BRAVING THE DARKNESS: One Night With The Demon King
BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Book 2
Chapter 33 – Death Wish
ALTHEA.
I was about to turn around and look for Lucy or Patrea when Blade blocked my way. His arm snaked around my waist as he brought me to the dance floor.
My eyebrows hiked up as I scoffed softly. “Don’t you have manners, Blade? It’s not polite to just grab a girl and force her to dance with you.”
“I’d been polite for the last thirty minutes, Althea, restraining myself from growling and grabbing someone and killing the life out of him.”
“You know the only reason I am not throwing you out is that I don’t want to make a scene and let everyone know things about my life.”
“The only reason he hasn’t broken any bones in his body is that I don’t want to make a scene and ruin your birthday,” he said.
“Thankyou, and I appreciate that. But it still doesn’t change anything between us. I have a boyfriend, Blade.”
“I know. I feel it every time,” he said in a very cold voice.
So he felt it. But did he say every time? I only did it once.
“So tell me, why are you here? Is this the part where I am allowed to reject you now?”
“If I were your boyfriend, I would be engaged in a fistfight already if another man were holding you this tightly.” He said this, ignoring my question.
His hold on my back tightened, pressing my body closer to his, but my hands were on his chest, creating a small gap between us.
Our bodies were so closed, and his hands on my waist were making butterflies and ladybugs swarm in my stomach. If this lasts a bit longer, I might explode from all the tingles and static I am feeling at the moment.
“You’re so little,” he said before a smile tugged on his mouth as he stared at my face.
I rolled my eyes, trying to stop the smile from curling on my own lips.
Blade stood over six feet five inches tall while I was just five feet two inches, and with a body built like his, there was no denying I was too small in his arms.
“It’ll be easier to carry you around and take you with me.” He added, and he was still smiling, something he never does often. He looked like a gentle giant.
“Are you flirting with me, Blade?”
“Maybe, maybe not… It depends on how your boyfriend will react. If he comes and offers a brawl, I will accept it so I can continue flirting with you.” “He’s a… He’s a peaceful man.”
“I am too. Until provoked.”
“I thought you wanted to talk? Say what you want and just leave Ashton out of all of this.” I let out a sigh.
“So the boyfriend has a name. Ashton. Ugly name.” He scoffed.
“As if Blade is a nice name.” I retorted.
“Balderus.”
“What?”
“Balderus is my real name.”
“Balderus… Okay.” I didn’t know what to say.
“Uglier, right?”
“No,” I answered almost immediately.
“Now you are being polite.”
“Maybe.” A smile curled on my lips as I wasn’t able to control it this time.
“I have a gift for you. It’s in my car. Will you come with me?”
“I’m not sure if I can…”
“You still don’t trust me? Did you forget that I put my life on the line for you? And I will do it all over again.”
“And did you forget you abandoned me?”
He removed his hands from around my waist and stepped back. “I understand if you don’t want to come with me outside. I will just hand the gift to Lucy or Stone.”
Was he leaving now?
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to. I just want to know if lean still trust you.”
“You have my word, Althea. I will just give you my gift. I want you to open it where I can see it but not for anyone else to see. And maybe we can talk privately. After that, I will take you back here. “
“Fine. But we couldn’t stay there for a long time.” “Of course. What’s a birthday party without the birthday girl?” He added before he laid his hand out for me to take, but I pretended as if I didn’t see it and proceeded to walk ahead of him toward the exit.
I told myself I would cut him off entirely from my life, and me allowing a moment with him alone was already a step back from what I wanted to do with my life.
But I had a feeling that tonight I would be finally free from this bond I had with Blade.
PATREA.
“Dance with me,” I told Lucius the moment Adan’s attention was drawn to Lucy.
Lucius turned his body to face me completely, a coy smile playing on his lips. “I don’t dance, and we have a different way of dancing down there.”
“I’m sure you will learn how, and we’ll take the slow dance.” The music changed tempo and began playing a soft one.
“What did you do?” He asked, his eyes flitting with amusement.
“Me? Nothing fancy…” I smiled at him before pointing my finger at the DJs on the other side of the room. “I requested a slow song before I came here.”
“And here I thought you were trying to impress me with your magic.” He chuckled before his hand went to my waist and the other clasped with mine as he guided me to the dance floor.
“I don’t think any magic will impress you.”
I saw Blade and Althea dancing, a little too close, but it was the least of my worries. I knew Althea could handle herself, and I might as well enjoy my time with Lucius.
It didn’t take long before I saw Althea and Blade move away from the dance floor. My eyes locked with my granddaughter, and she just nodded her head at me before Blade guided her out of the ballroom exit.
The moment they were gone from my sight, I focused my attention back on the handsome man swaying our bodies in a slow rhythm that I find too sensual.
“I thought you didn’t know how to dance,” I told him, my brows hiking up as he held me closer, placing my arms around his neck before he rested his hand on my back, just a little above my ‘a*s*.
“I was trying to be modest, but I’ve lived long enough to know everything except one thing…”
My forehead creased as my eyes squinted, curious at his words, but I remained silent.
“How to make you fall for my charm…” He spoke in a low voice before resting his forehead against mine, making my eyes close and my heart flutter. “But your charm does work for every other female here.”
“Does it?”
“Yes. You and Adan, those girls keep checking you both out. And then Alpha Blade came, and they were like, they can’t decide which one is better.”
“Hmm, interesting…” He chuckled softly.
“But don’t you dare,” I mumbled, my eyes still closed, as I let him guide our bodies.
“Don’t dare what?”
“Pay attention or give in to them.”
“Not a chance. All eyes are on you, witch, and I don’ t think they will be straying somewhere else…”
“You’re getting good at this…” I said, and I couldn’t stop myself from smiling.
“Dancing?” He chuckled again, making his breath fan against my face.
“Making my heart flutter.”
“Am I? Or are you putting enchantments on me, Patrea? Because it’s working.”
‘‘Well, I’m glad it’ s working because it’s hard to compel a demon like you,” I told him, but I knew he knew a witch like me would not be able to enchant him unless I used dark magic.
He laughed softly, so gently that the sound from his throat was making me giddy. Lucius was letting emotions out of me that I had never felt before.
“Can I kiss you?” He finally asked as he pulled his face away from mine.
“I’m sure people are looking at us…” I snapped my eyes open and found him staring at me. I could get lost in those eyes.
“Will it bother you?”
“No…” I answered in a soft voice before his lips closed in and brushed softly against mine.
I moaned softly, and my demon king took it as a sign to kiss me aggressively.
My arms around his neck tightened, as did his hold against my body. We were so lost in our kiss when a loud growl ripped from the outside of the ballroom.
I didn’t see where it came from, but I was sure only Alpha Blade could make that growl, and it made my whole body stiffen.
Lucius pulled away from my mouth as my eyes flitted with fear.
Althea.
Everything happened so fast. The next thing I knew, the whole place was secured as Lucy blocked off the whole area so no one could come in from the outside, and Lucius created the illusion that there was no growling that happened outside.
The party continued before Lucius took my hand and I was sucked into limbo. I found us landing in the parking lot with Lucy and Adan beside us.
My eyes roamed the area, and a loud scream left my throat as rage coursed through my whole being. “Not Althea!”
Purple mist covered my body as my eyes burned from staring at Nyneve while she grabbed Althea by her neck. Blade was a few feet away from them. He had his hands raised, but he was taking a step forward, and Nyneve was just laughing maniacally. “Calm down, Patrea. One young demon versus three.” Lucy whispered beside me. “She just made a death wish for herself by appearing here.”