She Belongs To The Devil

The carriage which the Royals were supposed to ride was already in front of them but Edwin stormed off as if he was going to walk back to Wyverndale. So, Adeline and Raphael glanced at each other and Adeline gestured to Raphael to go after Edwin. "I will meet with Theodore and will catch up with the two of you."

Raphael nodded and chased after Edwin to cheer him up, although he doubted that he could do anything to elevate the mood of his half-brother.

Lillian was still shouting in the background, still cursing everyone from the King to his countless wives and children. She was also shouting saying that she should have killed Adeline herself.

Adeline disregarded all that and she also walked away from there. She waited for Theodore to help teleport all the witches and when he was finally done, she went to talk to him before she left for the Palace.

"Theo, I\'m going to lead all of them back to the Palace now. Let the Coven finish their rituals and teleport them to the Palace. Till then, I will have the King to gather all the councilmen and work through all the necessary procedures."

For a while, Theodore kept on staring at Adeline without speaking a word.

"Theo?" Adeline waved her hand in front of his face because he looked like he had zoned out. "Are you alright?"

Theodore held Adeline\'s hand and pulled her towards him. He wrapped her in his embrace and pressed her head close to his chest. He was glad that nothing serious happened to Adeline.

He closed his eyes and whispered, "I was so scared when all those creatures ran towards you. I had never been that scared in my life. And I am really sorry that I couldn\'t save everyone\'s life."

Adeline was doing fine until now. She was acting tough and was taking charge of everything as if this was an everyday event. However, the moment Theodore hugged her and said how scared he was for her, she felt like crying her heart out.

Because she was scared as well. She was scared that this was going to be the last day of her life. She was scared thinking that she had done a great mistake by thinking that she would be able to take down Lillian without any casualties. She was still scared that the friends and families of those who lost their lives today would hate her forever.

She was not showing it but she was greatly affected by today\'s battle.

Still, she had yet to do a lot of things so she swallowed her tears and hugged Theodore back. She didn\'t want to hold him against his words and make him feel bad.

So she whispered back, "You saved everyone else, Theo. If you had not intervened in time then all of us would have died. So, I am really thankful that you were here today."

Theodore pulled back from the hug because she sounded like she was crying. She was not shedding her tears but he could tell that she was trying hard to control it.

"Let me teleport you back to the Palace. Raphael and Edwin will be enough to handle the trip back. I don\'t think that anything bad will happen on the way that will require your attention," he wanted to take her back so that she could let all of her emotions flow out and she could also rest for a while before she presented Lillian to the court.

However, she politely shook her head and smiled, "I will take the carriage. I want to travel alongside everyone. You should go back to your place and clean up." She softly chuckled and added, "I know that you are dying to take a bath and change into clean clothes."

Theodore smirked and agreed, "Yes, I am indeed."

Theodore gently caressed Adeline\'s cheek. She already looked tired after all that fighting and running around. He would have liked it if she had agreed to be teleported. But he didn\'t want to push her too much and keep everyone waiting.

"Alright. You should head back then. I think everyone is waiting for you to give the order," Theodore said while trying to wipe off the dried off blood from her cheeks.

He suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh! By the way, I don\'t think it is advisable to let the council know that Lillian had opened the door to Hell. It will sound way too farfetched considering how little people know about the extent of a dark witch\'s power. It will only be a topic which the council can laugh over."

Adeline had not thought about that at all. She was way too occupied with transporting Lillian back without any problem on the road that she had forgotten to think over other matters.

She nodded and replied, "Thank you for reminding me. I think it will be better if we keep that supernatural part a secret."

The council was already trying to get in her way and prove that she was not a better ruler. And she did not want to give them a reason to call her a liar or think that she had lost her mind. Yes, there were witnesses who could testify in her favor but they could easily say that she had bought all of them over.

So it was indeed a good idea to punish Lillian for the crimes that she did in the past, crimes that involved real humans rather than some creatures straight out of Hell.

Before Adeline walked away, Theodore reminded her a few more things, "And, don\'t forget to wipe the black blood from your face and armor. And also hide that sword that Lucifer gave you before going into the court. Also, I will drop the witches near the Palace gate and not inside the Palace."

Theodore puckered his lips and reminded her one last thing to her, "And umm… don\'t let the guards leak any information about me and Lucifer. I don\'t want the people of Wyverndale to look down on their future Queen because you married the Devil. We will come up with my fake background before we get married."

Adeline was sad as well as happy when she heard the last reminder. She was sad that he was trying to hide his real identity just for her sake. She hadn\'t even thought that far yet. And she was happy that he was willing to do anything and be anyone just so he could be with her.

Adeline was so overwhelmed that she almost cried again. She looked him deep in his amber eyes and spoke from the bottom of her heart, "I love you, Theodore. I love you so much."

She raised her heels and put her arms around his neck. And she kissed him very passionately. She didn\'t care if others were looking at them.. After everything that he had done for her, he deserved that little appreciation from her.