CLAUDE'S POV:

I could feel her warm blood around me. The guy had shot me and now my love and unborn child. Abigail's heart beat was rapidly decreasing in my arms. Luckily my wound was not close to my heart, giving me the strength to through one of the knives, still in my hand, at the witch hunter as he laughed victoriously. My knife pierced him right where it hurt. His spinal cord. His laughing stopped and he collapsed on the ground. By now Abigail's fire had died down and now only burnt a few red roses. She as well was dead. All life was drained from her eyes and her heart had stopped beating all together. I yelled from the top I my lungs, "NOOOO! ABIGAIL, WAKE UP."

I held her lifeless body up to my face as the party guest filed into the garden to see what was going on. Tears were flowing from my eyes like rain. The triplets were the first to see us. I had Abigail laying in my arms like you would hold a baby. Her face was up and her arms were crossed. The three came over to us and each pushed some hair out of her face. They sat cross legged around Abigail. The four of us created an incomplete circle.

Young master soon pushed through the crowd. He say yelling, "Mother! Mother where are you? Mother I-" He grew silent when he saw her dead body. He let out a silent cry with tears to follow. He wrapped his arms around her as if he were hugging her and cried. Hannah came to us and there was no reaction from her. She simply pulled his highness away and cleaned the blood off his shirt. Alois sat next to me and held one of Abigail's hands. "Can't you do anything Claude? I don't want to lose her too."

"I wish there was your highness." I whispered from behind my tears, "I don't want to lose her either." Alois rested his shoulder in me and kissed Abigail's cold hand. We sat there as the party around us was also crying.

"Neither of you have to lose her you know." Someone had emerged from the crowd. All five of us looked up to see Kelly. Maybe her magic could save her? She came forward and knelt edit Abigail completing our circle. "I can bring her back. But-"

"I don't care how you do it." I interrupted. "Just bring my Abby back."

"Alright. But Claude there will be some consequences. Like-"

"Just being her back." Tears flooded my eyes so the Abigail was blurred in my vision.

Without another word Kelly took Abigail and chanted some words I didn't know. That's when the two reapers came forth. Both looking rather bored with the scene. Grell came forward and asked Kelly, "What are you doing to her?"

"I'm bringing her back." Was all she said and Grell backed off. Kelly mixed something's together in her hands and sprinkled them on Abigail. She turned to me and asked, "Do you have a soul to trade for hers?"

"What?" What did she mean trade for hers? I loved my Abigail just the way she was.

"I need someone else's soul so we don't disturb the balance of life. She will still be the same Abby she once was. But someone must give a soul for her to eat." Kelly looked across the crowd before returning to me. "And they have to be male or the curse doesn't work."

"Curse?" I gasped. We were cursing my Abby.

"Only curses can bring back the dead." Kelly told me in the calmest way she could. She sprinkled more herbs on Abigail and asked, "So do you have a soul?"

"Take mine." Everyone gasped as they heard Alois say those words. I looked at him in wonder. He whipped his tears and said again, "Take my soul. Abigail deserves it."

"But your highness." I began but was interrupted by my master. I then looked toward Kelly. "What about the baby? Doesn't his soul count?"

"I'm afraid it doesn't. He is still apart of her. So their soul counts as one. I'm sorry Claude." She said rather matter-o-factly.

"CLAUDE!" Alois yelled. He had gotten my attention yet again. He had tears rolling down his face and anger in his eyes. "Take. My. Soul. Because it is already yours."

"But, your highness." I stuttered as I spoke. "There has to be another way. She would hate me if I killed you."

"Here." Another person came through the crowd. He hung his head and held out a knife to Claude. "I was the one who told the witch hunter where she was." He looked up at me and said, "Kill me."

"Why would you tell him?" I took the knife from him and raised it to his throat. "I saw her do her magic at the ball Lord Phantomhive had. I thought she deserved to di-" he was silenced by the very knife he gave me. Once the man was killed Kelly took a death scythe out from under her dress, confusing the reapers.

"Where did you get that?" William tried to take it from her but I pushed the knife to his neck. She chuckled and said, "My father was a reaper. He gave me this when I moved out." That was the last thing anyone said before Kelly pierced the man with the scythe and drew up his soul. She gently held it in her hand and opened Abigail's mouth. Once Abigail's mouth was showing teeth, Kelly slipped the soul into her mouth. Abigail's cheeks grew red and Kelly told everyone to stand back.

Abigail was lifted off the ground and hovered in the air. She was position as if she were standing. Her blood stopped flowing, and you could see her wound healing. The next part scared several people. From Abigail's skirt a black devil like tail appeared. It whipped around a if it were a third hand. Next two bat like black wings originated from her shoulder blades. She flapped her wings three times before lowering back to the ground. She truly looked like a monster. She lay there still as if she were still dead. I crawled over to her and put her head on my lap. I turned to Kelly and said, "What have you done to her?"

"I saved her." She snapped. She then pointed at Abigail and said, "Look. She is awaking."

Sure enough, her eyes began to flutter open. She looked around and smiled up at me. She touched my cheek and said, "Why are you crying my love?"

"These are tears of joy my sweet." I said and brushed her, now warm, cheek. She sat up and wrapped me in her arms. We went to kiss and Kelly pushed us apart. Abigail looked extremely pissed, as was I, and yelled, "What the hell was that for?"

"Your a succubus now Abby." Kelly gestured to Abigail's new body features. Abigail hasn't noticed these new things and stared in astonishment. Kelly went over to Abby and cupped her hands in her own. "You can't kiss Claude anymore. I'm sorry Abby."

"What do you mean I can't kiss her?!" I pulled Kelly's shoulder so that she was standing and facing me.

Kelly went to answer but was interrupted by Abigail. Abigail push Kelly lightly away and pretended to fix my tie as tears ran down her face. "If I kiss you, you will turn into a mindless slave. I can kiss you anywhere but your lips." She rested her face on my chest and began to cry. "I'm so sorry Claude."

"Listen to me." I lifted her face to mine and kissed her forehead. "As long as I can hold you, touch you, love you, I am happy. Ok?" She nodded at me and wrapped her arms around my back.

"There is one more thing Claude." Kelly came forward again placed a hand on Abigail's back. "If you are to have sex with her, she will take your human soul. Since you are a demon though she will just share every soul you devour. Causing you hunger pains."

"I can live with that. Thank you Kelly." With that I hushed Kelly away and held Abigail in my arms. Besides the sharper nails, the wings, and the tail she was just my normal Abigail again. I kissed her cheek and told her, "I love you Abigail. No matter what kind of creature you are."

"And I love you Claude." She planted a sweet kiss on my neck before holding me tight.