ADAN STONE. He didn’t say anything more and just opened the door to where Lucien was, and the moment he did, Lucien’s aura struck me in full force. I forgot how powerful his aura was until now. Lucius had a strong aura, but it was nothing compared to how strong Lucien’s aura was, and I was now contemplating if we had the capacity to beat him. "Father, I couldn’t find Guillermo," Lucius stated right away. "Obviously. Or he would be here standing with me and not you." He replied without even glancing at Lucius. I could see Lucius trying to keep his jaw from tightening. He had told me how his father had disregarded him all the time, and I just shrugged it off, but I could see it now with my own eyes. And I didn’t know if I should feel bad for him or not — at least without Lucien’s attention, he was free to do whatever he wanted. "I know that and what if I have no intention of going through the rituals with Lucija? Do you have a backup plan?" "What are you talking about?" Lucien hi
ADAN STONE. Sweat formed everywhere on my body as Lucius gave me his final instructions for tonight. After this, I had to work with a limited conversation with him since he might need to transfer every thought Lucien would give him to me, especially during the rituals. Rituals — but, in my opinion, it was nothing more than a fucking open show in which everyone here would feast on my mate’s body. I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for this, but I reminded myself that this is the demon world, where nakedness and sex out in the open were nothing to be ashamed of. But I was glad for once that Beast was still in slumber, or it would be harder to control both of us around our mate. "From the expression on your face, you’re not liking this at all." Lucius’ voice snapped me out of my thoughts. "I thought we didn’t need to mate in there." I sighed in disappointment. "But you heard Lucien. He made a spell to ground Lucy there until she came. It’s just a fuck. Just get it over and done, and I
ADAN STONE The moment we entered the cove, I threw out all the nervousness I felt inside. I had Lucius’ body and Lucy’s power. I would be at par with every demon in this place, and there was no reason for me to be terrified. I needed to save my female. Most importantly, I had Hades’ favor on my side - I should be okay. I let my eyes roam the whole cove — it was dark, and the lights illuminating the place were just the candles scattered everywhere and the burning stones separating the middle from the platform where Lucien sat on his throne. Demons of various kinds sat on the sides, on higher ground but not higher than Lucien’s. Some of them were in their demon forms, but most were wearing the human facade that Lucien and Lucius now had. But Lucy was not yet here. ‘Come here, Lucius,’ Lucien’s voice rang in my head, but it came from Lucius. He was directly sending me his father’s command. I walked towards the middle in a confident stride with Lucius’ invisible form beside me. M
LUCY. ‘Did my Omega miss me?’ Adan asked in my head. ‘Yes, Alpha…’ I answered him. My lips quivered as my heart warmed at the soft way he asked this question. I missed my Alpha. I never thought there would be a day that I would wish I was just a simple Omega until now. I wish it were simpler than this. Before the first tear dropped from my eyes, Adan grabbed and cupped my face so tightly that it hurt me before he began kissing me again, harder than all of the kisses that he had given me in the past. I could taste blood in between our kisses, but I welcomed and reveled in it. Angel purred in my head, telling me that despite the absence of Beast, her heart was telling her it was Adan in front of us. It was enough for me to let go of the little inhibitions left in me. If my wolf believed he was our mate, who was I to object? I suppressed the whimper wanting to come out of my throat as his mouth trailed on my neck as I listened to Lucius’ words in my head about the enchantments on
ADAN STONE.Everything happened so fast. One moment I was in euphoria, fucking Lucy with all the love and lust I had for her, and the next moment, I was transporting the King of Kalmerus somewhere outside his kingdom.Lucien’s aura was low at the moment because of the ritual, plus his own fear had added to the decline in his power, which in turn surged up mine. His fear over what I did enabled me to transport him.He thought I was Lucius, and my mark on Lucy would kill her because Lucy never felt an ounce of love for her brother. But I was sure she loved me.But it was still a fatal mistake. I was not supposed to mark her — that I was just supposed to pretend that I would, to instill fear in her father, but the sex made me lose my mind and I was not able to control my actions. Lucien and I landed in a cave where Patrea was. No words were spoken between us as she immediately cast a spell around Lucien, binding his hands and legs together."What is this, Lucius?" He roared, his eyes bl
LUCIUS. The female that appeared out of nowhere was wearing a long, black cloak, and if I were right, she might be the witch Lucien used for the enchantment of the cove. "It took me a while to find where they took you!" She snapped at him before directing her gaze at us. "She’s a witch!" Lucy blurted out as she shoved Stone behind her and positioned herself in a protective stance, but Adan was fast to reverse their position so that he was now in front of her. "That I am! Nice to see you, Patrea! I didn’t know you would turn to the other side!" The witch smirked as she diverted her attention to Patrea.. "If Lucien hadn’t bound me with his damn contract, I would have left a long time ago! And you’re making a great mistake, Zelda! You still have time to abandon Lucien. And we will never come after you!" Patrea yelled at her. "Too bad, Patrea, I can gain more from him than you!" She glared and blasted a light on our side, and Patrea mustered up her energy to building a shield to cov
LUCIUS. The fireballs hit me badly. I haven’t recovered from the one given to me by Zelda, and these recent ones have shattered every part of me. I was losing this battle. This was already enough. Seeing Patrea almost die twice was enough for me to realize I could never take Lucien down. Lucija’s aura wasn’t changing, and I could not force her to do more. She had never embraced her demon self in the first place. And I brought them all here. They shouldn’t be paying for my mistake. I coughed up blood as I tried to heal the cut directly above my heart to stop the bleeding. But I was too weak. I’d always been weak, and I had no idea why I was chosen as the heir of Kalmerus. But it was all gone now, as fast as it came. Patrea came rushing, and despite the pain coursing through my whole body, a smile tugged on my lips. I could end this now, and she would be safe. "Lucius…" Her voice broke as she dropped to her knees and held the hands I was using to keep my blood from oozing out o
LUCY. I had no idea what was more painful: knowing that Lucius had decided to die so Lucien could die too, or knowing that I couldn’t do anything to help him. I knew that even with my own power, I would not be able to take down Lucien without his help. But if we saved him, Lucien might come back to life much stronger. And Lucius was right — I was sure he would raise hell on earth for revenge. But could I let go of Lucius when he was the only family I had? I knew Lucien was a devil, but I didn’t know that even in the face of death, instead of begging for us to save him, he was still cunning like the demon that he was. "Now that I know you’re useless to me, Lucija, killing him will also kill you. I have no need for you… You just fucking wasted my time! Now order Patrea to heal Lucius, or I will strike his heart and we can all die together!" Anger surged through my body as I had never experienced it before. If he had not been fucking stupid and had not assumed I was his fucking heir
Lovelies, the long wait is over. BEYOND THE DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Witch - the third installment of the INTO THE DARKNESS SAGA is finally live on this app! Synopsis: Five years after the death of his fated mate, Alpha Blade found himself lost in the abyss of life. He had abandoned his pack and chose to lead a mercenary life to avenge the death of Soledad. But even after justice was served, he felt empty, and the need to take more lives had become his way of life.With too much blood in his hands, he became ruthless and cold-hearted, with no direction, no goal, and no will to survive—until destiny decided to play a cruel joke on him and gave him a light witch for a second-chance mate. Confused and not wanting to betray the memory of his first mate, Blade fought against the new bond the Goddess gave him, only to find himself being drawn more to the young witch who was slowly lighting up the darkness surrounding him. But when lies, betrayals, and secrets come to light, will
3 MONTHS AFTER PART 1 Epilogue PATREA. “Don’t you fucking dare to cut my skin!” I screamed as another contraction hit my body. I could only count the number of times I swore, but today had been exceptional. I couldn’t stop myself from throwing curses and bad words at my king. I was in labor, and the baby was ready to come out. Lucius was the only one with me since demon childbirth was never a problem. Demons could even give birth on their own. Maybe we were so relaxed that we forgot that I was still part human and witch. “I have to take it out. I’ll cut and heal it back!” Lucius explained in a loud voice. “I don’t fucking like seeing you whimper like that!” “NO! No! No! I want to feel my child coming out of my pussy!” “Patrea!” He hissed, his forehead was sweaty, and I could feel the whole chamber getting too warm. “Get out!! I glared at him. But I didn’t mean it. I was just in too much pain, and his worried expression was not helping at all. “No fucking way that I will l
Five years after.LUCIUS. Patrea was sitting on the low boulder while watching Luther, and I do our training for today. Lucija and Stone would take Luther here in the underworld from time to time so we could spend time with him and let him familiarize himself with the demons.For the longest time, they were taking Luther here and would sometimes leave him with us for a few hours just because they wanted to have time alone.But I knew there was more to it than that. They wanted us to experience having a child.After five years, Patrea and I were still not given any. I was slowly coming to terms with it, but that didn’t mean I was losing hope. I never stopped wishing for a child every time I fucked my queen, but I had stopped telling her I was doing it.Patrea and I never talked about it anymore. I could still feel sadness in her from time to time, but it didn’t make me feel less loved by her, and I was returning the love she was giving me tenfold more.We would always be great kings a
PATREA. Five nights ago, I told Lucius I was ready to take our relationship to the next level. I was ready to have a baby with him. A demon pregnancy could be detected a few hours after mating. But five days later, there was still nothing. I stared blankly at the mirror inside the bathroom that Lucius had custom-made for me. I felt empty. I felt useless. I knew Guinevere wasn’t lying when she reversed the spell I did on my body, and I was sure Lucius could get any female pregnant if he didn’t stop himself from producing one. So it must be me. Maybe my actual human age has something to do with this. I was not getting older in physical form, but perhaps I was past the stage of childbearing. And it hurts. It hurt more now than it did the first time when I thought I could not give him an heir because, this time, I expected it to be possible. Lucius seemed to not mind, but he might just be good at hiding it. Because it was the same thing I was showing him, but deep inside, I was
PATREA. “Follow me.” His voice came out so deep and hoarsely that I didn’t even have second thoughts and just followed him. “Is this the right area?” He asked as he stopped in the archive section at row number 35. “Yes.” “Now, what do we need to do with all these books?” “Place them back. The books are in alphabetical order, so they should be placed in their right spot.” I was not done talking yet when seven books rose in the air and went to their exact place. My eyebrows rose as I stepped back until I was out of the aisle. I checked if anyone was nearby, but then the archive section was at the far end of the entrance, and usually, only scholars or those doing special studies go to this spot, so it was safe to say no one saw that. I walked back and stopped a few feet away from him, watching as he laid the rest of the books on the wooden stool ladder. “You need to put them back as well,” I told him. “We will put the rest aside once we’re done with the reason we came here.” H
PATREA. After my coronation as Queen of two Underworld kingdoms, our lives returned to normal. So far, it had been so peaceful and perfect that I felt something terrible would happen. But Lucius eased my worry by telling me that the underworld was only chaotic if the kingdoms were not on good terms. As far as he knew, everyone was minding their own business, and the regular souls would just come and plunge themselves into hell. So I tried not to mind it and just lived the best days of my life with him. Today we decided to cross into the human realm and visit an old friend, or, should I say, an annoying neighbor. I missed normality, so here we were, driving the car into the house I used to share with Althea. I would take personal items and return the key to the house owner. And after that, we would go to the library so I could file my irrevocable resignation letter. As much as I could forget all about it, I made friends in the library, and I didn’t want them to keep thinking abo
LUCIUS. “Hades…” Luther just said his first word. It was a bit gurgled, but I could fully understand it. ‘The fuck! I spent fucking days teaching him to say ‘dad,’ and I kept bribing him with sweets and fire, just for him to end up saying Hades’ name first?’ Stone cursed in my head. His jaw tightened, and I knew he was stopping himself from growling. ‘Be thankful it’s Hades. You’ll be more pissed off if his first word is Lucius.’ I chuckled. ‘Just accept that your son is more of a demon than a wolf.’ He didn’t say anything, but he knew I was telling the truth. Hades walked toward us and handed Luther to Lucija before he faced Patrea and me. “King Hades, it is an honor to have you at our banquet today,” Patrea stated as she tipped her down before looking at him again. “It would be a disappointment if I missed it. I never had a queen for my kings for many centuries now, so it is rightful that I appeared here.” He replied before he extended his hand to Patrea. “Come here, Que
LUCIUS. My eyes roamed around the vast banquet that was prepared for the formal rise of the King and Queen of Kalmerus and Athwart. I was glad that I didn’t hold a feast for me so that I was able to share this coronation with Patrea. The big hall was already filled with guests from the other two kingdoms of the Underworld: the Kings and their offspring. Some of my siblings and my own spawn had arrived. They had yet to meet Patrea. Celebrations like this were usually done in demon forms, but since Patrea was only half demon, I requested everyone to present themselves in their human form, and it seemed that no one was objecting as everyone came in presentable clothes. Also, from what I heard, even the kings were eager to see my queen, probably because the Underworld had never had a queen in a long time, even centuries before me. A smug smirk tugged on my mouth at the sight of Lucija and Stone. They took Luther with them, and even though he was just a few months old, his aura was st
PATREA. Weeks passed, and I was still reeling from the feeling of being Lucius’ queen and the queen of two kingdoms. Today is one of those days where I had to fulfill a duty for our demons. “Open your palms and let your hand feed on their souls,” Lucius instructed me as we stared at the pit of fire, where I could hear souls full of anguish and pain. I swallowed hard, but I couldn’t raise my hand. I was slowly accepting the ways of the underworld, but my heart was shattering at the cries I could hear at the moment. “In time, your heart will harden. The souls you hear are undeserving of your pity, whether they are judged or not in the realms they belong to. If their souls went straight to the pits of hell, it only means that they were meant to be here. They were irredeemable and had never regretted their actions. We do not throw away souls that were sincerely regretful of their misdeeds before they died. That’s why the veils of realms exist. In there, they were given time to redeem