Chapter 39 - I'll Show You

Seeing Osanna collapse on the floor, Adeline ran towards her and exclaimed, "Oh my God! Theodore, what do I do?"

Adeline gave a worried look towards Theodore but he was fisting on his waist with a poker face on.

"Theo!" she shouted again.

And he replied in a monotone, "Don't take my father's name and my name in the same sentence. I'm still angry with my old man for banishing me from heaven, not that I don't like it here but still..."

Adeline face-palmed herself and wanted to laugh in this problematic situation. She pressed her lips together and calmly asked again, "Theo, will you help me out please? She saw me teleporting here and I'm afraid that she might tell others."

Suddenly, sadness clouded her face again. "It's not that I don't trust her, in fact Osanna and Hawisa are the only ones that I confide in. But after what I learnt today, I don't think that I will be able to trust other people as easily as I used to."

Theodore stepped closer to Adeline and stroked her hair. "I understand how you are feeling. Don't worry; I can help you fix this situation."

Theodore pinched his ring fingers and thumbs together, then crossed his hands across his chest and pulled them outwards. He had removed his veil that would hide him from the human eyes.

Then Theodore pointed his brows at Osanna who was still lying down on the floor and said, "Try to wake her up first."

"Wake her up?" Adeline was naturally a little hesitant to do that because she just saw him removing his enchantment. "But she will see you if I wake her now."

"Yes, but that won't matter after I suppress her memories with the help of my compulsion." Theodore's lips curved upwards as he was about to show some devilish action.

With that, Adeline was convinced to wake her maid up. She sat down on the floor beside Osanna and shook her, "Osanna… Osanna… wake up!" She tried shaking her several times but that was of no use. Osanna must have been shocked to her core seeing Adeline appear like that earlier.

Then Adeline looked around and saw water on her dinner table. She grabbed the glass and sprinkled some water on Osanna's face.

Osanna flinched and fluttered her eyelashes. Then she slowly opened her eyes and saw that Adeline was right by her side. She got up from the floor with a concerned look on her face. "Adeline… what did I see before? I saw that you appeared in this room out of nowhere." She held Adeline's hand and shouted, "Tell me that it was my dream, or that I imagined it."

Theodore inched closer to the ladies and came into Osanna's view. Osanna turned her head to see a handsome man in black dress. He was smirking at Osanna but there was something ominous behind that smile.

A chill shiver ran down Osanna's spine and down to her fingertips. Then she started stuttering, "W-who are y-you? H-how dare you come inside to the Princess's chamber."

But Theodore did not say a word. He just kept on stepping closer to Osanna. And out of instinct, with every step that Theodore took, Osanna would take a step back. And ultimately, her back was against the wall and there was nowhere to run.

But even at this moment, Osanna was concerned about Adeline's safety. She glanced at Adeline and shouted, "Princess, run! Run away from here and inform the guards about this intruder."

Hearing this, Adeline felt very apologetic. "Maybe I should have just told her the truth." She thought to herself and kept on staring at Osanna without uttering a word.

Seeing the look of pity in Adeline's eyes, Osanna felt goose bumps all over her body. Several thoughts crossed her mind, "Has Adeline been corrupted by the evil powers for real? Who is this man? What is he going to do to me? Am I going to die? Is he going to kill me?"

And all of a sudden, Osanna's mind went completely numb as if she had no control over her thoughts. She stood there helplessly. The only thing that she could see was a pair of glowing red eyes.

Theodore looked right into Osanna's eyes and controlled her mind. "You never saw Adeline appearing in this room out of thin air. You never saw me. All you did was that you came into Adeline's room and set the dinner table. Adeline was sleeping on her bed. You woke her up and after she sat for her dinner, you left the room. Do you understand?"

"I understand" Osanna replied without any hint of emotion in her voice.

Theodore smirked and ordered Osanna, "Good. Now leave this room quietly."

After hearing this, Osanna turned to her side and walked over in the direction of the door. And eventually, she went out of the room, without uttering a word.

Adeline took a deep breath in but she did not feel relieved at all. Instead, she felt awful for misusing Theodore's power like that on a helpless woman. And she spoke under her breath, "I feel this bad for suppressing people's memory and then there are other people who take lives as easily as they breathe."

"Come on Adeline! Don't feel bad over such petty issue. It is always better to be safe now than be sorry later." Theodore tried consoling the Princess.

"But still, that was not right. We don't have the right to play with other people's mind like that." Adeline started to bite her cuticles out of nervousness.

Theodore held Adeline by her shoulder and leaned forward to look at Adeline's troubled face, "You will never be able to achieve bigger goals if you start worrying about such trivial issues. You will have to deal with several bigger problems hereafter. You will have to prepare yourself for matters worse than this."

Theodore's words had heavy weight in them. But right now, Adeline had no clue as to how worse the matters in the future could get. Yes, she was a strong fighter but if one was to look at her age, she still was just a teenager who had yet to find out several things. Things like how dangerous of a place the Palace really was and more than that, how dangerous it was outside of the Palace gates.

Till now, she was under the protection of her father. She had not a single worry about Wyverndale and its relation with other neighboring Kingdoms. King Dragomir was like glue that was keeping all nations from going into war with each other. But what would happen if her father was suddenly taken out of the equation?

Adeline's mind was not even able to comprehend all this at such a young age. Right now, all that she had in her mind was her mother, Auvera.

Even though Theodore had already given some major details like how her Lillian was the killer of her mother, Adeline still wanted to know the details. She wanted to know why and how Lillian had killed her mother. She also wanted to know why Lillian was after her.

Adeline looked into Theodore's eyes and asked him for a favor, "Theo, will you please tell me in detail about my mother's murder. I want to know each and every detail. No… I have to know if I am to take my revenge."

Theodore was not hesitant at all at this request from the Princess. She had the right to know everything. So he asked Adeline to sit down and when both of them had settled down comfortably on the bed, Theodore placed his thumb and pinky on either side of Adeline's temple and the remaining three on her forehead.

"Close your eyes" Theodore ordered Adeline. And without any retaliation, Adeline complied with him. Slowly, the facial areas of Adeline that Theodore's fingers were touching started to glow lightly.

Then he said in his calm voice, "I think it will be better if I show it to you instead."