She Belongs To The Devil

Prince Edwin was restlessly waiting for Adeline to come to the King\'s Court. He had to dump all the information that he had managed to extract from his mother. And the secret that he was going to share was so huge that with every passing second, he felt suffocated by it. He wanted to let it all out so that he could finally breathe.

And the moment he heard the tapping of shoes, he jumped out of his chair and walked out. He saw that Adeline was heading towards her workroom, so he caught up to her and asked, "Sister, can I talk with you. I have a very important and urgent matter to share."

Adeline could sense the anxiousness that was emanating from Edwin\'s body. She instantly nodded her head, "Sure. Please come inside."

The two of them entered Adeline\'s workplace. And before even sitting down, Edwin began to speak, "I met my mother yesterday. And she has joined hands with Mihir to overthrow our father and make me the King."

Adeline felt as if she was struck by lightning several times. Goosebumps ran all over her body and she shuddered at the thought of the possible war that was going to outbreak.

"She joined hands with Mihir?" Adeline raised her brows and dug her nails in her palms.

In another corner of the Palace, Theodore was also simultaneously seeing everything that Lillian had conspired against Wyverndale. Everything that she had done and planned played out like moving pictures in his mind.

After quite a while, he flung his eyes open and glared at Lillian. He was furious to know that she had planned to bring the war to Wyverndale.

And that was not it, he also saw her monologues… her blabbers that she had when she was alone in her quarters. She had planned to use that war as a disguise and kill Adeline and Dragomir even if Mihir did not kill them.

"This vile woman!" Theodore\'s eyes turned burning red. His nails elongated into claws and he reached for her throat, intending to cleanly slice her head off.

Just when the tip of his nails was about to touch Lillian\'s throat, a dark mist covered his body and he got teleported from there.

Adeline heard all the plans of Lillian from Edwin. She was really glad that Edwin was on her side now. And her trust towards Edwin increased a little as he was not even afraid to throw his mother under the carriage.

"So what do you think we should do?" Edwin asked Adeline. He had spent the whole night thinking of several ways to protect Wyverndale and Adeline from the catastrophe that loomed over them. And he intended to discuss that with Adeline.

And without even flinching, Adeline replied, "Prepare ourselves for the war of course."

She would have loved to discuss it further but something suddenly hit her mind. So she hastily said, "Brother, give me some time to think further about it. And we shall discuss the strategies together."

"Sure. Call me when you are ready," Edwin got up from the chair and headed towards the door.

Before he walked out, he turned around and warned her, "And don\'t spread this news for now. We cannot let my mother know that we are working together."

He half-shrugged his shoulders and added, "I mean she knows that I am working for you but I made her believe that I was using you for my own gains and that I am on board with becoming the next King."

Adeline nodded, "I won\'t." She gave him an appreciative smile and thanked him, "Brother, I know all this might have been hard for you since she is your mother. But you are doing the right thing. I am really thankful."

Edwin gave a sad smile and left the room.

As soon as Edwin left, Adeline kissed her ring to summon Theodore.

He had gone to look into Lillian\'s memory and she was sure that he would see all the things that Edwin told her. And that made her worried that Theodore might end up doing something that would put him in a difficult situation with his father.

And as she had suspected, Theodore appeared in the room while baring claws and deadly red eyes.

Adeline got scared, not because of how he looked but thinking about what he might have done. "Theodore! Did you do… something to Lillian?"

When he saw Adeline\'s petrified look on her face, he regretted what he was going to do. "No, I didn\'t." Theodore averted his gaze away from Adeline and admitted to her, "But I was about to…"

Adeline grabbed Theodore by his wrist and stared at his claws. Then she looked into his deadly eyes and tried to put some sense into him, "Theo… you know you can\'t do that, right?"

She put her arms around him and spoke softly, "I don\'t want you to face your father\'s fury. And I definitely don\'t want us to separate again."

"I\'m sorry! I saw things that riled me up," Theodore gritted out those words while still trying not to go back and finish Lillian up.

Adeline tightened her grip around Theodore\'s chest and said, "Theodore, let me handle my own problems. You know I am capable to do that."

Theodore sighed and whispered, "Yes, you are more than capable. There is no doubt about that. And I am proud to have a brave woman like you in my life."

He calmed himself down and his claws and eyes changed back to normal. And he asked, "Are you not curious to know what I saw?"

Adeline finally loosened her grip on Theodore and looked into his eyes. She smiled, not wanting to make him worry too much, and answered, "I am guessing that you saw her plotting against Wyverndale."

"So you knew already?" Theodore raised his brows in surprise.

Adeline pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes. "I came to know just a while ago. Edwin told me everything."

Theodore was not expecting Edwin to actually be this loyal to Adeline. "Oh! That\'s nice to hear."

Theodore kept on gazing at Adeline to read how she was feeling. But she was not showing any signs of fear yet. "You\'re not scared?"

Adeline took in a deep breath and nodded, "I\'m a little bit nervous. But I am not that scared of the possible war, maybe the depth of the situation has not gotten into me yet."

Theodore knitted his brows in tune and asked again, "No, I didn\'t just mean the war… I meant the war with the creatures of the night."