Chapter 424 - Spilling The Secrets

"For how long have you known our secret?" King Conall directed his question to Adeline in a low growl.

Adeline replied in a soft voice, "I have known it for two years, Your Majesty. I happened to be the second one to know about brother Nigel's transformation."

"Hmm…" King Conall folded his arms and went silent.

There was an awkward and deafening silence in the room for quite some time.

Yes, King Conall had already considered that if they were to fight the vampires then they would need to send their werewolves rather than the human soldiers. If the war was to come to Wyverndale then he was ready to give up on the secret that the clan had protected so dearly.

However, when he heard that Adeline already knew about their secret, and when he saw the other faces that clearly said they had deliberately broken the law of the clan by not reporting the leak, King Conall didn't know what to think of it.

He didn't know what other laws his closest family members had broken already. And that feeling of betrayal was unsettling for him.

As the situation was getting uncomfortable by the second, Theodore took the initiative to say, "King Conall, we are well aware that the secret is very tightly protected by your clan. However, in our defense, I would like to say that we happened to stumble upon your secret by chance. And as it was never our secret to tell, we have never told a soul about the existence of werewolves. You can trust us."

King Conall chuckled all of a sudden as though he had finally lost it.

His maniacal laughter was making everyone in the room very nervous, especially Fenris because he was the only person to whom his father could mercilessly lash out on.

Rhea was closing her eyes and was thanking heaven that she didn't bring the twins along with her to the breakfast. 

After a while, King Conall glared at everyone with glowing yellow eyes and rumbled, "Even my son kept this huge matter hidden from me… even after knowing that it is a huge offense to not report it to the clan."

He then glared at Theodore and growled, "How can I trust an outsider's words when even the closest family members of mine have already lied to me?" He slammed his fists on the table and made a bizarre accusation to Theodore, "Who is to say that you didn't sell our secret to those nasty vampires?"

Adeline clenched her fist under the table but tried her best to defend Theodore in her softest voice, "Your Majesty, my husband is not an outsider. He is already a part of Wyverndale's Royal family. He is not the person that you are thinking he is. And trust me when I say this, your clan's secret is safe with us."

However, the wolf was not ready to listen to anyone. He turned his glowing amber eyes at Adeline and raised his voice at her, "Princess Adeline, how long has it been since you met your husband? Fifteen days? A month? How can you know about the character of a person in that short duration of time?"

"Uncl–" Nigel was about to defend both Adeline and Theodore but the alpha didn't give him the chance to speak and kept on shooting rude questions at Adeline, "And the most important question, how come he already knows about our secret? Doesn't this prove that you have a loose mouth, Princess Adeline? And I cannot trust a word that comes–"

"Enough!" A loud roar resounded throughout the hall, sending a series of panic among a few of those present there.

Even the strongest and mightiest alpha felt a chill shiver run down his spine when he heard that bone-chilling voice accompanied by a pair of blood-red eyes that were glaring down at him.

"Theo…" Adeline tried to make Theodore sit back down on his chair before he would reveal his secret. But when she looked at his eyes, she knew that it was now already too late.

Theodore gave a piercing stare to the alpha and spoke in a controlled voice, "I don't care if you are the King or if you are the alpha. Nobody disrespects my wife. And before you run that loose mouth of yours, try to listen to what others have to say first."

"F*ck!" Fenris held his head with both of his palms and cursed inwardly. He was now worried about his father now that he had awakened the Devil.

Unexpectedly, Wulfric, who was sitting right next to Theodore, sprung up from his seat and then confronted Theodore, "And don't you dare disrespect my father. Don't you even know how to talk to your elders?"

Fenris closed his eyes and sighed at that unnecessary boldness of his little brother.

And Theodore, who stood taller than Wulfric, chuckled at that question from that naïve little puppy. "Oh, puppy! You have no idea how old I am. So why don't you stop butting in where it is not necessary?"

"What?" Wulfric rolled up his sleeve with an intention to hit Theodore. "Say it again!"

"If we are to talk about seniority then I am older than everyone present here!" Theodore 'said it again' in his terrifying voice.

"Sit down, Wulfric!" Fenris grabbed Wulfric's cloth and forcefully made him sit.

But Wulfric tried to fight Fenris instead while shouting, "Why are you stopping me instead of defending our father? Shouldn't you be happily taking this chance to hit him for marrying the woman that you liked?"

"What? You liked Adeline?" Queen Tasha exclaimed from the other end of the table.

"Is that what is important right now?" Fenris screamed back at his mother while at the same time putting Wulfric in a chokehold so that he wouldn't end up making an enemy out of the Devil.

Fenris then shouted at Wulfric, "Can't you see the color of his eyes? Can't you see his terrifying aura? Stop being a hero where you don't need to be!"

All this while, Adeline had been fisting on her waist and blankly staring at the cold pieces of sausages on her plate. The atmosphere of the room got so chaotic in a matter of a few minutes that she wondered whether she was in a classroom full of kids or whether she was in a hall full of grown-ups.

Finally, when it got way too noisy for Adeline to handle, she also lost her calm. She took the ceramic plate that was in front of her and then smashed it against the floor with great force.

Everyone's attention was now on Adeline. They were all wondering what had happened and they were looking for the source of that shattering sound that they just heard.

Adeline took a deep breath in and put on a forced smile on her face. She pointed her palm towards Theodore and then spoke loudly and clearly, "Some of us are already aware who Theodore is. But to those who don't know him, let me properly introduce my husband to you."

She glanced at the King and said, "He is the Devil Prince of Hell.." She nodded her head and added following some gasps and confused expression in the room, "Yes, I married a Devil."