She Belongs To The Devil

Azriel clapped his hands and called his maids, Lara and Tara. They appeared in front of Azriel in no time.

"We are at your service, Master," both of the maids bowed to Azriel and Theodore.

Azriel took a sip of his liquor and then ordered the maids, "Open another bottle of my finest alcohol and serve it to my baby brother."

"Yes, master. We will be right back." The maids left the two of them alone in Azriel\'s room.

Without wasting any time, Theodore started his interrogation of his brother, "Az, I had something to ask you."

"Sure. Go ahead," Azriel rested his jaw on his palm and kept on smiling at Theodore.

"Did you put some kind of a curse on Edwin?" Theodore asked without beating around the bush as he had a lot of questions that he needed answers to.

Azriel closed his eyes and pursed his lips. He kept on tapping on his temple with his finger as if he was thinking something real hard. And after a while, he asked with a bewildered expression on his face, "Who is Edwin?"

Theodore face-palmed himself and took some time to maintain his calm. And he replied as though he was talking to a baby, "Prince Edwin of Wyverndale… The first-born of King Dragomir."

"Ah!" Azriel clapped and took a sip of his alcohol. And then he replied, "Yes, I had put a curse on him. I was very-"

The maids entered the room. One of them was carrying a tray with a bottle of alcohol. And the other one was carrying a tray with a flask, a glass, and some snacks to go with the alcohol.

Lara placed the glass, flask, and snacks on the table. And Tara unsealed the bottle that was at least a few hundred years old. She then elegantly emptied the bottle of alcohol in the flask and stood aside.

As Lara reached out her hand to hold the glass, Theodore looked at her and gestured, "Pour very little for me."

"Sure, Your Highness," Lara grabbed the glass and poured the alcohol. Then she offered the glass to Theodore. And she also poured some more to Azriel.

After that, the maids bowed their heads and left the room.

Theodore took a small sip and then continued with his queries, "So, why did you put a curse on him?"

Azriel stole some of the snacks offered to Theodore. He munched some roasted peanuts and then answered while making an angry face, "I cursed him because I was very angered!"

He gulped down the whole glass of alcohol and continued, "I was angered because I saw how that man was… he was someone who killed and stole other innocent people\'s lives. And he torture so many other people… innocent villagers… and even Adeline. And I wanted him to pay for his sins. So I turned him into the guard dog of Adeline. I hope that he is serving her. If he is not then I am going to add some more curses."

Theodore was stunned to hear that from his brother. He was expecting Azriel to confirm his own theory that he did that because he was lazy. Or he expected some other selfish reasons for doing that.

So he asked again, "Are you sure that is the only reason? Did you not do that because you were trying to… I don\'t know… trying to prevent some kind of unwanted war that he could have instigated?"

Azriel raised his brows and looked at Theodore like he had enlightened him. And he exclaimed, "Ahh! That\'s brilliant! I never thought of it that way. I just wanted to see that life-stealer living in constant fear for the rest of his stolen life."

He chuckled maniacally and added, "And what better way to put him in constant fear and torture than by binding his life to someone he hated the most?"

Theodore gazed at his drunk brother and smiled in disbelief. But he was proud of what Azriel did to Edwin. And he was glad to hear that there was no malicious reason behind cursing Edwin unlike what he did to Adeline.

"Right! Adeline\'s pendant!" Theodore put down his glass and leaned forward. And he asked in a serious tone, "Az, I wanted to ask another thing as well. You cast three spells on Adeline, right? One spell lifted itself. The one sealing her demonic power is still there, which I think is good for Adeline. But what is the last one? Why can\'t I see through it?"

He narrowed his eyes and demanded to know the truth, "Is it another revenge trap that you threw against me?"

"What?? No!" Azriel instantly denied and frowned. "Do you think I am that petty to have cast two spells just for the sake of getting revenge?"

"Yes, I do," Theodore replied with a straight face.

Azriel apologetically puckered his lips, "I get it that you still doubt me and my intentions. I mean, you have every right to do so. But trust me when I say this, that spell isn\'t there to harm Adeline, nor is it there to harm you."

"So then tell me what it is and what it does," Theodore asked as politely as he could.

Azriel took in a deep breath and widened his eyes with all his might so as to get a good look at Theodore\'s face. And then he replied, "It is there for Adeline. If Adeline…"

Azriel frowned and tilted his head. He grunted a little and blinked his eyes several times. He then looked at Theodore with a confused look on his face and asked, "Theodore? When did you come here?"

Theodore gritted his teeth in frustration and ran his fingers over his dark hair. "Just when he was saying the important detail, he had to regain his soberness back!" he complained in his head.

"I came here a while ago." Theodore tapped his foot restlessly. He had tried asking Azriel several times about the spell in the pendant but he had always dodged it. And when drunk Azriel was finally explaining what it was, the sober Azriel was back.

But he still tried asking anyway, "I came here to ask you about the curse that you put on Adeline\'s pendant. I noticed that it was still active. Tell me what it does."

Azriel pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes. And he answered while sounding irritated by Theodore\'s question, "I can\'t tell you what it does. You don\'t need to know the detail. Just know that it is not there to cause any harm to Adeline."

"Damn it, Azriel!" Theodore slammed his fists on the table indignantly. Then he shouted at Azriel, "Why can\'t you tell me what it is? Unless you are trying to deliberately hide something bad that you did to her…"

"It isn\'t anything bad. Just leave it alone, okay?" Azriel also looked cross at Theodore for some reason. He got up from the table and began walking towards his bed.

But Theodore also got up and grabbed Azriel by his shoulder, "How can I leave it alone when the one that is bearing that spell is Adeline? Either you tell me what it is, or you remove it."

Azriel just threw Theodore\'s hand away from his shoulder and walked away.

However, Theodore had enough of his drama. He grabbed Azriel\'s shoulder again and turned him around. Then he clenched his fist tightly and punched right on Azriel\'s face.

"Don\'t you dare walk away without answering me!"