She Belongs To The Devil

Theodore glanced at the half-naked man and then pointed his brows towards the fountain, "Dip your hands there in the fountain water."

Nigel was confused by that sudden order. "But won\'t that water be dirty with my blood?"

"It won\'t. Now dip your hands before I change my mind." Theodore turned around to face the couple and stood there with his hands behind his back.

Nigel did as Theodore asked. He knelt down and soaked his hands in the water. He thought that Theodore wanted him to clean his wounds before entering the place where he and his wife were supposed to stay for the night.

But he widened his eyes in amazement when he saw that the wounds that he had inflicted upon himself by smashing his hands on the rocks were disappearing slowly. "Rhea! Come look. My wounds are disappearing."

Rhea sprinted by the side of her husband and looked at Nigel\'s hands. And she was also astonished by the rate at which the wounds were vanishing. It seemed as if the time was being re-winded to the point when there were no wounds on Nigel\'s hands. "This is amazing!" She gave a questioning glance to Theodore and asked, "Is this how Adeline\'s wounds were healed?"

"Yes," Theodore was amused by that surprised expression on both of their faces. He chuckled and remarked, "You two look like newborn puppies who just discovered their tails."

Nigel and Rhea were already used to being called \'puppy\' by now and they just smiled at Theodore. Nigel got up after his wounds were completely healed, still looking at his knuckles in amazement.

"Now, let\'s go inside then, shall we?" Theodore turned around and made his way towards the door of his room. He stopped in front of his room and then gently knocked on the door, "Adeline, are you sleeping?"

"Adeline is also here?" Nigel\'s eyes widened, not because he was eager to see his sister but because he was worried to be in the same place as his sister fearing that he might end up hurting her again.

Adeline opened the door before Theodore could answer him.

"Brother!" Adeline let out a sigh of relief to see her brother back in his human form.

She ran to hug her brother without caring how dirty and sweaty he looked but Theodore caught her by her waist and swiftly put her back. "He needs to take a bath first. I don\'t want my robe to smell like him. And I definitely don\'t want you to smell like him. Ugh!"

"Theo!" Adeline wanted to scold him but at the same time, she wanted to laugh because of the disgusted face that he was making.

Nigel laughed and agreed, "Yeah, I do need a bath." Nigel scanned his eyes on Adeline and asked, "You are okay, right?"

Adeline gave a reassuring smile and nodded, "Yes, I am all good."

Theodore clapped his hand and shouted, "Okay, you two brother and sister can bond tomorrow. It\'s already late." Then he walked towards his wardrobe. He pointed his palm towards the wardrobe and a light purple flash from his hand hit the wardrobe. After that, the wardrobe began to shift to the side, revealing the secret entrance.

Theodore turned his head behind and gestured Nigel and Rhea to follow him. "Come! I will show you two to your room." And then he entered inside the corridor.

Nigel and Rhea were being constantly surprised by Theodore today. They followed Theodore with their eyes wide open. Adeline had also wanted to see how the rooms inside that secret corridor looked like. So she also tagged along.

Theodore stopped in front of a room that was in the middle of the corridor. Everyone else stood beside him. Then Theodore shot out a light purple flash from his finger again. And when it hit on the doorknob, the door flung open.

Adeline, Nigel, and Rhea flinched and covered their eyes because a very blinding light was coming from the other side of the door. It was dark outside so it took them some time to adjust their eyesight to that light.

And when they slowly fluttered their eyes open and peeked inside the door, their jaws dropped to the floor because of what they were seeing.

The room looked like it was floating midair because the floor was covered with beautiful white clouds. And everything else in the room was either white or golden or soft pink in color.

There was a huge white and golden bed in the middle of the room and the mattress looked as though it was made out of the softest clouds. There was a beautiful cherry blossom tree at one corner of the room which bore white and pink flowers. And in another corner of the room, a small stream was flowing out of nowhere. And instead of a ceiling, there was a clear blue sky.

Not just the looks, but the sound and aroma of the room made it feel as though… it was a piece of heaven.

"Is this what Heaven looks like?" Adeline asked breathlessly, without even taking her eyes off of the room. Her eyes were twinkling with delight and she looked very captivated by what she was seeing.

"No, Heaven looks far better than this." Theodore had a mirthless smile on his face as he said that and his voice had a hint of sadness in it.

Theodore was turning his back towards that room and was just staring at another closed door while waiting for the three of them to come out of their daze. After answering Adeline, he turned just enough to see her face and he couldn\'t help but smile.

Adeline\'s face was radiating as the light from that room was embracing her face. She looked so cheerful and gorgeous that Theodore felt as though he was seeing an angel from Heaven.

And he leaned towards Adeline\'s ear and whispered in his enchantingly deep voice, "But it is looking way better than Heaven now that you are standing here."

Adeline glanced at Theodore and smiled shyly. Her smile was the greatest weakness of Theodore. He wanted to wrap his arms around her and do things to her. 

He looked at the puppies who were still standing at the door. Then he sighed and gently poked Nigel, "Puppies, go inside already. Or else I will push you both."

Nigel was also enthralled by the beauty of the room. He felt like wagging his tail but right now he didn\'t have any. He held Rhea\'s hand and carefully took the first step because he felt as though he would fall if he wasn\'t careful.. But once he made sure that there was a floor beneath those clouds, he happily ran inside with his wife.