LUCY. "I’m sure my mate, my fated mate, can mentor your pup until he comes of age and becomes an Alpha. In the meantime, we can take over your pack." "You’re not going to do that! You’re bluffing! Adan had never taken over a pack!" "Oh, we don’t want to, but there’s always a first time, and besides, you’re on the top of my list for my most hated shifter. So again, Ethan, about the Omega Feast. Are we clear?" He was suppressing a growl as his hands coiled into fists. I rolled my eyes and aimed for the man beside him. Soon he was growling and begging for the pain to stop. I knew I was doing what Father did to Viktor, and I should feel guilty, but I was trying to get my point across. "Make it stop!" The man was on his knees, clutching his head, and Ethan was still not giving in. "What a shame, Ethan! The Omega Feast is far more important than this man who was loyal to you!" I shouted at him as red blazed in my eyes. I was ready to invade his head, and he must have realized that
LUCY.I opened the door to Adan’s office and let Patrea and Althea in."Are you both ready?" I asked, my gaze shifting between them before I gave them a hug."Excited!" Althea exclaimed."I wish we could take you with us! It’ll be fun!" Patrea said, winking at me."I can hear you, Patrea," Adan grunted, and it made the three of us giggle before I turned around and walked to sit on Adan’s armrest while Patrea and Althea took the couches near us. "So, is there anything we need to know before we leave?" Patrea asked.Adan opened his drawer, pulled out a thick envelope, and placed it on top of his desk. "This is for Althea, from Blade?""Blade? Whatever is in there, I don’t want it." Althea stated coldly."Check it first." Adan pushed the envelope further without taking his eyes off her.I held my breath as I watched her stand up and walk toward the table. I told Adan I could personally hand it to Althea, but he wanted to be the one to explain everything to her, and he promised me he wou
LUCY. "His father, the then Alpha of their pack, was one of the organizers of that Alpha camp. That day I was sparring with Ethan. We were in the corner, far away from the rest. The fucker couldn’t accept that I beat him and told lies to his father. I couldn’t even remember the lies. All I knew was that his father was so mad at me. I tried to reason with him, but he wouldn’t hear of it. He slammed the side of his hand into my shoulder. I heard my bones crack. I felt it, but I didn’t scream. I knew my bone had dislocated, but I didn’t even say anything to let him know I was in pain. My body crumbled, and I collapsed on the floor, but I didn’t complain. He continued shouting at me about respect and superiority, and I remained laying on the ground because, as much as I didn’t want him to see me in pain, I knew if I moved he might attack me again. And I was not sure if my body could handle it. He and Ethan left, murmuring curse words about how weak I was. I was only eight, and he was m
LUCY. I let my hair dance against the crisp wind as I looked at the vast forest all around us. My left hand was tightly clasped against Adan’s as he drove us through the forest. We were heading somewhere important to me that had been put on hold for weeks as I tried to maneuver into my new life as Luna of the Mystic Pack and Adan’s mate. I couldn’t believe how far I’d gone in just a couple of months. The Omega Feast and the Underworld adventure felt like distant memories now, and soon I would be in my third month of pregnancy and about to meet my little boy. I couldn’t be more excited. I knew he would be perfect, just as his father was. A month ago, my Luna ceremony was held at the same time Adan and I vowed to the moon to love and respect each other for eternity through our union ceremony. We kept the ceremony simple, celebrating with guests that were special to us. We only invited close family and friends, together with the elders and leaders from all parts of our territory. W
LUCY. "Fuck! Adan!" I cursed under my breath as another contraction hit me. I was tolerable with pain, but this one was hitting me so bad I wanted to curse anyone who would stand in front of me, so I was thankful no one was in the way as I held on to the wall in the corridor of the fourth floor where our room was. "Oooh, my demon nephew is due to arrive!" Lucius appeared out of nowhere, a devil’s smirk was on his face. "Fuck off!" I growled at him as my hands tightened on my stomach. The contraction stopped, but the intervals were getting closer. "Why are you here?" "The demon in me felt a new demon soul was about to arrive. Powerful as his uncle." He smirked at me, but I saw the excitement on his face. "Go away! I don’t want you here!" "Not a chance. I want to see how he will come out of you" The hand in my stomach went up and shot ice at him, which he melted in an instant before his laughter bounced along the corridor. "Go get your female pregnant, asshole, and stay away
Two Months After Aiden's birth. ADAN STONE. Aiden’s birth came at the beginning of spring, and like the meaning of the season, it also meant the beginning of a new life for me. More than six months ago, my only concern was that my fucking dick couldn’t stay hard in front of any females like it had lost its appetite to fuck anyone, while everyone around me, especially my Beta was concerned about having me produce an Alpha heir. But with Lucy falling from the heavens — or was it spewed out from hell? — both concerns were addressed. I now have my heir in my arms, and my dick couldn’t stop fucking my female, my Luna, my Lucy. I smiled at my own thoughts as my hand smoothed over Aiden’s naked back. My son was peacefully sleeping on my chest while I sat on the balcony of our suite, letting the morning sun and the cold wind brush against his skin. Lucy preferred to have Aiden sleep in our room, and she made sure she was up whenever he would wake up and be fussy at night. So I made sure
ADAN STONE. The morning started well for us, as it had since we came back from the underworld. I was already getting used to the serenity of having my Luna and heir around me, and a pack that adored them just as I did. Everything was good until the news of the Silver Crest benign attack and takeover reached me. Their Alpha and Beta were dead. The Gamma and most of the Warriors were held captive until they surrendered to their new Alpha, which I doubted they would do. In most attacks, the casualties were always the warriors who swore loyalty to their pack, unless the conquering Alpha was a deserving one. But in this case, Ethan was a piece of shit who didn’t deserve the loyalty of Fabian’s men. To say I was devastated was an understatement. I was in a rage. A week ago, I sent ten warriors to assist Alpha Fabian in training more of his men. It was nothing unusual. I always get requests for training, and if I liked your pack or trusted the Alpha, I would comply. But never in my wild
BLADE. Five hours after I arrived at the Mystic Pack territory, I was already gearing up for a counterattack to save my pack. I wanted to focus on it and avenge my brother, but I couldn’t. Althea kept seeping inside my head, which she had been doing since I met her. Before heading to the warrior’s building, I saw piles of photos on one of the tables inside Stone’s office. Out of curiosity, I went and checked on it, only to see photos from Aiden’s blessing ceremony a month ago. They were many, but my eyes only focused on the ones that had Althea in them. She colored her hair a bit brighter than the regular dark plum that she had, but she was still beautiful as always. Her face was full of life. She was smiling, and there were no traces of misery in her eyes. Unlike me. Before today, I had spent the last five months trying to find myself. I was lost more than ever. I ran away from my pack because losing Sol was too much for my heart to handle. She was not even my Luna yet when her
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