User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Adelaide Full Concept/@comment-25808351-20161023231908/@comment-28358106-20161025155704

I had just assumed that all Demonic contracts that were used by the Radical Faction directly used a modicum of the DL's power to enforce them. That's what would make them so strong. So every contract would essentially be an extension of the DL's will, and Demons and Lilim would just be the consigners, if you will. And in Valentina's case, she laid the curse by making Adelaide sign a contract of her own, so being so, the DL would certainly know about it. So I guess "curse" maybe isn't an appropriate term. But yes, the DL was aware of it, and Valentina did it with her blessing.