…A few weeks later…

Time had passed and Angelique began to wonder about the demon. He certainly acted more caringly towards the boy than any other demon she had witnessed before. Little things here and there attracted her attention and she found herself drawn to him in a strange way.

Ciel and Sebastian went out one day and the girl and maid were left at the home. "Angelique I must return to France soon."

The maid had not expected the girl to want to leave so soon, but agreed. "Yes my lady, but may I ask why?"

The girl folded a letter in her lap. "My uncle told me that if I wished to spend more time in England, I'd have to converse with him personally. I do wish to stay, but I'm not sure how long this case will keep me here. Therefore I must go and talk with him." She sighed and added "I have already made up my mind to tell Ciel today."

Upon the return of the young master Amilé asked to speak with him and left the maid and butler together.

Angelique broke the silence between them. "We will be going back to France soon, to request of her uncle a longer stay here in England. My mistress has her own responsibilities back in her home land, and her uncle decides whether or not she is allowed to neglect those to be here."

They had started preparing dinner together and the angel felt obligated to tell him of their plans.

"Ah, I'm very sorry to hear that." He sounded pleasantly un-sorry to her ears and asked "Will you and the mistress be returning here?"

"If her uncle agrees to let her stay here again, yes, we will."

He paused in his work sighing. "Then we will have to work together after all I suppose."

She nodded thoughtfully "I'm not opposed to it anymore."

He raised an eyebrow "I thought you of all people would avoid contact with someone like me at all costs. Especially after your little speech about me being atrocious."

"I wish I could say that I hate you, I want to run from you, or destroy you, but lately I've seen a different side to you that I've never seen in a demon. You're different from others and I…I…" She swallowed before whispering "I could get used to it." Her fiery eyes flickered to him and he smiled at her.

"Well angel, I find myself at a loss for words. When it comes to your kind I've never been near one that didn't want me dead or didn't ignore me completely." Sebastian's mind wandered over the blank part in her soul and he felt curious as to where it had come from. "Since we're going to be working together, would you tell me a little about yourself?"

She knit her eyebrows questioning "In what way?"

"Well," he started, "Angels were primarily human first before becoming angels am I right? Where did you grow up as a human?"

She shook her head "It's really too complicated to tell all, but I'll say I came from Ireland. I was a daughter of a poor farmer, but a rich man took an interest in me and proposed marriage. Of course it was too good an offer to pass up, even though I knew nothing of him. On our wedding day his enemies attacked. I managed to kill their leader, but in doing so I was struck down as well. I was sent to be a lesser angel until I was sent to be a guardian for Amilé"

"Lesser angel?" he questioned

"I got into quite a bit of trouble before I died…you could say I'm still on probation."

He laughed "A wicked girl turned angel?"

She blushed at his phrasing "Well if you put it like that is seems like I knew what I had done was wrong…well I did, but not entirely."

He chuckled "Do you mind if I know what your earthly crimes were?"

"I don't see how that would make any difference to anyone but myself. I wish not to disclose that information to someone I don't trust, even if it doesn't matter anymore."

"Very well" he consigned "Your sins of the flesh are none of my business anyway." He had given in for the moment, but secretly wondered what mischief this girl had caused before being put in this situation.

The angel and her mistress departed that week traveling back to France. It took a few months for the girl to finally convince her uncle to let her go back

"Finally Angelique!" The girl cried in delight "We get to go back to London and maybe even solve this case!"

Angelique smiled as the girl flitted about picking out things she would need to bring. These past months had passed peacefully, but a constant worry had been at the back of the Angel's mind. Two rogue angels still prowled around. She remembered the last time she'd come into contact with them.

It had been before they had gone to England. She had attempted to capture them, but her powers were far below theirs.

She was just a guardian, they were illegally using powers and were of a higher rank than her. She was still on probation for sins committed in her human life and was under a seal so she couldn't use full powers as long as she was still a guardian.

She had been fighting against them when Angela had captured her in chains. They were the very same chains that Angelique had tried to use to capture them with. She had fallen into her own snare and Angela had laughed at her, taunting her that she was just an underling, just a weak being that was caught up in her own game.

Now she nervously waited for the moment they would return to London and perhaps face the pair of rogue angels once again. She was not looking forward to it and thought of what she could do to defeat them.

She knew she needed help, but didn't want to bother her higher-ups. That would also prove that she was incapable of handling things on her own.

Her next thought was of the black clad butler she had met a few months before. 'Me? Work with a demon?' she thought 'They'd never forgive me.' She took a steady breath feeling the pain and regrets that she would cause with her decision, then made up her mind. 'Under these circumstances I have no choice.'