She Belongs To The Devil

Adeline examined her sword for any damages. Apart from the clotted blood of the vampires, the Cerberus sword was perfectly fine.     

She then glanced at Theodore and said, "Theo, I will head straight for that bastard in the middle. I don't want to stretch this war longer than it needs to…"     

Adeline abruptly stopped talking. Her eyes were wide open, her gaze fixated on the dark storm that appeared out of nowhere. The storm appeared to engulf the area where Reginald was a while ago.     

And although Theodore was facing Adeline, he could sense the tear between the realms.     

"I guess we will be having a guest from Hell soon. I will go and entertain her." Theodore leaned forward and pecked on Adeline's cheek.     

And he made a suggestion to Adeline, "You should focus on killing that Vampire King. I won't be there to help you out so, take Team Beta with you. His guards are all pure-blooded ones, maybe equally tough as that last vampire that you were fighting. So they will be hard to kill if you go there on your own."     

"Okay, I will take them with me," Adeline gave a few scratches to Arion and then mounted him.     

The lightning and thunder were starting to hit the battleground now. It was a very scary sight to see because the lightning was hitting the ground haywire, sometimes even striking the soldiers.     

Theodore knew that it was a sign Lilith would appear on the surface soon. However, he was still unwilling to leave Adeline's side. He still wanted to be around her and watch over her so that some mishaps wouldn't happen like before.     

But he also knew that if he left Lilith alone even for a second after she appeared, she could do anything. Lilith was a very unpredictable woman. And he didn't want some innocent humans to face the consequence because of his delay in dealing with her.     

"Theodore, you have to go, now!" Theodore nudged himself in his head in order to force himself to leave Adeline's side.     

Adeline was adjusting the reins of Arion. And before leaving, Theodore asked Adeline, "Do you have the healing pills with you?"     

"Yes, I have two," Adeline patted the pouch on her waist.     

"Okay," Theodore took a deep breath in as he lovingly gazed at his wife's determined face. And then he said one last time before disappearing, "I will find you after this battle is over. Win."     

After Theodore vanished from her sight, Adeline asked Arion, "Hey buddy, let's find Team Beta first, alright?"     

Arion was a little hurt after Adeline had left him alone in the middle of the battlefield earlier. So he threw a satire at her, "Why do you even need me when you can run faster than me?"     

"Because I don't want to wear myself out when I don't need to." Adeline teased Arion and pressed her lips together as she waited for Arion's response.     

"You are turning into Theodore. You are becoming mean like him." Arion raised his front legs in the air before taking off to the direction where he had last seen Team Beta.     

Adeline smirked and consoled her companion, "Aww… my sweetheart is angry with me!"     

She chuckled when Arion lifted his front legs again as though he was trying to drop her off and apologized to him, "I'm so sorry for leaving you, Arion. I was a little too excited to get into action. But we are going together now, aren't we?"     

"Yes. Don't leave me and run off again. Or else I will never talk with you again," Arion shouted at Adeline.     

"Sure, sure." Adeline gently rubbed his mane.     

Arion brought Adeline in front of Team Beta. That team consisted of Jean – beta of King Conall, Agnes, and other eight werewolves who were considered the strongest among the pack. This team was formed to assist Adeline if she was to need it.     

They were fighting with a few of the human soldiers of Mihir who had managed to reach their side. But the number of enemies was so low that the werewolves had reverted back to their human form. There was no need for them to turn into werewolves to knock the humans out.     

And when they finally saw Adeline, they got very excited. Their time to shine had finally come.     

They finished off the enemies around them and everyone became attentive to Adeline when she spoke, "Team Beta, you are going to act as the arrowhead for me. All of you will be helping me to penetrate the human and vampire shields that have surrounded that Vampire King. And I will face that King while you will be responsible for handling his Royal Guards."     

"Whatever you need, Your Majesty," all werewolves fisted on their hearts and bowed to the Queen.     

Adeline then warned them, "And remember, the Royal Guards will be as strong as you. Don't underestimate them even for a second. Now let's go."     

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While the battle was peaking on one side, the victorious werewolves and the witches were returning to their respective Kingdoms on the other.     

However, even though they had won that battle, they were far from being happy, especially the werewolves. There was nothing to be happy about when half of the werewolves had lost their lives.     

The remaining werewolves were mourning the deaths of their fallen pack members. They were sitting on open carriages beside the dead bodies of their friends wrapped in white clothes.     

Even though the sorcerers had already healed the injured werewolves and they were capable of running back to Aberdeen, they still chose to travel alongside the fallen werewolves.     

For one, they didn't want to leave the dead alone as if they weren't valuable anymore. And second, they were afraid to reach their hometown and face thousands of difficult questions from the families of the dead.     

The quiet and moonlit path of Golden Street was also filled with the clicking sound of the hooves of the horses and the rolling sound of wheels of three carriages.     

The carriages were taking the eleven of the members of the Mystic Coven back to Wyverndale Palace. Among those eleven, one of them was wrapped and tied in a white sheet of cloth.     

Tabitha and Sybil were staring at the dead body of Laila with their hollow and gloomy eyes.     

Their absent minds were suddenly jolted back to reality when they suddenly heard the loud sound of a bell coming from the Palace.     

It rang continuously, signifying that there was an emergency.     

Tabitha and Sybil looked at each other with dreaded eyes.     

"The enemy reached the Palace?" Tabitha mumbled to herself. "But if the enemy had marched to the Palace then they should have crossed past us, which they did not…"     

Sybil suddenly grabbed Tabitha's wrist and pointed at Laila's dead body.     

Tabitha came to an instant realization as to what could have been that emergency. She then immediately shouted to the coachman, "There's an emergency! Please take us to the Palace faster. Or else there will be a bloodbath."     

There was no need to say more because everyone knew what the bell meant... that something terrible was happening in the Palace. And the coachman also knew all too well that the High Priestess and the other witches could be very useful to the Palace right now.     

"Of course, High Priestess," the coachman shouted from outside.     

And all of the carriages ran at their full speed towards the Palace.