((AUTHOR'S NOTE: Again, I thank everyone who has been reading & just started reading. I also thank everyone for the reviews. They're all appreciated. This one took me a bit, because I just started my fall semester classes. I just went back to school, so.. I've been adjusting. But none the less, here is chapter four.))
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The next month was spent engrossing herself in libraries researching the possibilities of how Ciel managed to not only come across a demon but also make a contract with them. It was still mindblowing to Elizabeth how someone so proper and polite like Sebastian could be a demon. At first, it was hard for her to believe, but the more she researched, the more it made sense. Her biggest question was what binded the contract betwee he and Ciel. Elizabeth placed the book on the shelf and pushed it back between the surrounding book. About ready to call it a day, she looked down. On the bottom shelf sat a book that seemed to be the most useful to her research, at first glance. Elizabeth picked it up quickly, decided one more book to look at couldn't hurt.

Bringing it over to the massive table she'd been sitting at, she opened it. Upon sight of the table of contents, her eyes widened. Quickly, she slammed the book shut. Before having even seated herself, she picked it up and left with it tucked under her arm nonchalantly. The last thing she needed was to be noticed checking out a book of this type. If Paula or her parents heard of it, she'd undoubtedly be sent away again. She was also certain of this book being what could help her find her way to Ciel.

She held it tightly upward with her hand in her long flowing sleeve as she entered her home. Smiling merrily at the staff along her way to her room, she could hardly control her racing thoughts. There was a ton of reading to be done, but she didn't mind it. The appearance of the book left question as to whether or not the library was aware it was within their vicinity. It looked as though someone had been keeping it up until the past couple of years. Elizabeth was just about to open the book when Paula let herself into the room. The young Lady slickly slipped the book into the night stand drawer.

"Elizabeth, have you been feeling well?" the dearest Paula asked. Worry was written all over her face. Though sweet, Paula hadn't been able to forgive herself for having sent Elizabeth away the way she had. Despite having no other option, she couldn't help but feel awful about it. She'd betrayed Elizabeth's trust, and it had become clear that their relationship most likely was never going to be the same.

"Of course, why?" Elizabeth faked a smile as she turned around to answer.

"Well, you've been quiet since you've returned is all..."

"I'm perfectly fine, Paula. I'm just... still re-adjusting to life here. It's been a long time," the Lady responded kindly before changing the subject. "If you don't mind... I'd just like to take a nap. I just returned from roaming around town all day." The lies felt as though they were going to bury her, so long as her own private investigation went on any longer. It was an unpleasant feeling, and Elizabeth hated it. Paula nodded and pardoned herself from the room.

Elizabeth waited a long moment before taking the book back out. She placed it on the bed and hopped up, where she laid down on her side. Her back was facing the wall when she opened it. "Contracts with demons," she whispered to herself, flipping through the pages before finding what she was determined to read about. The Undertaker wouldn't budge about how Ciel had made a contract with the gorgeous Sebastian, having said it would go against what he was. The response merely sparked another question, but that could easily be saved for another day.

The more she read, answers were found. She didn't have to like them or hate them. At least she was finding something out. "The more prominant the contract, the stronger the bond is..." She read aloud to herself, repeating it. Something in her mind was nagging her for a long moment before she realized. Ciel's eye. The claim was that he lost it while he was missing and believed to be dead, but Elizabeth was fairly certain that wasn't not the case. The desire to find her fiancee had just increased a great deal. It became a given that as she read on, she would feel more need to find him. Her biggest problem was how she could go about finding him, but then...a solution appeared before her eyes at the turn of a page.