She Belongs To The Devil

After the dinner was over, the Royals gathered around in small groups and were spending some time together.

Rhea and the twins were surrounded by Queen Claricia and a few other concubines who were closer to the Queen.

"I can't believe how cute these two are. They are the perfect combination of both of their parents," Raphael's mother praised the babies while gently pinching Nylah's cheek.

Claricia was holding baby Nylah and she agreed, "Yes, they are blessed with both of their parent's good genes." And she hinted at Rhea, "I hope they will grow to be very strong like their parents."

Rhea was sitting beside her mother-in-law while holding Ramon. She smiled at Claricia to say, "I hope they will." In a world full of dangerous creatures, she hoped that her children would inherit the werewolf gene so that they would be able to protect themselves.

Dragomir also joined them shortly because he could not stay away from those bundles of cuteness. He looked at Ramon and called him, "Hey sweetheart, want to come to grandpa?"

Ramon giggled and hid his face in Rhea's belly. Dragomir's mood was instantly elevated by those playful little grandkids of his.

Juniper and Joyce also joined the group shortly after. Juniper greeted Rhea and she asked her daughter, "Say hello to Aunt Rhea."

Joyce held her mother's gown and softly greeted, "Hello, Aunt Rhea."

Rhea gave a bright smile to the shy girl and asked, "Hi! You came here to play with your brother and sister?"

Joyce's eyes twinkled and she asked, "Can I?"

"Of course, you can." Rhea gestured Joyce to come closer and turned Ramon around to face Joyce, "You want to shake his hand?"

While the baby lovers had gathered in one corner of the hall, Margery, Muriel, and a few other Princess had gathered around in another corner. They were gawking at Theodore ever since the dinner was over.

Margery dug her nails in Muriel's thighs and took a deep sigh. Muriel slapped away her twin's hand and scolded her, "Ouch! That hurt!"

Margery sighed again and whispered to her sister, "How does that Adeline have such luck? How come she is engaged to that angelic man?"

Muriel also sighed and whispered back, "I wish I knew." She looked down and then hit Margery on the leg. "I think we should stop drooling over our brother-in-law. I feel like we are sinning."

Margery was not looking away from Theodore just yet. "He is not officially our brother-in-law yet. This is our last chance to look at him before he gets married to our sister."

"Ah! Right!" Muriel glanced back at Theodore and said with a wide smile, "Let's look at him to our hearts' content today. And we won't lay our eyes on him after he officially becomes our brother."

Adeline, Theodore, and Nigel had gathered up in another corner of the room and were having some casual talks.

Soon enough, they were joined by Raphael. He squeezed himself in between Adeline and Nigel and put his arms around both of them. Then he teased Nigel, "Hello brother! I see that you've already met my sister. I hope that you are not planning to win her back and steal the position of her favorite brother from me."

Nigel threw away Raphael's hand and turned to face him. He gave a proud smirk to Raphael and said, "Oh please! I never lost my position and I don't need to win her back. Don't have your head high up in the cloud. Adeline and I have the strongest bond."

Suddenly, Edwin appeared behind Nigel and said in a monotone, "I can prove you wrong."

"Whoa boy!" Nigel flinched and cocked his head to the side because it had been a long time since he heard that voice.

And he couldn't help but furrow his brows at Edwin because ever since they were little, they had hated each other. He was still unable to accept the fact that Edwin and Adeline were now on good terms.

Edwin stood in front of Adeline and held out his hand.

Adeline didn't know what he was asking for so she gave him the used napkin that she was still holding.

Edwin handed it back to Adeline and said, "Give me your hand. I'm going to prove to Nigel that he is wrong. It is me who has the strongest bond with you."

Nigel was narrowing his eyes and folding his arms while looking at what kind of trick Edwin was going to show. Raphael was also equally curious. Theodore, on the other hand, had already guessed what Edwin was going to do.

Adeline placed her palm on Edwin's hand. She had no idea what Edwin was up to.

Edwin flipped Adeline's hand and gently rubbed her wrist. And he did what everyone had least expected. He scratched Adeline's wrist with his fingernail but gently enough so as not to give her any bruise. It caused Adeline's skin to redden though.

"And how does that prove that you and Adeline have the strongest bond?" Nigel raised his brows and mockingly asked.

Edwin gave a smug smile to Nigel and rolled up his sleeve to show the exact mark on his wrist as well. "See… Do you believe me now? Adeline and I are bonded for real."

Nigel's brows twitched at that declaration of Edwin. And he slowly uttered under his breath, "That's not the kind of bond we were talking about…"

Raphael was horrified and repulsed for some reason. He poked Edwin's leg with his pointed shoe and scolded him for turning the fun atmosphere into a horrifying one, "This is the cursed bond, you twisted dim-wit! This isn't something to brag about!"

Theodore awkwardly pressed his lips together and tried not to laugh while looking at the horror-stricken face of Nigel and Raphael.

Adeline, on the other hand, was rather amused to see the effect of the curse of Azriel. She was scratching her wrist time and again to see the same effect on Edwin's wrist almost in an instant.

She then tried hitting her wrist and Edwin was the one to shout in pain. Adeline gave a sorry smile to him and pulled her hand away from his hold.

Now Raphael was also amused. He wanted to see if Adeline's pain would be transferred to Edwin or if both of them would feel the pain. So, he sneakily pinched Adeline on her arm.

He pinched her so hard that both Adeline and Edwin jerked in pain and screamed simultaneously, "Aaaahhh!"

Everyone in the hall was now staring in their direction to see what was wrong.

Adeline and Edwin glared at Raphael and were ready to punch him in the gut.

Raphael nervously laughed seeing their death stare. "Hey! I just wanted to see if both of you would feel the pain or just one of you. That's all."

Raphael happened to peek a glance at Theodore. And he almost wet himself when he saw Theodore's glowing red eyes staring back at him.

And a whisper automatically escaped his lips, "Please don't kill me…"

Theodore was just teasing Raphael. But his reaction made him want to tease Raphael even further. So he narrowed his eyes at Raphael as if he was very angry.

Almost in an instant, Raphael screamed like a baby and ran out of the room at the top of his speed.