BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon
142 – The Silver Crest Territory
ADAN STONE…
I watched as, group by group, Lucy transported our warriors to their a*s*signed borders. And after the last group was gone, I gave her a nod and transported my body immediately with both Collin and Blade, who were holding onto my shoulders, which no longer bothered me at all.
In an instant, we were s*cked into limbo, and our feet dropped onto the dusty ground of the plaza.
We heard gasps and growls from a few of Ethan’s men around us, but what caught my attention was the blubbering sounds that escaped the throat of the male tied up in a post with his body badly beaten.
“Alpha…” Dalton’s voice broke as his whole body shook from his sobs when he realized it was Blade that appeared in front of him. He was completely n@ked, covered in blood, and had cuts and bruises from the beating. His eyes and lips were swollen, but he was tilting his head up to look at his Alpha in the eye.
Blade was trying to keep himself from shaking, but I could feel anger surging up from his aura. I took the steps toward Dalton, cutting the rope that held his body up with my claws, and caught him in my arms. I heard Ethan’s warrior growling, ready to attack us, but I summoned a ring of fire to protect the four of us on the makeshift stage that they created.
With Dalton leaning his whole body on me, I shifted my gaze between Blade and Collin. “They’re just a few here. You can handle them. I’ll be back.”
I didn’t wait for any response as I transported Dalton with me to the infirmary in my territory, the one nearest the warriors’ building. We landed in the middle of the emergency room, much to the surprise of the medical crew, but I didn’t have time to explain.
“Take care of him, and make sure to reach out to my Luna, if you need any permission on some things,” I advised in a hurried tone.
“Yes, Alpha.” The doctor replied as he guided me to where I should place Dalton while I mind linked Lucy to let her know Dalton was in the infirmary. ‘Got it. I love you,’ she replied, and I cut off the mind link immediately as the limbo s*cked my body again and brought me to the same place where I left them.
I was worried hell had broken loose, but I underestimated Blade and Collin. It seemed like they jumped off over the fire I made because when I came back, they were outside of it already and the six men guarding Dalton earlier were already tied up.
“No casualties, Alpha,” Collin said.
“Good. Did you ask where Ethan is?”
“In one of the borders,” Blade answered in a deep, cold voice.
‘Alpha, Alpha Ethan shifted and ran away.’ One of my warriors dug into my head.
‘Where are you?’
‘Border near the Costello tower. He was in the neutral forest now. We are trying to track him, but he knew this forest so well.’
‘Got it.’ I cut the mindlink and discussed the scenario with Blade. We then placed the six captured warriors inside the ring of fire before we left them.
Collin met up with the warriors who were able to advance from the border near the packhouse. He would be leading them to enter and seize the packhouse while Blade and I transported our bod*ies to where Ethan was headed.
I might be a demon, but at this point, Beast was salivating to catch Ethan, and I knew his nose was more familiar to him. So, I let him.
Blade and I didn’t waste time and shifted into our wolves.
Soon the earth shook as our paws padded across the ground, heading in the direction Blade thought
Ethan was heading. Since Blade did not belong to my pack, I had no way of communicating with him in wolf form.
We eventually got separated because Beast didn’t want to be controlled and wanted to go somewhere he was certain Ethan was going.
It didn’t take long before his scent reached us, and I commanded Beast to let me take over, and as much as he didn’t want to, he let me win this time. Beast shifted back into my human form while I was still running, and soon I was running on my feet, still at full speed, before my body ascended in the air as my wings erupted from my back.
I was flying as I scoured the area until I spotted Ethan’s wolf below. I wasted no time as I dove to where he was, blocking his wolf from running, which made me and his wolf collide. The impact was so strong that both our bod*ies bounced off in the opposite direction.
Ethan shifted into his human form at once, eyes dilating as he growled at me.
“This has nothing to do with your pack! I sent your warriors back!” He spat at me as he crouched down as if about to launch an attack.
“You K*lled two of mine!” I growled at him.
“I didn’t know! If I knew, I would have never touched them!” He growled back, but I saw uncertainties flitting in his eyes as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
“Pleading ignorance won’t save you!
“You’re at a f*uc*king advantage because you’re a f*uc*king demon! Fight fair, Stone!”
I retracted my wings and scoffed at him. “You’re no match for me, even in our human forms. I should have K*lled you at the feast.”
“Wrong move to let me live.” He scoffed, as a devil’ s grin tugged on his lips. “If I K*ll you tonight, your territory will be mine, and I’ll make sure your Luna will kneel before me and s*ck my…”
I didn’t let him finish his sentence before leaping forward and aiming for him in the air, landing exactly in front of him, and delivering a hard jab to his shoulder, the exact spot where his father had once hit me. My punches were strong even before, but I was sure that since a part of me turned demon, the power had doubled or maybe tripled, and I had no way to control it when I was in a rage.
His loud cry erupted in the thin air as his knees dropped to the ground at the same time I landed on my feet. I moved backward before swinging my leg forward and hitting his face with my knee.
It made him fall backward. He panted, trying not to let out another scream.
My foot landed on his shoulder, pressing it to the ground. “One more f*uc*king time you disrespect my Luna or even think of her in a f*uc*king malicious way, I will cut your d*ic*k and your balls and make you eat them in front of your men!”
He didn’t respond, but I saw veins popping from his neck as his eyes dilated. He was letting his wolf heal him. I wanted to end his life already, but I knew Blade had to be the one to do it.
I stayed standing, hovering over his body, my foot on his shoulder, pressing it now and then when I got bored.
Where the f*uc*k was Blade?
“Let’s negotiate, Stone.” He broke the silence between us, flinching when I pressed his shoulder again. “You can have this territory, and I have other territories I just acquired recently. You can have them. Let me go.”
“I don’t want this pack or any of the packs you conquered.”
“What do you want?”
“Your head. I’m so f*uc*king tired of looking at your face. You should have stayed in your area and didn’t cross over here.”
“I have a son, Stone.”
I swallowed at his words as my heart clenched. He got me there, but before I had a chance to say or do anything, a loud growl erupted in the air, and Hawke, Blade’s wolf, surfaced from the bushes behind me and leaped to where we were.
Ethan’s eyes widened in surprise as the wolf shifted right in front of his eyes, and without any warning, Blade reached for his hair, gripping it so tightly that I had no choice but to let go of his shoulder as Blade began to drag his n@ked body harshly in the opposite direction before he swung it and tossed it away like Ethan weighed nothing.
His body slammed on the trunk of the big tree, and my eyes squinted at the sound it created upon impact, together with the sound of his painful cry as his body slid down to the ground.
I was watching Blade prepare to attack him again when the pain hit my chest and another came almost simultaneously. It made my body freeze in place — two casualties.
LUCY…
I paced back and forth inside Aiden’s nursery, in front of his crib. We should be in our suite, trying to sleep, but I knew I would never be able to sleep peacefully knowing my mate was not home and was not 100 percent safe. And Aiden probably felt the same way, as he wasn’t showing any signs of sleepiness.
I had my walls up, and Adan for sure had his as well, as we were supposed to do. I couldn’t feel any emotions from him from our bond, and it was making me more restless as I had no idea what was going on.
All I knew was that he had brought Dalton, Fabian’s Beta, to the infirmary, and he was being attended to already while he went back to the Silver Crest territory.
“Come on, come on!” I had no idea what I was asking for. It had not even been an hour since they left, and I was already agitated.
I turned around, ready to walk in the other direction when a spark like a bolt appeared in front of me, and I found myself eye-to-eye with my brother.
“Lucius! For Goddess’ sake, why do you have to appear in my space?” I almost screamed at him.
“I had no f*uc*king idea you would turn around.” He chuckled before his attention went to my pup, whose face lit up at the sight of him. “The prince of darkness is still awake.”
“Adan attack Silver Crest Pack.” I ignored his words. “I know.”
“You know?” I asked, my brows hiking up.
“You act surprised as if you don’t know I had my eyes on this house because my nephew is here. Right, little demon?” He winked at Aiden, who let out a gurgling sound as if he were responding, which made my brother laugh out loud. “I f*uc*king wish I had the power to understand your words.”
“What do you want?” I asked.
“Nothing. Perhaps you want to know what’s going on where they are?”
“Will you help me see what’s going on in there?” “Let’s say that’s the reason I went here.”
My arms flew up and wrapped around his body as I slammed my face onto his chest. “Oh, Lucius! You have no idea how I want that!”
“Next time you have to pay for any service I have to name it except our souls.”
“You’re crazy if you think I can even buy your soul. Get ready… Do you know the places where you want to check?”
“Just the borders, as I was not able to glimpse the inside of the territory.”
“Then we can only see the border.”
“That’s enough for me.”
In no time, Lucius pulled up a hologram and laid out his hand for me to take. I took it without inhibitions and thought of the first border, where Adan had taken me earlier.
“Looks like you’re winning on this side. Next.” Lucius stated, and I summoned the image of the next border, this one was the one near the packhouse, according to Adan.
“No one is there… It’s quiet.” I mumbled.
“I a*s*sumed they won this border and are now inside their territory. Otherwise, if the enemies win this side, there will be warriors guarding the border.”
“That makes sense. Let’s move to the next border.” We continued the process until we reached the fifth border, and my heart clenched at the sight I saw on the hologram.
A loud gasp escaped my lips as I watched claws plummet into Kevin’s heart, one of our warriors, and his limp body fell to the ground with a loud thud before another one suffered the same fate. We were outnumbered in this area, but they were still trying.
“Lucius! They need me.” My hand went to his forearm, gripping it tightly.
Even without any expression on his face, I knew he understood what I wanted to say. “I can take care of Luther.”
I swallowed hard. I had never left Luther alone with anyone except Adan or my parents-in-law. But I just couldn’t let my people d*ie when I was capable of doing something.
“Are we back to, no, I don’t trust you, Lucius?” He asked, his brows hiking up. “You know your son is safest with me. Everyone in this place can d*ie, but I will make sure my nephew will survive.”
I nodded my head at him. “Now, go before it’s too late.”
I turned to where Aiden was and gave him a soft peck on his head. “Be a good demon and stay here with Uncle Lucius, okay?”
His eyes blazed red for a second before returning to normal, which was nothing unusual. My son had always been a show-off with his demon abilities since day one.
In just a flick of my fingers, the lounge pants and sweater I had on were replaced by a tight-fitting black bodysuit, and my red hair was up in a tight ponytail. I nodded my head to Lucius before I let my body be s*cked into limbo and ended up where I wanted to go.