She Belongs To The Devil

"I had my practice while carrying you as a toddler," Theodore desperately tried to suppress his laughter after saying that.

But Rhea ended up bursting into laughter.

Adeline furrowed her brows and stole Ramon from Rhea\'s arms, this time, carrying her nephew perfectly. "Sister! Why are you laughing? You are making me feel embarrassed," Adeline complained and pouted.

But Rhea kept on chuckling and spoke while holding her stomach, "Oh dear lord! I almost forgot that you two met each other for the first time when Adeline was a baby."

Adeline was flustered by that comment from her sister-in-law. And she focused her attention on little Ramon who she was holding. "Hey, Ramon. Can you say \'aunty\'? Go on, try to say \'aunty\'."

But Ramon just giggled. Adeline also giggled along with him and began smooching the junior puppy and playing with him.

Rhea controlled her laughter after a while and then finally greeted Theodore, "It is nice to meet you again, Theodore. I am sorry for not greeting you earlier. It just completely went over my head because of the twins."

"It\'s alright, puppy," Theodore smiled at Rhea and lovingly gazed at Niylah who was giggling in his arms.

He squeezed Niylah\'s baby cheeks and praised Rhea, "You have very lovely kids. They are a perfect combination of the two of you. They even share both of your eye colors!"

Rhea smiled and agreed, "Yes, they are very lovely. But they are very naughty at times."

"When is Nigel coming here by the way?" Theodore asked Rhea.

Rhea half-shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I have no idea. He should have been here by now. But I guess the training went for a little longer than usual. He had asked me to come to this room with the kids in the noon. So I came here without waiting for him." She glanced at Adeline and smiled, "I was really eager to meet Adeline."

"Okay, let\'s wait for him then," Theodore turned to look at Alexis and gestured for her to follow him towards the chairs.

All of them went and sat down. Adeline and Theodore kept on holding the babies and they began to catch up with Rhea.

Adeline and Rhea were the ones who were talking with each other most of the time. Adeline asked Rhea about the pregnancy and the life with the babies while Rhea was interested to know how Adeline coped when she had forgotten about Theodore.

The two of them were so immersed in each other\'s stories that at one point, Adeline handed Ramon over to Theodore and didn\'t even realize it.

Theodore, on the other hand, was carrying both of the babies in his arms. Sometimes he would walk around the room to calm them down if they started to cry, sometimes he would put them on the chair and play with them, and the other time he would cuddle and shower kisses on them.

And the twins were also playing with Theodore. They would play with his clothes, pull his hair, hold his finger, and would even kiss him. For some reason, his pet peeve of being touched by others was exclusive of the twins. He didn\'t mind them clinging to him at all.

Rhea pointed her brows at Theodore and teased Adeline, "He seems to be very gentle with the kids. He will make a great father someday."

Adeline scoffed in disbelief at what Rhea had just said. She had barely managed to openly talk about her lover and the talk about having kids with Theodore someday made her red like a cherry.

Theodore, who had heard what Rhea had said to Adeline, smirked at the thought of having a mini Adeline.

He turned to face Adeline and Rhea and was about to say something but right then, the door suddenly opened and Nigel entered the room while apologizing, "I am so sorry for making all of you wait for me. I had to take-"

"Brother!" Adeline jumped from her seat and sprinted towards Nigel before letting him finish his apology.

"Adeline!" Nigel gave a wide grin and then opened his arms for his beloved sister.

Adeline put her arms around her brother\'s shoulders and Nigel lifted his sister and twirled.

They kept on hugging each other for quite a while. They were laughing and were also crying at the same time. It was a bittersweet moment for both of them. They had reunited after so long when they were not even supposed to part from each other in the first place.

"How have you been, sister?" Nigel finally asked after breaking off from the hug.

Adeline curved her lips upward and lied, "I have been good. I have adapted well to the new routine and works. I am busy in official works most of the time, so it has been great." Adeline didn\'t want to say how much she missed her brother and how much of a mess her life had been. She didn\'t want to make her brother feel guilty for no reason.

However, Nigel was not a fool not to see the pain behind her innocent smile. Also, he had already heard from Theodore how she had to go through a lot of mental pain. So he flicked Adeline on her forehead and scolded her, "Have I already become a stranger to you that you now have to pretend in front of me?"

Adeline\'s lips suddenly curved downwards and she whispered, "Sorry!"

Nigel gently patted on her silver head and then walked ahead of her, "Come. Let\'s talk."

The upcoming war with the creatures of the night resumed haunting Adeline. She took a deep breath in and then followed her brother.

All of them sat down and the playful vibe that was in the room just a while ago turned gloomy and serious all of a sudden.

Nigel glanced at Theodore and then back at Adeline. And he initiated the conversation, "Theodore told me yesterday that a war was coming and that you needed my help. So what really happened? What led to the war?"

Adeline gritted from between her teeth, "Lillian\'s jealousy. What else?"

"Lillian? She did something again?" Nigel asked with a smoldering look on his face.

Adeline looked into her brother\'s eyes and briefed him, "She went to Mihir in the pretense of going to Frostford. And she made a deal with the King of Mihir, who happens to be a vampire."

"A what now?" Nigel knitted his brows in tune because that was a lot of information in just a few sentences. "Vampires are real? I thought they were just myths that were used by the elders to keep the young werewolves at bay. But you are saying that they actually exist?"

Rhea was also giving a curious glance to Adeline because she had also thought the same as Nigel, that the creatures who looked like humans but could fight on par with the werewolves were just a myth.

But Adeline proved them both wrong. "Yes, they are real. I even met one in the Golden Street. They are already on the move."

Nigel fisted over his mouth and thought for a while.. And he deduced why Adeline was adamant about meeting him before the King. "Does that mean you need the help of the werewolves to fight them off?"