Malachi was smart, but sometimes he had slow moments that would make one believe otherwise.
Like when he briefly forgot which of Cami's shoes went on which feet as he was dressing her.
Or when he mixed up Aisha and Serana's birthdays so they both punched him.
But this was probably his slowest moment yet, and it was about to come with real consequences.
From Judeo-Christian mythology, Satan is one of the seven sins- being the embodiment of wrath.
He is one of the son's of Lucifer, or sometimes referred to as Lucifer himself.
He is big. Loud. Angry. And powerful.
He also happens to be Thea and Apophis' great uncle.
And Malachi had somehow attracted the attention of this being without even knowing what he had done in the first place.
When Satan saw the shining bracelets sitting on Mal's wrists, his formerly nonexistent interest in the young man had fully peaked.