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PATREA. After the visit from the God of the Underworld, Lucius and I checked on the Athwart demons that were brought to Kalmerus. He spoke with all of them for a while, with him holding my hand the whole time. It felt natural to me, but I could see some demons who kept glancing at our entwined hands. They were not used to affection. I’d been in this realm for many decades, and I had yet to see demons holding hands. The closest I saw to affection was during sexual interaction, but after that, they would act as if nothing intimate had transpired. But it was as expected of them. So this was totally something new for them. And for Lucius. But he looked like he was comfortable holding my hand, and I reveled in it, enjoying the gentle squeeze he would give me from time to time. The next few hours were spent going back and forth everywhere in the tower and to what I refer to as the barracks of demons. By the time Lucius was satisfied with checking everything, I was already exhausted.
LUCIUS.I thought Patrea just wanted me to experience how it felt to fall asleep. I didn’t know she had other plans in mind. But I wasn’t complaining. In fact, I was thankful for the experience she gave me. She knew all the right ways to make me feel important.Patrea let me fall asleep, only to wake me up with my hard cock in her mouth.I already knew from the very beginning that she was different and that I would be lucky to have her. And after everything that happened today, including my cock in her mouth, it only proved that I was right — I had a very special female in my arms that no other demons were lucky enough to have."Are you not going to stop nibbling my neck?" Patrea was giggling as my nose and lips continued to nuzzle and suck her skin. "I can stay here for a long time, just doing this.""You can’t slack off, you have two kingdoms to rule and protect now.""Do I?" I pulled away from her neck as a devil’s smirk tugged at my mouth. "If I have to choose, this is the only o
PATREA. After I admitted everything to Lucius, he simply moved on from it. I wanted to believe he wasn’t affected at all, but then I saw him with Luther the moment we came to the Mystic Pack, and my insecurities came back again. I had known from the very beginning — even before there was him and me — that he was already affectionate toward his nephew, and yet a part of me wanted to grieve. He wanted one, and it was something I couldn’t give him. "If Lucius said it’s okay with him, then it’s okay. I know my own brother. He never sugarcoats his words. And it is what makes both of you click together because you both tell what you feel." Lucy stated that before she stood in front of me, her hands went to my arms, and she gently brushed them. "Don’t let it bother you." "But I wish I could give him more," I said in a soft voice. Lucy smiled at me, her eyes watering as she let out a warm smile. "You have given Lucius so much, Patrea. And I can’t thank you enough. I know he can take care
LUCIUS. "Are you even listening?" Adan growled lowly, and my head snapped to look at him just in time to see my nephew, Luther, who was sitting on his lap, place a hand over his mouth and begin producing gurgling sounds. "He doesn’t like when you growl," I chuckled. "Try hissing." "This pup here will be an Alpha, not a demon king." Stone chuckled while letting Luther’s hand roam his face. "Not yet, not right away. But he will be king. You can’t stop him from having the fate destined for him." "Fine. Who am I to question that when my own fate is complicated? But I’m not complaining. I’ve got the girl! And this little fire here!" He squeezed his son’s arms gently before mimicking the gurgling sounds that Luther produced. I had no idea what to feel at the moment as I looked at the father and son. I wanted someone like Luther. But I would never let Patrea know that. Like Stone, I’ve got the girl. It should be enough. "What’s wrong?" Stone asked, and I found him staring at me. "What
LUCIUS. His eyes blazed red, and I saw confusion flit through them, but it was gone in seconds. “Tell me what you want, Lucius.” “I want you to break Lucien’s curse on Patrea’s, linking my bloodline to be fatal for her. Including the nightmares she was having.” “Are you afraid you will kill your queen?” “Not me, Hades. I will kill myself first before I even think of that. But I have hundreds of siblings and quite a number of offspring, making each one a danger for my queen.” “Are you sure about this? Don’t you want an heir, Lucius? Like the one Lucija has?” “What will I do with an heir if I don’t have Patrea anymore?” I asked back. “Do you know how much Patrea wants to give you a child? Don’t you want to give her something her heart desires?” “Her life is far more important to me than a child.” “You are being selfish. You wanted her alive for yourself, but what about your queen? Doesn’t she deserve to have what she wants?” “I’m a demon, Hades. Let me be selfish.” His laugh
PATREA. “But Hades cannot unbind the spell you created, Patrea,” Guinevere explained, and I felt my heart being ripped apart. “What do you mean? So King Hades was not lying when he said he couldn’t?” I asked. “The spells were created using the energy of my spirits, not the energy of his demons. So he’s not lying in a way, but then he can do something to override it. That’s why he asked you what you wanted to give in return. “But why would he offer a gift if he wants to take something back?” “If the gift you are asking for is something he can do in a blink of an eye, like lifting Lucien’s curse of linking his bloodline to kill you, then he will do it without asking anything back. But what you are asking is something that he needs to touch in other realms to get. He can, if he will. But he has the heart of a demon, Patrea. So if he can get more than what he gives, he will take it.” “I have nothing to offer him. I will not give up Lucius!” “What do you think you have that demons ar
LUCIUS.After I had unleashed my frustration at the dungeon, I fixed myself and transported my body back to the Mystic Pack packhouse, only to find out Patrea was not there.“Again, Lucija, where did Patrea go?” I asked Lucija for the nth time since she came into this room with Althea.“She’s safe, Lucius. You need to trust that your queen can take care of herself.” She responded instead of answering my question. “I know she can, but I just want to know where she is. Don’t force me to dig into your head for answers.”“I’m sure you can’t. No one has ever read my mind.”I hissed at her, knowing she was telling the truth. My head snapped to Althea’s, and it made her body jolt backward, but Lucija was fast enough to block me.“Do not do whatever you are thinking. Patrea will not appreciate it if you meddle with Althea’s mind.”In frustration, I brushed my hair with my hand before turning around and walking in the opposite direction inside the bedroom where Patrea was last seen. I tried t
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