"When you spot the Devil. Flee before be Mendles.."—Julius Peppers.
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"This is bad, a terrible words, you must say," Ryker said, turning around to pace the room, and in whispers so low, he added, "What is a Devil doing with the humans?..."
"That, I don't know," Belladonna chimed in, deflecting his inner dialogue, "What is the main concern is...; what is a Devil doing with the King?..."
Vlad kept his peace. Words not leaving his mouth, as those blindfolded eyes cast their gaze upon the creature standing beside the King.
"Or," Ryker spoke up, "Or.... Probably, maybe—"
"The King has made a contract with the Devil," Vlad helped the situation, in ways that you would say — he became a knight in a shinning armour.
"A Contract with the Devil?," Belladonna asked, watching the nobles present their gifts to the soon-to-be wedded, Princess.