CPOV

"Cieeeeeel!" Lizzy cried from downstairs.

I sighed and turned away from the window. I looked round my dark study and headed towards the door, just the it swung open and my tall demonic butler, Sebastian, stood there, his red eyes sparkling.

"My Lord, Lady Elizabeth is here, with a gift," he announced.

"Didn't I tell her last time to write or send one of her servants to let me know she was coming?"

I walked briskly past him, my heels tapping the floor. I stood at the top of the stairs and saw Elizabeth and Paula standing in the main lobby smiling up at me with Bard, Meirin and Finny behind. Elizabeth handed the box she was holding to Paula and ran up the stairs to greet me. Her green eyes glistened as she ran and her blonde curls bounced. It still confused me how she could run in her long dresses. When she reached me she hugged me tightly.

"Ciel! It's so good to see you!" she said when she let go.

"It was only last week Elizabeth and didn't I say that whenever you were to visit me you had to notify me first?"

"Why should I have to let my fiance know when I was going to visit him and didn't I say to call me Lizzy?"

"I still find it strange that they're both only 13 yet they're engaged," Meirin whispered in Finny's ear.

"Yes but a Lord must marry a Lady and they've known each other since birth, they're perfect for each other," Finny replied.

I glared at them as Lizzy took my hand and lead me to the living room. We sat down and Sebastian and Paula followed behind.

"I'll bring some Red Tea Young Master," Sebastian said.

We sat down while Sebastian was in the kitchen preparing the food.

"Why are you here Eliza- Lizzy?" I asked.

"I wanted to see you and also when I saw this gift it was perfect for you, I know how much you like your decoration," she said, taking the box from Paula.

She handed it to me and I unded the red ribbon she so carefully tied around it. I took out the little ornament and took the paper off. Inside was a little gold bloodhound and it wasn't fake gold either, it was real.

"Lizzy," I said stunned,"Thank you, I love it."

"You like it? You're so hard to please these days, I was trying to make you smile, you never smile anymore since your parents died," she said.

She was right, I didn't smile anymore, but I didn't have time to. I was head of the Phantomhive company and I was the Her Majesty's guard dog. I had to help protect this country.

"Let's do something Ciel!" Lizzy said.

I taught her how to play chess for the rest of the morning and after our lunch we walked around the gardens with our loyal servants behind us.

"Pluto! Come back! No! Don't burn the trees!" FInny shouted after the giant white dog running wild around the gardens and burning everything in sight.

"Can't you keep that dog under control?" I scolded Finny.

"Yes Master!" Finny said before chasing after the dog.

"That is one reason why I prefer cats," I heard Sebastian say to himself. I sighed and we continued walking.

After Lizzy and Paula left I spent time organising my papers in my study. I plaed the gold dog on my desk and looked at its ruby eyes. It was truly an exquisite ornament, I wonder where Lizzy found it.

"Young Master, it's time to sleep," Sebastian said as he came into my study, illuminating it with the candles he was holding in his gloved hand.

I nodded and rose from my seat. I walked into my bedroom and got dressed for bed. I climbed under the covers and took of my eyepath to reveal the purple symbol on my left eye. The sign on my left eye is Sebastian's loyal service to me, forever. He obeys my every command when my eye isn't covered.

That night was restless, I tossed and turned but I found it impossible to drift off into a slumber.