lucy. Laira and Lena were with her


    all the time, so if you have questions


    about her, how she was, how she treats.


    you, or how she feels about you, you can


    ask them.”


    “I just fucking told you…” I didn’t finish my words and let out a big sigh, and with my eyes still closed, I


    asked the question that had been bothering me. “Does she


    like me?”


    “She does, Alpha. She likes you a lot even before you both found out you were fated mates.” It was


    Laira who answered.


    “How about love?”


    I heard the females hold their breath as if


    they didn’t want to answer.


    I chuckled before I continued to speak. ” So she doesn’t. She likes me, like how everybody likes me


    because I’m the


    Alpha. It looks like, between the two of


    us, I was the only one smitten. Am I right?


    “To be honest, Alpha, we never heard her say or admit that she loves you. She kept saying she doesn’t


    know what love is, but with the way she was around you, the way her face lit up when she saw you,


    and the way she got jealous when other females.


    approached you, I am 100 percent sure


    she’s in love with you. She just didn’t


    have a word for it.” It was Lena this time.


    I leaned back and ced my hands on the


    back of my head as I tilted my head up to


    look at the ceiling.


    “And the fact you came back here alive


    without her, and just based on what Beast told us, you can’t deny…” Collin just stopped talking, and my


    gaze shifted to him, waiting for him to continue, but in seconds, he was already in front of me, grabbing


    my jaw and tilting it to the side.


    “The fuck, man!” I swatted his hand in


    annoyance. I assumed my Beta had


    forgotten I was still the Alpha here.


    “She marked you.” Collin’s eyes were rounding in disbelief.


    “It’s not a wolf’s mark.” Kingston was already beside him in seconds.


    “Do you think it’s a demon mark?”


    “I’m still fucking here! I can hear you! What mark? Give me a mirror!” I growled


    in annoyance.


    Lena came and handed me a table mirror she grabbed from one of the shelves, and just as I was about


    to check on it, the door burst open again.


    “Show me your mark!” Grandpa


    demanded as he walked toward me,


    followed by my father. Both of them were carrying grim expressions on their faces


    as if they’d been sentenced to death.


    “The fuck! Can’t we keep a secret anymore?” I growled, my eyes dting as I threw a deadly re at


    my Beta and


    Gamma.


    “Thest time you kept a secret from me, you were taken to the underworld.” Pops. snapped at me.


    “What could you have done differently, Pops, if you were aware?”


    “I should have convinced Lucy to meet


    her father before she was found.”


    “Really? Return her to her father? That’s


    still the same thing happening right now.


    “It’s two different things. You could have pacified her father’s anger if she willingly


    showed up to him.” Pops answered


    calmly, and I didn’t argue because I had


    no fucking idea at all.


    “She marked you. Despite Beast telling me that she wanted you away from her, I


    don’t think that’s the case. She will never


    mark you if she has no n ofing back for you.” Pops was checking my neck too closely as if I


    were a substance in a


    petri dish.


    “So what do I do now? Wait until she shows up?” I scoffed and stood up from my seat the moment he


    let go of my neck.


    “Where do you think you’re going?”


    “To hell,” I answered calmly without looking back as I made my way to the


    door.


    “Adan Stone! I didn’t bring you up to disrespect your old man!” Dad yelled


    after me as I mimicked in silence the way


    he said it because I’d heard it a thousand


    times already.


    I turned around and shed him a forced


    smile as I nodded my head slightly. ”


    Apologies, Pops, Dad, but this son of


    yours just wants a moment of silence


    after he found out that he was mated to a


    female who could set his dick on fire in


    just a blink of an eye. But wait, the real problem is not his mate, but the father of


    his mate, who could set my whole territory on fire.”


    My eyes shifted to everyone in the room, but no one dared say anything, so I


    continued.


    “So please excuse me while I speak to my wolf. It might be an ordinary day for all of you, but this is


    something new to me. I wish nothing to do with my demon mate. I just want to know everything so I can


    move on. And all of you must move on too.


    “What do you mean by that?” Dad asked.


    “I will not look for someone I know


    nothing of. So no matter what you all keep saying, I have no memory of her.


    And I couldn’t care less what you think of


    her. I am okay without a mate. Plus this is my life, I get to decide for it. And if having


    her means putting the whole pack in peril, then she can go. I don’t need


    another burden on my shoulders.”


    “She’s your fated mate, Adan! You can’t just give up on her!”


    “Well, it looked to me like she gave up on me and threw me away when I


    volunteered to go to hell to be with her. I’m not going to run after someone who fucking doesn’t want


    me!”


    Beast growled in my head – he was agreeing with me, but there was no


    denying he was in pain. He wanted her.


    And I knew I said it out of spite.


    ording to my father, Beast told him


    she ordered a witch to erase my memory


    while I was being whipped. Either she didn’t want me in pain or she thought I


    was too weak to bear it all.


    My ego was badly bruised at the moment,


    but there was no denying that the she- demon had my interest already, and I didn’t even think I would


    be able to forget her immediately.


    “We can all talkter. I’ll just let out some steam.” I told them as I walked out of my office, not waiting


    for any reply from them.


    I headed out of the packhouse and toward the training building. The whole ground was covered with


    snow that was


    glistening under the morning sun. We were already in the midst of winter, and


    the surroundings were as cold as what my


    heart felt at the moment.


    I felt lost. I felt like a piece of myself was


    missing, and I knew it had to do with my memory. I would find the witch who did this and make her pay


    for it – if only I


    could find her.


    “Out!” I gave the order to the few warriors who were lounging in the


    sparring area.


    The moment they all left. I adjusted one of the punching bags before removing my shirt and tossing it to


    the floor in the corner. I punched the bag several times. before opening my mind to my wolf. ‘ Now, start


    talking. No bullshits. Tell me what you know about her.’


    ‘Are you sure you’re ready for her?’ He asked almost immediately.


    A smile tugged on my lips at the presenceTêxt ? N?velDrama.Org.


    of Beast. Despite my sour attitude, he didn’t give me a hard time this time, and he just simply


    communicated. ‘I’m ready.’


    ‘Don’t ask anything until I’m done showing you everything I deemed important for you to remember.’


    ‘All clear, buddy.’ Damn! I missed calling him buddy, and it felt good to say it again.


    I threw another jab at the punching bag when the first memory surfaced in my head.