She Belongs To The Devil

"That vampire that I met in the market was chasing after me."

Theodore lovingly caressed Adeline's cheek and tried to calm her down, "It's okay, you're awake now. It was just a nightmare." He leaned down and softly kissed her on her forehead.

Adeline pursed her lips and said, "Mhmm… this vampire stuff is starting to haunt me already… Maybe because I was talking about it with the High Priestess earlier."

Theodore lay down beside her again and put his arms around her waist. And he whispered, "You had a very long day today. Try to get some sleep again. I am right beside you. I will wake you up again if I feel that you are having a nightmare."

Adeline turned to face Theodore and wrapped him in a hug. And she replied with a smile, "I will trust you to it then."

She closed her eyes and then asked, "By the way, when did you come here? I was so scared thinking that you would appear when the maids were still here."

Theodore also closed his eyes and whispered in his hoarse voice, "I figured that you would be busy so I only came at midnight. You were already asleep by then and I quietly snuggled with you so as not to wake you up. But I ended up waking you up anyway."

"Sleep now. We can chat in the morning. I don't want you dozing off in your workroom tomorrow." Theodore then began to gently stroke Adeline's back so as to help her fall asleep sooner.

After stroking her back for a while, Theodore's hand dropped. He fell asleep before Adeline.

Adeline tried her best to fall asleep but the moment she would close her eyes, those blood-red eyes would appear in front of her. Her nightmare would start to play out all over again.

"Damn it!" she opened her eyes wide and sighed loudly. "I deserve a good night's sleep after that whirlwind of a battle. But those damned red-eyes don't even let me sleep. Ugh!"

She glanced at Theodore. He was sleeping so peacefully that she got envious of him.

She puckered her lips and softly blew cold air on his neck in an attempt to wake him up.

Theodore hid his neck as if he was a turtle and kept on sleeping.

Adeline frowned at that reaction from Theodore. She poked him on his cheek and whispered, "Theo… are you really sleeping? Or are you just pretending to?"

"Mmmm…" Theodore tried to open his eyes but all he was doing was raising his brows. His eyes were still tightly shut.

"Theo… let's talk for a bit. I can't sleep," Adeline poked him on his cheek again. "Let's doze off tomorrow afternoon. Come on! Let's spend the whole night talking."

But Theodore grabbed her hand, put it under his cheek, and used it as his pillow so that she wouldn't poke him again.

Adeline narrowed her eyes and kept on glaring at Theodore.

Suddenly, a sinister smile appeared on Adeline's lips as she came up with an idea to disturb his sleep. Slowly and carefully, she pulled her hand from under his cheek and teasingly ran it down his body.

Theodore furrowed his brows but he was still deep in his sleep.

Adeline playfully bit her lower lip and slid her hand inside his trousers.

"What do you think you are doing?" Theodore's eyes were wide open and his sleep went out of the window when he felt Adeline's tiny hand down there.

Adeline looked Theodore in the eyes and whispered back while trying to sound seductive, "What does it look like to you? I couldn't wake you up so I tried to wake the Devil instead."

She chuckled and cleared her throat. "But now that you are awake, I don't think there's any need to wake up the Devil." She instantly pulled her hand away from him and she apologized in her normal voice, "I'm sorry. I couldn't sleep at all."

Theodore narrowed his eyes and in an instant, his eyes turned bright red. He grabbed Adeline's hand and put it back where it was before.

And he whispered captivatingly, "It's already too late to say sorry, my dear. You've already awoken the Devil. Now take the responsibility. I'm not letting you go off the hook that easily."

Adeline gave a fanciful smirk and asked teasingly, "Hmm, the Devil wants me to take the responsibility huh?"

"Yes, or else the Devil will punish you for ruining his sleep," Theodore parted his lips and leaned in for a kiss.

But Adeline dodged the kiss and said, "I would love to take the responsibility… only if you fully surrender yourself to me."

Theodore softly chuckled. "Oh, I love how you are getting bolder and bolder." He then lay on his back as if to say that he surrendered. "Show me what you've got."

Adeline delightedly swung her head up and rested on her elbow. She gazed at her man who would not say no to any of her requests, no matter how quirky they were.

Suddenly, she aggressively pinched his jaw and asked, "Tell me, how much do you love me?"

"More than myself, and more than anyone else," Theodore replied while gently squeezing her hips.

Adeline gently caressed his lips and asked in an exasperated whisper, "Why are you like this?"

"Like what?" Theodore already sounded aroused by a single touch of his woman.

"Like this!" Adeline ran her fingers towards his neck while interrogating him, "Why do you love me so much? Why are you always ready to do everything for me?"

Theodore played with Adeline's long silver hair and answered truthfully, "I'm ready to do everything for you because I am madly in love with you, Adeline. And I love you because you love me. You make me feel wanted, you make me feel that I am important. And I want to make you feel the same way."

"Don't you feel burdened when I boss you around? I keep on asking favors after favors but I don't have anything that I can give you in return." Adeline looked somewhat guilty.

But Theodore pulled her close and bit her lips.

"Aaah! Why did you bite me?" Adeline gave an accusing look to him.

"So that you won't speak nonsense." Theodore pinched her cheek and added, "Don't say that you have nothing to give me in return. You have given me everything… love, family, hope, dream, future, everything. You've given meaning to my life. So, you can boss me around as much as you want. I will serve you happily."

Theodore then smiled because he could feel as well as hear Adeline's accelerating heartbeat.

"Ah! You are going to melt me with your smile," Adeline clutched Theodore by his cheeks and made him pucker his lips. She leaned down and claimed his lips for herself.

The moment Theodore got the sweet taste of her lips, the hunger within him arose even more. Before he knew it, he slid his hand under her nightgown. He could feel the soft and smooth texture of her skin. 

He slid his hand higher and higher, lost in the tenderness of his woman. 

All of Adeline's senses were now focused on Theodore.. And the voices in her head and the nightmare that haunted her were all drowned by a mere touch from her man.