She Belongs To The Devil

After tying up the string, Theodore then brought her hair to the back. Her hair was also a mess. The waves that Osanna had made were almost gone now. "Ah! I think I should help you comb your hair. It looks a little out of the place."

"Really?" Adeline went and stood in front of the mirror and yes, it looked like she just got out of the bed, which she did.

She glanced at Theodore who had followed her and asked, "Do you know how to comb my hair."

"I can pretty much manage my own hair, so combing yours shouldn\'t be much of a problem." Theodore made her sit down on the chair and then asked, "Pass me the comb, will you?"

Adeline opened the drawer and rummaged through it to search the comb. Theodore\'s eyes fell on the dragon pendant and a soft sigh escaped from his lips. His pupils dilated as if he was recalling something.

He was brought out of his train of thoughts when Adeline passed him the comb, "Theo, here you go."

Theodore gave a smile to Adeline\'s reflection and grabbed the comb. He took a part of Adeline\'s hair and he began to brush through them ever so softly.

Adeline didn\'t even feel that he was combing her hair. It just felt as though he was playing with them.

"Can I pin your hair?" Theodore asked with excitement.

Adeline raised her brows and smiled. "Sure," she replied a little skeptically.

Theodore searched for perfect pins himself and after a while of brushing and putting on the pins, he put down the comb. He asked her to see if it was good. And it really was. He had rolled a small section of her hair and pinned it above her ears. It looked as good as when done by Osanna.

"Oh my! Where did you learn how to do a woman\'s hair? Are you sure you\'ve never done this before?" Adeline asked while excitedly checking out her hair in the mirror.

Theodore proudly held his head high and replied, "I am the Devil Prince who can beat up all the monsters of Hell in one go. So doing your hair was as easy as eating a pie. The Devil Prince doesn\'t need to learn anything, everything comes very naturally to him."

Adeline couldn\'t help but grin while looking at him.

She then got up and grabbed his hand. And she teasingly asked him, "Devil Prince, will you do the honor of teleporting me to Aberdeen now?"

"Of course," Theodore pulled one of his hands away from Adeline\'s hold and then said, "But before that, let\'s take the precaution of concealing ourselves." He then cast the invisibility spell on both of them and also toned down his aura to the minimum.

"Okay, we are all set to go." Theodore held Adeline\'s hand and then the two of them teleported to Aberdeen.

Theodore teleported Adeline in front of Nigel\'s private chamber. He looked around to make sure that no one was around. And then he gently knocked on the door.

"Yes, who is it?" They heard Nigel\'s voice from inside the room.

Adeline took a glance at Theodore and after getting a nod from him, she softly and teasingly spoke, "Guess who?"

There was a moment of silence before Adeline and Theodore heard the footsteps quickly approaching towards the door.

It was Nigel who opened the door. At first, he looked around in bewilderment when he didn\'t see anyone around. But then he noticed a subtle dark aura in front of him and guessed correctly, "Adeline and Theodore?" He was staring at the dark aura while curling his brows.

"Yes," he heard a soft whisper of his sister. He smiled and stood aside so that the two of them could enter the room.

Rhea didn\'t see anyone so she asked, "Who was it?"

Nigel quickly closed the door and smiled, "They will show themselves."

"What do you mean by that?" Rhea asked while rocking baby Niylah in her arms.

Nigel didn\'t need to answer because both Theodore and Adeline appeared in the middle of the room.

"Oh my god!" Rhea widened her eyes in disbelief and almost instantly, her expression changed into that of excitement, "It\'s our sweet couple!"

Rhea rushed towards Adeline while still holding Niylah and then gave Adeline a side hug. "How are you, Adeline?" She glanced at Theodore and gave a gentle bow to which Theodore replied with a nod.

"I\'m all good," Adeline replied with a huge smile on her face.

Nigel also came forward and tightly hugged his sister, "I was waiting for you to come. There are so many questions that I wanted to ask."

He then turned towards Theodore and gave him a hug, "Theodore, it\'s nice to see you again. I hope that you didn\'t mind bringing my sister here."

Theodore patted on Nigel\'s back while saying, "Oh, I wouldn\'t. Don\'t you worry about that... Besides, we came here today because we both have something very important to tell you."

Nigel pulled away from the hug and stared at Theodore with an unsettling look on his face. "Something important? Di-Did something happen?"

Theodore gently chuckled and put his hand on Nigel\'s shoulder. "Relax, we didn\'t come here with bad news." He then glanced at Adeline who was by now, poking her niece\'s chubby cheeks, and asked her, "Adeline, why don\'t you give them the good news?"

Rhea\'s face lit up with curiosity when she heard that there was good news. Her eyes involuntarily traveled to Adeline\'s belly for a fraction of seconds and she asked with a wide grin, "You have good news for us? Do tell us please."

Nigel also turned around to face Adeline and then perked up his ears to hear the good news.

Adeline wouldn\'t have complained if Theodore would have given them the news but she knew that she was the one who needed to do the honors.

So she took in a deep breath and cleared her throat, "Er… Theodore and I are… ge−"

But before she could complete her sentence, someone was shouting from outside, "Nigel! I\'m coming in."

Nigel didn\'t even get the chance to deny or say anything in response.

Fenris flung open the door and rushed inside only to turn into a statue after seeing Adeline and Theodore in the room.

His eyes were stuck on Theodore and he softly growled, "You…"