Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 169

She had a tough exterior, which was a vital part of being a powerful sorceress. No matter what she went through, she had to act tough and strong. Not to say she didn’t love being in a position of power.

But what she did for her job shouldn’t have made her a villain, not to her family’s eyes, right?

Well, she was certain both Emilio and Madeline refused to have anything to do with her now. They were busy, thinking to themselves and probably hating on her.

“Hate on me all you want, but if you have any questions, I’m here.”

Emilio grunted in response, and Cornelia rolled her eyes at him. He hadn’t bothered to dress up, so she picked out some clothes for him.

“I always told you you looked fabulous in white,” she said to Emilio before she clasped her hands and said, “Right, enough with this tense atmosphere, we should get the other guests here.”

Rosalynn was seemingly confused, there were other guests here? Who else came?

She thought the two chairs were just there to separate people from each other, or some other reason. She hadn’t put much thought in it since she was busy listening into Cornelia and Madeline’s conversation.

From what she could gather, Madeline had no idea she’d be meeting Cornelia, the poor girl was left in the dark. Rosalynn could also tell that Emilio felt miserable, and also that he seemed to have missed Cornelia, what with the longing gazes he kept giving her.

Cornelia replaced the sour look on her face with a cheshire grin. Gone was the woman that missed her lover and wanted to get to know her daughter, for now at least.

Briar and Adrian returned from where they once were, both oblivious to what had just happened. In her hand was a glass of wine that was nearly empty.

Briar waved at Rosalynn, wondering where she got here. She and Adrian took their seats instantly.

With a wave of her hand, Cornelia and Rosalynn switched spots, Cornelia now sitting beside Madeline.

Madeline’s body stiffened up, and she chanted to herself to keep calm.

“So, tell me, you are mates with Xavier, no?”

“I am,” Madeline answered, refusing to make a fuss and break out into yells.

Cornelia knew what she was doing. Hence why she decided to get to know a bit about Madeline.

Sure, she knew nearly everything about the girl, so what? She wanted to hear about it from Madeline herself.

“You must like him a lot since you two were holding hands,” Cornelia said, wiggling her eyebrows whilst she teased her daughter – something she never got to do till that day.

Madeline revealed, “I do like him, a lot.”

Everyone else was chattering amongst themselves. Briar, with Adrian. Emilio, with Xavier and Rosalynn.

Rosalynn shot Cornelia a worried look, wondering how her friend was faring. Everyone was against her, she sensed that the moment she entered the room in the first place. She had never expected it’d be this severe though.

She mouthed, ‘You alright?’

Cornelia had a faint smile on her face, ‘I will be.’

The woman smiled, her conversation with Madeline was nice. She sighed dreamily, “Reminds me of when me and your father were together.”

She paused, realising it was best if she didn’t let Madeline in all of that.

Placing her hands on her hips, she asked Madeline, “I heard from a little birdie he asked you out on your very first date. How was it?”

As she swirled the contents of her glass, she listened intently to what Madeline had to say.

“Fascinating,” she said, paying full attention to what Madeline had to say.

After prying Madeline for a couple other details about her friend – and Xavier – Cornelia turned her attention to the woman that was meant to be Madeline’s closest friend.

Briar tugged lightly at the collar of her dress, was she supposed to greet the woman? She noticed Cornelia staring wistfully at her. Strangely, Cornelia seemed content looking at Briar, as if she was indebted to her.

‘Why is she looking at me that way?’

Adrian tapped her shoulder, checking in if she was alright since she was shifting uncomfortably in her seat. She shot him a reassuring look, before she caught Cornelia glaring at someone else.

Briar had heard Cornelia was a near omnipotent sorceress. Wouldn’t that mean she knew exactly what lay ahead for all of them?

Madeline seemed to be thinking the same thing, as she said to Cornelia, “I heard you’re an omnipotent sorceress.”

The woman corrected Madeline, “Nearly omnipotent. There are some things even I don’t know.”

Madeline said dryly, correcting herself, “I heard you’re a nearly omnipotent sorceress. Wouldn’t that mean you know what will happen next?”

Cornelia grinned from ear-to-ear. Oh yes, she did know the future. There was just one catch – as supreme sorceress, she was unable to do anything about it. Doing so would have consequences, even if it was for a worthy cause, or for someone she cared about.

Not that she minded, Cornelia knew what she was signing up for when she had become and assumed the role of supreme sorceress. She was a better woman for it – well, she thought so, at least.

“And by omnipotent, what can you do?” Madeline asked.

Cornelia scoffed, feeling Madeline mocking her with the tone she was using.

“Insolent child,” she said, before she whistled.

The next second, something felt different.

“W-what did you do?” Madeline asked, looking around.

No one moved, no one breathed, it was like everything had stopped.

…it was like time had stopped.

“For one, I can slow time. Stop time too, it’s a neat trick, isn’t it?”

Cornelia pursed her lips, thinking this wasn’t a proper demonstration of her powers.

“Right, right. Stopping time is too cliche of a demonstration, you’re probably expecting something more… what’s that term people nowadays use more often… oh, never mind.”

Extending her hand, Cornelia said to Madeline, “If you want to see more, you’re going to have to follow me.”