She Belongs To The Devil

"Follow me, brother, I will show you to your room." Fenris led Nigel towards the guest quarter where he would be staying for the month.

Fenris began to explain what Nigel was supposed to do after reaching to his quarter, "I will ask the maids to prepare a bath for you. You can take a shower first. And then I will have them serve some food to you. You can eat and rest for some time. And I will come to pick you up again at 3 in the afternoon."

Nigel was surprised to know that his routine had already been fixed for the day. He took a deep breath in and nodded his head, "Okay, I think I should be happy that at least I am allowed to take a bath."

Fenris chuckled at how Nigel was being so moody. He was being outspoken because of not even getting half a day of rest.

And he further briefed Nigel about his training, "The King has already assigned a personal teacher for you who will be responsible for your overall growth. And you might also have some combined training sessions with Wulfric so that you two can duel with each other."

Nigel was energized when he heard that he would also be dueling with Wulfric. He really wanted to gauge his strength against another werewolf to see where he stood and how much he had to improve to be on an equal level as his werewolf cousin.

Nigel gave a genuine smile for the first time after arriving here at Aberdeen. "I am looking forward to the training then. I really want to grow stronger as a wolf."

"So, I see that you have started calling yourself a wolf already huh!" Fenris gave a whimsical grin to Nigel.

It was a fact that Nigel would be able to turn into a wolf so he didn't see anything wrong in calling himself a wolf. Nigel half shrugged his shoulders and then said, "Well I have already accepted my fate as a werewolf, if that was what you were trying to point out. And I don't need to hide it here… I guess?"

Nigel gave a questioning look to Fenris because he was not sure if the servants and maids and others knew about the werewolves. He didn't want to put their lives in danger by unknowingly revealing the secret to those who shouldn't know.

Fenris gave a reassuring smile and said, "Oh, you don't have to hide your true identity here. Everyone inside the Palace knows the secret. Which is why the maids and the servants are never allowed to leave the Palace."

The maids and servants of Wyverndale were also not allowed to leave the Palace so it was not a piece of news to Nigel. But he wondered if the guards also knew the secret or not because their job would not let them be confined within the Palace walls. "What about the guards then? Do they also know, or they don't?"

"Yes, the guards know as well. They have vowed not to reveal the secret outside of the Palace. If they are found to be guilty of revealing the secret then they will be punished along with their families. So they don't dare." Fenris replied very casually as this had all become normal to him.

Nigel gave a mirthless smile and nodded his head. He remembered Adeline saying that the Siccaldi clan were ruthless when it came to protecting their secret, and that seemed to be accurate.

"Sooo…" Fenris was itching to ask a question to Nigel from the moment he arrived at Aberdeen, and finally, he asked it, "How is Adeline?"

Nigel pursed his lips and gave a corner-eyed look to Fenris. And he replied in a stern voice, "She is fine."

And Fenris asked another question about Adeline with a huge grin on his face, "Did she ever say that she missed me? Or did she ever take my name?"

Nigel exhaled sharply because he already knew where this conversation was heading. "Why would she miss you, Fenris? Stop dreaming about her already."

Fenris narrowed his eye and spoke as though he was angry, "I can dream about whoever I want, you don't have any right to restrict me from dreaming."

"Then keep on dreaming. But don't tell me that I didn't warn you beforehand, Adeline is way out of your reach. She won't be falling for a lady's man like you." Nigel bluntly said it without even caring if his words hurt Fenris. Every word that he said was true so he didn't regret saying them.

Fenris pouted his lips and tried to garner sympathy from Nigel, "You could have just stopped after saying 'keep on dreaming', you didn't need to add other sentences and hurt me like this. Don't you love your cousin?"

"I love my cousin but only when he does not act like a complete arse. And I love my sister more than you so I am just looking out for her." Nigel smiled and kept on walking towards the guest quarter.

If someone else had said that much to Fenris then he would have probably thrown a punch or two at that person. But no matter how much Nigel would insult him, he would still smile and tease Nigel and would keep on hanging around with him.

The two of them finally arrived at the guest quarter which was separate and a little far away from the main quarters of the Palace.

Fenris led Nigel inside the quarter and led him to one of the rooms. "Okay, this is where you sleep. As you will be staying with us for a month, the King has given this whole quarter for you to use during your stay here. So feel free to think of it as your own quarter and explore it."

This was a tactic used by the King to make Nigel feel right at home so that he could persuade Nigel to stay here at Aberdeen later on.

"Your guards will also be staying in this quarter along with our few other guards. And the maids will arrange your belongings how and where you would like. They will always be around so you can ask them if you need anything. But first, I will ask them to prepare a bath."

Fenris called the maids and gave out the order to them to prepare the bath and also to prepare food.

After they went away, Fenris asked another question related to Adeline, "What if I say that I am willing to change myself and be better for Adeline? Will you allow me to court your sister? And eventually, get married to her?"