BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon
Chapter 88 – Succubus
LUCY…
My mind and body were already tired, but I kept going. Lucius brought me to a place I had never been before. It looked like a cave, but it wasn’t – it was just endless darkness, and the only source of light was the torches he placed in every corner surrounding us.
I’d been trying to shift into my succubus form, and it kept getting harder because Angel was fighting it. Every time I shifted into one, she was out of my head, and she wasn’t liking that. And with our location away from the tower, she was able to use her own strength against mine.
My wolf wanted to trust Lucius, but she didn’t want me to make the wrong decision. She didn’t want me away from her. But I wanted to take the risk. I wanted to see Adan, even in his dreams, or what they called ‘nightmares.’
“But without my wolf with me and just a demon soul, would I still go into heat?” I asked Lucius after finding out I would not be able to take Angel with me in my succubus form.
“You shouldn’t even be thinking about that. Just in your succubus form, you will be in total l*st.”
“Well, I am not right now.”
“You never fancy me, Lucija, It would never work. Wait until you see Stone, and you might end up overdoing it.”
I rolled my eyes at him and prepared to shift again. Every time I did it, my body remained unconscious, as if I were sleeping, so I had to make sure I would be in bed pretending to be asleep when I transformed to meet Adan, or someone would notice I was out of my body. Angel snarled at me, but I pushed her back into the back of my mind, and this time it went smoothly.
Soon, my soul was floating around the area. I was totally desire, n@ked, but Lucius could still see me. I was watching his eyes the whole time to see if I would see anything in them wants, or anything else. But there was nothing. Maybe he didn’t see me as anything other than his sister, which was something I appreciated.
“I think you’re getting better with it. Try it on your bed later, when you’re alone.”
“But how do I get to him?”
“No other way but to use a portal. Only Father can leave without using one.”
“Are you sure he can’t track me?”
“Not in that form. And then, once you’re out of the underworld, you can just teleport your soul wherever you want to be.”
“I can go to his pack? How would I know Lucien is not watching him at that time?”
“Stone is currently not in his territory. He said he was in Blade’s territory.” My eyes widened at his words. “Blade? Wait how did you know all this? Are you communicating with Adan?”
“No. I just have to make sure he’s safe. So I’m watching him. Without him, I can’t kick you out of here.”
“Would that mean you’re protecting him from entertaining females as I asked, my eyebrows hiking up.
“Yes, ma’am.” He winked at me, and I willed my soul to go back to my physical form.
In an instant, my body woke up, and Angel ignored me as she retreated to the back of my mind even after I greeted her. But I would deal with her later.
“So, how would I reach him when I don’t even know where he is?” I asked, and this time I couldn’t help the smile from gracing my lips at the excitement brewing in my chest.
“Leave it to me. I will meet you at the other end of the portal, and we can transport together to where he is.”
“Will you stay there? While I do things to him?”
“Maybe, maybe not. But don’t be too excited yet. We need to figure out first if you can mind link while in succubus form.
“But I was able to talk to you earlier.”
“That’s talking. We need mind talking in case Father comes looking for you.”
“But if I’m in the human realm…”
“He will still be able to contact you. Besides, your body will remain in the underworld. Now transform again and will yourself to be invisible. Then fly around or transport somewhere far from here. I will try to connect with you. If you don’t receive anything after a while, come back here.”
“Okay…” I walked back to where I was seated every time I would shift, but I raised a palm to Lucius. “Give me a moment to talk with my wolf.”
He just nodded his head and looked at me as I tried to connect with Angel.
‘Angel, are you mad at me? Please, you have to understand. I know you want to see Adan and Beast too, but we don’t have a choice at the moment.’
She purred before she explained her side. ‘I’m not stopping you from seeing them even without me. I just don’t want you alone. What if something happens? I won’t be able to help you.’
‘Lucius will help me.’
‘I know he said he would, but it’s still different when I’m with you.’
‘Don’t feel like I don’t need you or your help. But this is my one shot to see Adan. We’re slowly deteriorating from their absence. And this might be my only chance. Just this one time. And I promise you, I will not use this form again unless necessary.’
‘Fine. But will you promise me to tell them I love them?’
‘I will try. I hope there’s a way to communicate with them.’
‘If there’s no other way, don’t worry about it. Just have fun. I’m sure Adan misses us too, he just didn’t know it.’
‘Thank you. I’m glad you’re here, Angel. Or I’d go crazy here.’
‘Me too…’
‘And I promise you, I won’t let them touch you. They will have to K*ll me before they can K*ll you.’
‘Thank you. I hope we can get out of here without Lucien punishing Adan and his pack if we run away.
‘I know. That’s why we have to trust Lucius, even if it’s hard to trust anyone. He’s our only choice right now.’
Angel didn’t reply more, and it was my signal to prepare for my shifting into my succubus form. I nodded my head at Lucius as I sat down on the ground. In seconds, my body felt lighter as I floated around my sleeping form, and without any more words to my brother, I vanished into his sight as I transported my body to the hot spring I always ran to when I was younger.
This should be enough. It was too far from the place where I left my body.
‘Lucija?’ Lucius’ voice rang in my head.
‘Oh, Goddess, I thought I needed to go back there already. I can hear you.’ I told him excitedly.
‘Good. Now try to contact Father.’
‘What? No way!’ Lucien was the last one I wanted to communicate with.
‘Just try. I want to know if he will feel anything. If he can sense your form.’
‘Okay.’
I let out a deep sigh before connecting my mind to my father. ‘Father?’
‘Where are you?’ He asked immediately.
‘Just around here. I’m on my way back to the tower. I just want to know when Guillermo is arriving?”
‘I’m not sure. I don’t even know where he is, but he sent a message saying he would be here soon. Are you too eager to see him?’
‘No.’ I rolled my eyes. ‘Can I choose someone, not from our kingdom?’
‘It’s either him or Lucius. But Guillermo is the best choice.’
‘I don’t want either of them.’ I had to make it sound like I didn’t want Lucius as well, so if I chose him later on, he would give in instead of me not choosing any of them.
‘Meet Guillermo first. And then we can talk again.’ His voice sounded final.
I didn’t reply anymore, cutting off our conversation before I transported back to where Lucius was. I immediately returned to my body and explained to him what Father told me and that he seemed unaware I was in my succubus form.
“Relax. We got this.” He just flashed me his usual smirk.
“What are your plans? I just can’t sit here and wait for the cleansing and just rely on whatever you plan to do.”
“I will let you know the day before. Just trust me. For now, master every sK*ll that you can. I know you are training your wolf in secret. Keep doing that. I will make sure the cleansing will be held in the same place where rituals are done, so there’s no enchantment around it and your wolf can surface anytime. So, if worst comes to worst, shift and protect yourself. Run away from here.”
“And how about you?”
“I will take care of the rest.”
“I still don’t understand. If at the end I will just end up running away, why can’t I just run right now?”
“There are things I can’t tell you yet, but I will explain more before your cleansing. We need to give it a try. Running away now will only mean that our father will be on your heels again. We need to put him down.”
“But how.”
“I will tell you when the day comes. We will do it together. Now tell me what power and sK*lls have you learned?”
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LUCIUS...
After I trained Lucija and found out the things, she was now capable of, I went to the portal and crossed to the other realm again.
It was already morning, and that meant tonight would be the full moon. I needed a word with Stone. He reminded me last time about Lucija’s heat. But after finding out that she was not able to take her wolf with her when she was in succubus form, I was not sure how the heat would go for them. Although one thing was sure – even without her heat, Lucija would be in total l*st once she saw Stone.
“Oh, spirits! You’re too early.” Patrea almost shrieked when I appeared beside her in the kitchen. She was preparing breakfast, but I didn’t see Stone or Kingston yet.
“Did you miss me?”
“You were here just hours ago. Do you even rest?” She huffed, her brows furrowing.
“Nah, can’t rest. My mind keeps thinking about you.”
“Stop trying to enchant me with your words. It’s not working.”
“Too bad. I should hire someone to teach me how to woo females.” I chuckled, enjoying the annoyance on her face.
“Stop doing that and help me out here.”
“What the… I don’t even know what you’re doing.”
“Try this, tell me how it tastes.” She raised a spoon, and it was almost touching my lips. Was she feeding me? “I don’t eat food, unless for a show.”
“But I’m sure you can tell me what it tastes like. Now open your mouth.”
And I did open it like a f*uc*king puppet. I swallowed the warm soup that she put into my mouth, but I had no idea how it tasted. Food never tasted like anything to us. We could imagine how we wanted it to taste. She lived in the underworld for far too long, she should know that by now. But why the f*uc*k was she asking me this?
“So?” She asked, and I had no idea what to tell her.
“Do you want the truth?”
“Yes.”
“I can’t taste food. I can choose if I want it to taste good or bad.”
“I know.” She chuckled before turning around and picking up the ladle to stir whatever soup or liquid was in the pot. “I just missed acting normal. And I can’t do that with the Alpha and his Gamma because they’re mated.” Her words made me smile, but I didn’t say anything.
“I know I’m weird.” She said, breaking the silence between us.
“Yes, you are.” My kind of weird.
“I think anyone will end up being weird if they get stuck in the underworld for a long time. I just want normality, although I know I’m not normal.”
She let out a deep sigh. “So I’m not sure if I’m ready to go back there.”
“Are you backing out on the plan?” I asked. I felt my anger rising, but I tried my best to control it. “Answer me.
“I want to trust you. I swear to the spirits, I do. But I can feel that you’re hiding something. You laid out the plans, but I know there’s something more you’re not telling.”
“I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.” I tried to act nonchalantly, but in reality, she got me. I didn’t tell them the whole plan for the same reason I withheld information from Lucija.
I doubted Stone would agree if he found out my final weapon was Lucija. I was sure he would stop me from using her. But what choice do I have? She was the only one capable of K*lling our father.
“Tell me everything, and I will help you. Or I can just walk away now.”
“You’re not going to abandon Lucija.” I challenged her.
“Watch me do it.”
“I’ll tell you everything, but you have to agree to sell your soul to me so I can take you to the underworld.”
“I don’t trust you, Lucius.”
“I don’t trust anyone either. But I’m willing to trust you and tell you everything I know and my whole plan but I just wanted the same courtesy. Trust me with your soul, and I promise you I will bring you back here after all of this.”
“But if you d*ie…”
“I won’t d*ie. I will do everything to stay alive just to keep my promise to you that I will bring you back to this realm in one piece.”