She Belongs To The Devil

"Kill…"

Tabitha heard a soft passing whisper and abruptly turned around to check the corpse of Lillian which they had carried outside the quarter. But she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. The corpse was still cold and very much dead.

"Did everyone come outside?" Tabitha glanced at a soldier who was helping an injured maid to walk out of the quarter.

"Yes, all those who are alive have been rescued. But the bodies are still inside." That soldier replied to the High Priestess.

"Okay, everyone, try to take out the bodies faster. We can't hold this building for much longer." The witches had been taking turns holding the building and checking on the injured servants and maids.

The soldiers were trying their best to do everything faster so that they wouldn't keep the witches occupied for much longer.

"I want to kill…"

Edwin also heard that slithering whisper passing by his ears. He twitched his head to the side and furrowed his brows.

"Is something wrong?" Juniper asked when she noticed the confused look on her husband's face.

Joyce was sleeping in Edwin's arms. She cooed in her sleep. So, Edwin lightly patted his daughter's back and replied, "I think I heard…" Edwin narrowed his eyes and shook his head, "No. It's nothing."

Edwin thought that the voice was just his imagination. And he didn't want to make Juniper worry.

However, what happened next proved that he wasn't imagining that voice earlier.

This time, everyone heard that same chilling voice loud and clear. It sounded as though a lot of voices were overlapped against each other, creating an echo and scaring the living soul out of everyone's body, "I will kill all of you. I will drag all of you with me."

Everyone began to scream and tremble because they were very familiar with that voice.

The witches of the Mystic Coven looked at each other and gave a knowing glance at each other.

Joyce was startled from her sleep and she began to cry.

"Hey, it's okay. It's okay." Edwin caressed Joyce's hair and consoled her.

"What was that?" Juniper clutched her husband's arm and asked in a whisper.

Edwin glanced at one of the witches who was standing near him and asked, "What's happening? Isn't…" He glanced at the dead body of Lillian and asked, "Isn't she dead?"

That witch took in a labored breath and answered, "She is dead but… it looks like her soul is turning into a vengeful spirit."

Edwin and Juniper looked very worried and scared. So the witch tried to comfort them, "She hasn't fully turned yet though. Or else her soul would have taken her body's shape."

Tabitha and Sybil were already working on a spell to contain Lillian's soul before she would completely transform into a vengeful spirit and do some more damage to the Palace and its people.

Suddenly, everyone felt the earth rumbling.

Some blamed Lillian and were scared of what was going to happen next. While some thought that the Mystic Coven was performing some spells causing the tremors.

But the reality was completely different from what everyone thought.

One of the soldiers pointed near the ground where Lillian's body was lying and shouted. "Look! Something is happening over there!"

All those who were around focused their attention in that direction. They saw a small crack on the land, which kept on growing by the second.

While everyone was staring, the crack widened, and the ground split. And the ground rapidly began to crumble down.

Those who were in the vicinity instantly started to run away from there. They were afraid not just because the land was crumbling down. They were afraid because of what they saw inside the split.

They saw hot and red lava bubbling angrily at the pit. The surrounding became too hot to handle even in the winter morning.

Nobody was sure what was happening.

But whatever was happening, everyone was sure that it wasn't good.

"Volcano! Run!" One of the maids who was standing very close to that pit a while ago shouted to warn everyone.

No one questioned the authenticity of that maid's warning because everyone had already seen and heard their fair shares of peculiar things.

The soldiers instantly helped the injured ones to get away from there. And others also ran as far as they could. A few of the soldiers followed Edwin and his family in the hope that they could offer protection in case it wasn't a volcano but something else.

The witches also ran along because they somewhat guessed what was coming from the other end of that hole.

And because the witches who were holding Edwin's quarter also ran away, a side of the building collapsed down to the ground.

Soon the grumbling and roaring sound resounded from under the fiery pit. It sounded like the noise made by some ancient beast.

Some of the brave ones stopped and turned around to see what was making that bone-chilling sound. The others were too terrified to even run. They were barely dragging their trembling feet away.

Thud! Crash!

The ground shook even more viciously.

Almost all of the people fell down to the ground.

Edwin held Joyce in one of his arms while he used the other arm to stabilize himself from falling to the ground.

Joyce stopped crying and peeked over her father's shoulder.

And she happily poked her father and pointed, "Father, look! A huge puppy."

Both Edwin and Juniper followed their daughter's finger and turned around. Their hearts almost jumped in their mouth upon seeing that terrifying beast.

The beast was taller than a full-grown man. It had three huge heads with horrifying red eyes and razor-sharp fangs. Its body was covered in shiny black fur. And its legs looked very strong. If it was to mistakenly step on some mere mortal, then they would say goodbye to their life in an instant.

Cerberus was glaring at one particular location while giving a low growl.

"Kill… kill… kiiiiiiilllllllllll…" Everyone covered their ears when they heard the high-pitched blood-curdling voice.

And before they could think of what would happen next, the hellhound ran and pounced on something.

"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…"

The mortals also saw Lillian's flickering image caught in between the fangs of one of the heads of that beast.

It swiftly turned around and ran towards the literal hellhole.

Before it jumped in, it also grabbed the dead body of that dark witch and immediately disappeared into the pit of that crack.

The ground shook again and this time, the hole got filled and reverted back to its previous state.

Everyone was left dumbfounded after what they just witnessed.

"What the hell was that?" one of the soldiers who was standing in front of Edwin mumbled in a shaky voice.

"Lucifer's pet!" Edwin replied with a stiffened body and a shocked expression on his face. He then shuddered when he recalled Adeline petting and cuddling with that terrifying beast.

"I would never dare to pet that petrifying beast, not even in my dream," he thought to himself.

On the other hand, his daughter's eyes were sparkling. And she excitedly declared, "Father, I want that puppy. It is so strong and beautiful."

Both Edwin and Juniper were taken aback by their daughter's words. Not just them, everyone who heard little Joyce was stunned by her remarks.

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Cerberus dragged Lillian's soul down to hell with him. He threw the dead body in hellfire to let it perish and then dropped the dark soul in front of Lucifer.

He proudly smiled at Lucifer and waited for his master to appreciate him.

"Good job, Cer baby," Lucifer gave scratches on each head of Cerberus.

Cerberus then ran towards Lucifer's mansion.

Lucifer's face instantly turned from happy and soft to furious and hard. He showed his true form to the confused and scared soul of Lillian and growled, "Lillian, the dark witch!"

"I got a complaint that you gave a lot of trouble to my sister-in-law." He stretched out his fearsome wings and asked, "Now how should I punish you?"