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LUCIUS. I knew I wanted to kill Nyneve, but I didn’t want to do it too fast. I wanted her to feel every pain so that even if her dead soul were roaming the depths of hell, she would still remember the pain I gave her, but the bitch was letting out her seductive aura, and there was nothing I could do about it, but I tried my best to ignore it. I was thinking Stone would be affected too, but it seemed that being marked by Lucy gave him the luck not to feel Nyneve’s aura. And I got confirmation that I was right when Lucy and Patrea arrived. Lucy did not even flinch and went straight to her man, whereas I could see my female being affected. My female. Mine. Jealousy coursed through my whole body as I watched Patrea stare at Nyneve as if she wanted to pull her down from being tied up and ravage her. It was the same look she would give me whenever she wanted to have sex. I had felt this jealousy over her neighbor, but it was not at this intensity. I was fearing that the seduction woul
LUCIUS. "No! No! I’m sorry! Patrea! I said I’m sorry." I watched as black veins crawled on the skin of her neck, starting from where the bite was, and watched in terror as she choked in front of me. I didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t breathe. The pain in my chest was killing me, and I just wanted to succumb to it, but I couldn’t just let Patrea go. Her eyes fluttered before they shut, and the veins disappeared from her skin, and I knew I was losing her. My hand reached for her neck as I summoned my power to remove my mark, but I couldn’t. Marks and wounds from the underworld were permanent. Why the fuck did I forget a demon mark was deadly? My whole body shook as the agony of my action washed over me. I was losing the only female I ever cared about, and it was entirely my fault. I leaned my head closer to her naked chest. Her heart was still beating. I got up from the bed before I scooped up her body and transported us back to the cave where we came from. All the while
LUCIUS. "The demons of the Kingdom of Athwart, led by King Arturos, stand by the border between the two kingdoms. They wanted to avenge Princess Nyneve’s death." Dorian stated, his eyes fixed on mine. I was right. It was only a matter of time before he would come for her the moment he felt a descendant’s soul disconnect from him. But I was sure Nyneve meant nothing to him, and he perhaps just wanted a reason to take my kingdom. I didn’t say anything and just kept staring at my second-in-command. I wanted to tell him to just let King Arturos destroy Kalmerus. Maybe it was the right time to just succumb and let my own life perish. I had nothing to keep fighting for, nothing to live for. ‘You’re fucking stupid if you just let him destroy your kingdom!' Lucija’s words rang in my head. She could read me. But I kept my silence. I felt numb. Lucija stepped forward, and Dorian’s attention went to her. "Prepare your demon guards, but make sure that the tower is fully secured. We wil
PATREA."Adora?" I asked as the tears finally trickled down my face at the exact moment the figure came into the light, revealing the girl I was so longing to see.She still looked the same as the last time I saw her, and despite the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes, she looked happier."Am I dead? Why am I seeing you? Where are we?" I asked. "We are in between realms, Mama?""What do you mean? Are you stuck in between realms?"She shook her head as she sat at the end of my bed. "I am with the spirits. I only came here for you — to ask you if you want to come with me to the spirit world.""Am I dead?""Lucius bit you."I shook my head. "He didn’t mean to."A spark in the darkness flashed before my eyes, and my arms instinctively covered my eyes. After a while, I slowly lowered my arms to see another female standing beside Adora.Her eyes were pure black, as was her long hair. And from the runes that were covering her body, I already knew who she was. I was now fully
ALTHEA. "Mommy didn’t take you? She let you stay?" I asked her, overwhelmed that she was back with me and happy that she had met Mom again. Patrea nodded her head before she hugged me again. "Lucius marked me. I chose to accept the mark, Althea. I hope you will never judge me…" "No. Never, mama." I cut her off before I withdrew from her hugs. "If Lucius makes you happy, then he can have you. He kept crying the whole time you were unconscious. He thought he killed you. He keeps saying he loves you." Tears trickled down Patrea’s face, but this time a smile graced her lips. "Do you think it’s possible for him to love me?" "If I didn’t see him, I would never believe it. But I saw it with my own eyes. Do you love him, Mama?" She nodded her head as a red tint crept across her cheeks. "I might be too old for this." "No one is too old for love, and even demons deserve a chance to be loved back," I told her as I wiped the tears off her face. "Where is Lucius?" "Kalmerus is at war," Bl
LUCIUS. I didn’t know it was possible to feel this happy despite the fact that my kingdom was under attack. I was so used to taking pride and being boastful of my accomplishments, but this happiness Patrea was giving me was beyond me. For the first time, I got something because it wanted me, not out of force or rebellion. Patrea was alive, and she survived my mark because of one thing: she loved me. And I knew at this point that I could do everything, anything, to make sure she wouldn’t regret braving the darkness that came along with loving me. "Welcome to Kalmerus, my queen," I told her as I stared directly into her amber eyes before they blazed red. And it just made me excited. My hand gripped her jaw tightly as I crushed my lips against her, kissing her brutally hard, and my queen just accepted my kiss wholeheartedly before she snaked her arms around me. But I knew I should stop kissing her, or this might lead to other things, and we had a kingdom to protect. I pulled away
BLADE. Althea kept pacing back and forth. At first, I didn’t mind, but I was beginning to get irritated with the way she kept moving in front of me, and my eyes couldn’t stop following her. If I had my way, I would pull her onto my lap and tie her up around me. "Can you stop doing that?" I spoke in a low voice, as I did my best not to show how her moving around bothered me already. "Waiting for the unknown is killing me. I don’t know how you can just stay still there for a long time like you’re not even breathing." She snapped at me. "Did you forget I’m a mercenary? I can stay here for days and you won’t even know I’m here." "Are you not worried about what’s happening out there?" She asked, ignoring my words. "No. I know they can handle them." But the truth was, I was not worried, not yet, because she was safe here with me. The rest of them were demons. I was sure if they died, they could find ways to revive themselves, but Althea could not, so it was better if we stayed here.
PATREA. I gasped for air as my throat continued to burn, but it didn’t feel painful at all. In fact, the warmth in my throat was soothing. I let my hand trail down my neck as I softly moaned, only to realize that my whole body was burning. My body jolted up, and I sat down. I was floating while the battle continued below me. It took a while before everything registered as to where I was and what was happening. Earlier, I was riding Angel, Lucy’s winged wolf. While Lucy was communicating with me about different ways I could use my new power, something suddenly hit my back. I knew Lucy had placed a protective spell around us, but it looked like the one who fired it used a bigger power than Lucy had, so whatever she used was not enough. Everything happened so fast. Angel’s wings were also hit by fire, and we came crashing down. I tried to put a spell on to protect us from falling, but everything suddenly went dark, and I had no idea what happened next. But here I am now. I tilted
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