Bab 489: Why?

"Whoa! You really were scared huh!" Adeline opened her eyes and whispered to Theodore.

Theodore tightened his hold on Adeline even more. "You bet!"

"And you came for me…" Adeline lightly touched Theodore's chest and pulled away from the hug.

"Of course I did. How could I leave you alone when I was hurting as well?" Theodore held Adeline's palms and gently caressed her rough knuckles with his thumbs. He could also feel the calluses on her palms that she got after excessive training with her sword.

Adeline gave a soft and sad smile to Theodore.

No vampires dared to come near them and disturb their little moment in the middle of the battle. They were not suicidal maniacs who would go near the Devil knowingly.

"Theodore, I should get back to fight." Adeline glared at the Vampire General who was still trying to get up and said, "I still have to kill a lot of them."