10: Stress

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Victoria's POV

I can't believe Vanessa left...now who am I supposed to talk with? No way in hell am I talking to Mey Rin. I could probably talk to Finnian or Sebastian. They seem trustworhy...hopefully. Gah, this is frustrating!
Ciel and I haven't talked since the incident. Well, I've been avoiding him, really. I'm just...suddenly afraid of him. The man I love slapped me...though I shouldn't have insulted him like that before I left the room. Wait, what am I saying?! The bastard deserved it!
Anyway, once we came back to the mansion, out of nowhere, Ciel's...fiancé suddenly appeared and hugged him.

"Ciel! You're here; I was getting lonely!" she pouts. Grr...that wench...CURSE MY JEALOUSLY! She looks at me and tilts her head, " You're that girl I saw at the party. What are you doing here?"

I fake a smile, thank God I'm an actress, "Nice to meet you, Lady Elizabeth. I'm Victoria Lockwood of the Lockwood family."

Her eyes widen, "My apologies! I didn't greet myself properly!" She curtsies nervously. You see, my family is a powerful bloodline. Only few people know this, but although we are kind, seemingly harmless people, we hold grudges and know how to execute those who oppose us. In short, we are a mafia. Surprised, huh? Well, it's pretty hard not to use your power when your family is part of the British Under World and Italian Mafia...so you can say we're a concoction of danger if you push the wrong buttons...

I fake a smile again and say, "Don't worry about it."
She nods and her tense body relaxes. She giggles at Ciel and drags him inside the manor. Once they're far enough, I growl angrily. Sebastian looks at me and chuckles, "Jealous, milady?"
I glare at him and he chuckles more. "Sorry, sorry. Not helping, I know. I can't help but find this qutie amusing."
I let out a "Hmph!" and walk to the manor. I sighed and thought, 'This is going to be a looonng week.'

A week later

RAAAGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I don't think I can stand blondes anymore! Except Finny...Elizabeth has been getting on my nerves for the past week! I can't stand this wit-...wench! Dammit, I can't say witch anymore...
Anyway, Ciel and I made up, but whenever I'd try to give a small hug to Ciel, she'd get overprotective and say, "Don't you know he's an engaged man?! Hands off!" and then she'd glomp him and stick her tounge at me! If my family's power wasn't used so responsibly, I'd get rid of her in an instant and leave no trace of her behind!
I floated back and forth in my room, grumbling to myself when Ciel walked in. "Vickie?"

"WHAT?!" I yell. My face turns red as my hair when I realize what happened. "S-Sorry, Ciel. What is it?"
I float back down in front of him as he says, "We're going to pick up Vanessa. We may not be back in a few hours, so you might have to stay with Lizzy and-"

I throw my arms around his neck and yell, "Take me with you! Please!"
I ask this not only because I wanna see Vanessa, but because I don't want to be stuck with...the thing for hours...but YAY! Vanessa!

POV of Vanessa Cortez

"Papa porfavor! (Daddy please!) " I raise my voice with my father who's refusing to take the magic serum I and some other medical witches have whipped up.

"No higa! No me voy a tomade me lo!" (No daughter! I'm not going to drink it!) he whines as he pushes the cup away.

"No te punes a si!" (Don't put yourself like this!) I order so he finally drinks it and he swallows it. He puts it on his nightstand and rolls on his side.

"That was disgusting." He complains making me laugh.

"I know Daddy, but don't you feel better now?" He flexes his hands and smiles.

"Si, y Henry?" (Yes and Henry?) I explain to him what happened and he nods. "Well how was London?" I smirk because that annoying habit of his changing languages in mid conversation always makes me smile.

"I'd enjoyed myself when I could." he smiles and grabs my hand.

"You haven't forgotten who we serve right? You best not forget that we're not servants of that Queen Victoria of England! But the almighty Spain! King Ferdinand the 7th and his Queen Maria Luisa!" I laugh

"Of course I haven't forgotten Daddy! Now you get some rest, I've been summoned to Madrid to report to the King. I'll be back." He smiles, giving my hand a squeeze so I kiss his cheek. I summon a portal and on the other side the inner garden of the palace appears so I step in.

"Vanessa, llegas tarde." (Vanessa, you're late.) A guard speaks to me as I hurry to get to the throne room on time.

"Ya se! Ahorda dejame!" (I know! Now leave me!) he nods so he steps to the side and opens the doors for me. I walk in and the King and Queen wait for me.

"Vanessa, me he enterado que tu padre tiene cancer, lo siento mucho." (Vanessa, I've learned that your father has cancer, I'm sorry.) The King speaks to me so I curtsy then bow down to them.

"Si, tengo el information que me pedeste." ("I have the information you asked for.")

"Y que esta passando en Londres?" (And what happened in London?) The Queen demands so I tell them everything I've managed to come up with.

"Que noyedard, Gracias Vanessa, eso es todo. Te pedo que en el proxsimo obtaines mas information." ("What a shocker, thank you Vanessa, that is all. I ask you for the next time you obtain more information.") the King warns me so I nod and rise.

"Disculpme." ("Excuse me.") I leave and come back to my estate.

"I'm home!" I holler as I step out of the portal. It vanishes and there's perks to being a witch. Being able to travel to Madrid that would usually take a week by boat and be able to cover that distance by minutes. I go up to my room where my butler Miguel is.

"Hello Miguel." I greet as I sit on my chair. He smiles as he fastens up Mom's necklace around my neck.

"How was the meeting with the King and Queen?" he asks as he starts brushing my hair to free my locks from tangles.

"Eh, the same as ever. There's hardly anything that pleases them." I confess so he starts making my bed when he finishes. "No Miguel I can do that." I try to stop him but he smiles

"Well then what's the point of me being your butler if you keep doing my chores for me Lady Vanessa?" he reasons making me smile too.

"Fine, then take care of Lord Juan while I'm out, fair enough?" he nods and bows to me

"I'm here to serve you and your family to the best of my abilities." I pat his back then go downstairs to my studio.

"Miguel! Help me please by bringing me my expenses records!" I call out so he grabs my notebooks and hands them to me.

"My Lady Lord Henry has arrived and requests your audience," he informs me making me rise.

"Why in the world would Henry be here?" I ask more to myself and go over to my meeting room where Henry and a little girl who I'm guessing is Abbygale are. He rises from the sofa holding onto his daughter.

"What are you doing here Henry?" I demand then he blurts out

"I'm a Nephilim." my eyes grow big so I scream out

"A what?!"