She Belongs To The Devil

It was almost time for the coronation ceremony.

The gates of the Palace were opened for the important people of the Kingdom to come and witness the crowning of their new Queen.

Wyverndale Palace was decorated with flags and flowers. The musicians were playing soft music in the background to give a festive feeling to the guests.

The Palace was already swarming with council members, noblemen and ladies from powerful families, important traders and businessmen, high-ranking government officials and military officials, and many more.

The noblemen and ladies had gathered in front of the Court and were eagerly waiting for the ceremony to commence.

While waiting, they were gossiping with each other.

"I just hope that in Her Majesty's term will be as prosperous as our late King's tenure," one of the merchants expressed his view to his other friends.

Another merchant nodded his head and agreed, "Yes. I hope that we can maintain the trade. We were having some problems with Frostford but it has already been solved. I wonder if it was the late King who did it or our Queen. I heard that she was looking after most of the stately affairs after late King's health degraded."

"She must be really good at running the Kingdom by now then." The first merchant stroked his beard and glanced towards the balcony of the court. He recognized some of the councilmen who were preparing for the coronation.

But another one of the merchants pointed out the excessive number of guards on duty and whispered, "Why are there so many guards though? Are they expecting some kind of disturbance?"

"They must be taking precautions. Our Queen was born from a concubine after all. Maybe they are trying to prevent the protests from other Royal families." The first merchant replied.

What they were discussing wasn't completely false. The number of patrol guards had indeed been tripled around and inside the Palace to ensure that the vampires wouldn't be able to sneak in.

Theodore's followers were also on patrol duty. They had invisibility spells on and were stationed around the Palace to keep unnecessary troubles at bay.

And just in case some vampires managed to escape the guards' eyes, Theodore had also placed a protective barrier that encompassed the whole Palace. He had cast the spell in such a way that anyone with ill intention towards Adeline and Wyverndale wouldn't be able to cross the invisible barrier.

Theodore was being very thorough with the security because he didn't want his wife's special day to go into ruins.

Both Adeline and Theodore were already dressed up in their formal attire by now.

Theodore was wearing a black full-length surcoat with golden embroidery around the neckline. He was wearing a belt and was carrying a ceremonial sword passed on to him by Dragomir's assistant saying it was the late King's wish. He was also wearing a red ceremonial mantle outside his Royal attire.

Adeline, on the other hand, was looking like a true Queen in her white gown that was heavily embroidered with golden patterns of dragons on the lower half. The upper half of that gown had pearls embedded in it. And a mantle with a long train of matching color was attached to the shoulder of that gown.

Theodore was sitting in front of the dressing table. He was resting his chin on his palm and was gazing at Adeline with a constant smile on his lips.

Adeline was trying to practice her speech in front of the mirror but Theodore was being a real distraction to her.

After a while, she gave up and gazed back at Theodore. She chuckled and lightly pushed Theodore's forehead with her finger. "Theo! Don't you have anything better to do other than staring at me like this?"

"Actually, I don't. Even if there was then I would rather be here with you than anywhere else." Theodore kept on adoring his beautiful wife with his eyes.

"I'm looking that beautiful huh?" Adeline herself was happy with how her personal maids made her look ten times more gorgeous than how she normally looked. And she was grateful that Lord Laurence had called the Royal Painter to capture today's moment. She wanted to have a portrait of her and Theodore.

"Of course, you look gorgeous." Theodore got up from the chair and slid his arms around Adeline's waist.

He intently looked at that angelic yet fierce face of his wife and whispered longingly, "Ah! I so want to kiss you right now. But I don't want to smudge your lip color before the ceremony even begins."

Adeline gave a soft chuckle and said, "Theo… we kissed just before we changed into our Royal attires." However, her eyes were saying something else. They longingly gazed at Theodore's beautiful lips.

Theodore lightly caressed Adeline's lips with his thumb and said with a burning desire, "It doesn't change the fact that I want to kiss you again."

Adeline inhaled deeply and put her arms around Theodore's neck. "Alright, just a peck then."

As though Theodore was waiting for her to give him permission, he immediately parted his lips and softly brushed them against Adeline's pink lips.

However, that only made his desire to worsen. He gave up trying to be gentle and vigorously claimed his wife's mouth.

Adeline didn't protest either. The nervousness that she was feeling until now died down in an instant when she got the sweet taste of Theodore's mouth. She forgot all about her worries and burden and let Theodore's lips press down her trembling lips.

Every stroke from his lips and tongue soothed her nerves and heart.

Both of them let go of each other's lips only when they both were breathless. Theodore rested his forehead on hers and whispered, "Sorry, I couldn't control myself. How could I, when I am in the presence of Her Majesty's beauty?"

Adeline sweetly giggled, sending music to Theodore's ears. "And I couldn't control myself when the Prince Consort was being so persistent."

There was a knock on the door and Hawisa informed from the other side of the door, "Your Majesty, it's time."

"Okay, we will be there," Adeline replied and glanced at the mirror. The lip color had already bid goodbye to her lips.

"What do I do about my lip color?" Adeline asked Theodore in a whisper.

Theodore smiled at her and winked, "I don't see any difference. Nobody will notice. So let's go."

Theodore offered his arm to Adeline and she entangled her arms with his. They headed out of the room.

The maids were waiting outside to help Adeline with her mantle's train.

And when Hawisa saw Adeline, she immediately asked with a little frown, "Your Majesty, why did you already wipe your lip color?"

Adeline glanced up at Theodore accusingly and asked Hawisa, "Will you quickly reapply the color? I think I ate it along with my speech."