June 3 1888. London, England.
"I thought I made myself clear to stay away from the sister of Earl Trancy!" Ciel shouted.
The only thing Finny could respond with a sad expression. He knew he was in sever trouble out in the woods when Earl Trancy demanded to know where exactly master Ciel was. Finny had refused to tell him, but when he did, Earl Trancy began to hurt Rosaline more than he had previously.
Therefore, he broke.
Now young master was beyond angry he livid, first for going against his orders, second for making him deal with stupidity in the home of his own fiancée no less. When Finny saw Ciel's hands tighten into balls, he just knew he was done for, and there was no turning back.
"Just get back to the manor," Ciel spoke in an eerily calm manner that made Finny shake and stutter with fear.
"Y-yes s-s-sir!" Finny quickly saluted before leaving a cloud of dust and wide open door leading to the rainy outside in their wake.
"Idiot." Ciel mumbled looking over his shoulder at Zoey was just standing there with her lips pressed tightly together. Ciel felt his angry slightly subside into embarrassment. What man in his right mind would want to deal with such matters in front of his future wife and in her own no less? He managed to keep a straight face as he spoke, "I do apologize for what happened here, Zoey." He faced forward. "I wish you a happy fourteenth birthday, come along Sebastian."
Zoey was going to suggest Ciel and Sebastian stay until the rain cleared but the Earl seemed very set on leaving. "Ahem." Noah cleared his throat behind her, when she looked at her, he gave a warm smile, "You still haven't blown the candles to make it all official." He gestured to cake on plate he was holding.
"Heh…I suppose you are right." She blow the candles with one breath.
Rosaline sat on her bed stiffly, eyes red from crying, head hurting from her hair being yanked and cheeks stinging after the series of slaps she had received.
"Sister…" Alois drawled, pacing back and forth in forth of Rosaline until finally he came to a complete stop on the right side of the room. "You remember the little chat we had not too long ago, yes?"
Rosaline held her tongue refusing to answer her brother; this went on for few minutes until Alois grew tired of his sister stubbornness. He marched to her looking annoyed; before Rosaline could react Alois had hit her so hard she nearly went over the bed. Not being able to take anymore any longer, Rosaline broke, "You told me to stay away from the Phantomhive gardener!"
"Precisely, yet you defy my orders as you please." Alois's eyes narrowed.
"Y-you c-c-c-can't k-keep us apart forever Alois!"
"Maybe so…" Alois hummed, "Though it be a shame if one you were to simply disappear one day with no trace."
"Are you threatening me!" Rosaline demanded.
"I wouldn't say that, think of it as something think about." Alois smiled sinisterly.
"Get out."
"As if I needed your permission." Alois replied heading for the door anyway, "Though I want to think long and hard on what I said."
Rosaline gripped her bed sheets in anger, she refused to keep on playing this game with Alois as she loved because he was her brother living here in this place was too much to handle. "I've got to come up with something."
October 8 1888. London, England.
The terror of Jack the ripper had slowly passed on yet a new fear was in the mist of the people.
Catherine Hopkins
Alice Lovette
Minnie Feathershaw
Ada Clemmings
Susannah Lockheart
Rosaline Trancy
Elizabeth Midford
Zoey Rowell
And more to account for. Beginning on first day of October girls ranging from noble to upper middle from the ages ten to eighteen had gone missing from their homes or at social events and never seen again.
Ciel sighed to himself, he had Sebastian gather a list and they visited every house at which a girl disappear and nobody had anything useful to say. The carriage had come to a complete stop, 'Finally here.' Ciel thought, the carriage door opened with Sebastian on the other side.
"It seems we have company, young master." Sebastian nodded ahead.
Ciel got around to see what Sebastian had gestured at instantly felt annoyance, 'The yard.' "I thought in Noah's letter he said we'd be the only ones to know of Zoey's disappearance?" Ciel whispered, moving forward.
"That he did it would appear the information got out somehow."
"Hm."
"Earl Phantomhive." An older man said sternly, the man was an old man with glasses, a top hat and a thick brown trench coat.
"Sir Randall." Ciel spoke, "I see you've made yourselves comfortable," He referred to men in background, some just standing around others searching the Rowell manor's grounds.
"I should guessed you'd come sniffing." Sir Randall snided.
"All part of my job." Ciel replied plainly going passed the older man to front door of the manor, giving the door a firm knock.
"Do as you please, but nobody will answer that door me and my men have been here for two hours and nothing." Sir Randall said.
"We'll see." Ciel knocked on the door again, several minutes went by before the door creaked opened slightly. But nobody peeked or said a word, when Ciel tried pushed the door opened farther he couldn't move it, "Noah?"
"Yes Earl Phantomhive?" Noah answered.
"Would you please open the door perhaps wider?"
"Are they still out there?"
Ciel looked back seeing Sir Randall there with his arms crossed in a tight fold, "Yes, the yard is still here." He said aloud making Sir Randall grit his teeth.
"Then no, I will not open this door until the yard goes back from whence they came."
"How on earth do you want us to help you if you won't open this damn door!" Ciel growled irritated, "Stop being-" Sebastian his hand on his master's should, "What is it?" Ciel demanded eye twitching with aggravation.
"Please young master allow me."
"Gah. Do whatever." Ciel said moving aside.
"Certainly." Sebastian placed his hand on the door, shoving the door opened to rather annoyed Noah, Sebastian smiled at him, "Please Noah let the yard inside."
Once inside Rowell manor, the yard made quickly of inspecting it from top to bottom or at least tried….
"That is off limits!" Noah shouted at the young detectives going to Zoey's room.
"Sir with all respect, we have to search this manor thoroughly." One said going inside the room.
"My what a…..gloomy room this…everything down to the carpet is black…"
"I'd say this girl must have an awfully depressing demeanor." They talked among each, making Noah get rather irate.
"Do not speak of the lady of this house in such way!"
Ciel and Sebastian just stood back watching the show, 'What could be his problem? He wouldn't allow the yard inside the manor until Sebastian….managed to talk him into it and now he doesn't want them anywhere in the manor not so much as the kitchen. What could he possibly be hiding?' Ciel thought.
"Alright this room is clear!" One declared.
"Good now get out!" Noah grabbed both men literally tossing them out, he reached in his coat pocket pulling out a small silver key, locking the door tight just as he had done with every room any one of the yard had entered.
"Goodness that butler is a lunatic." The other mumbled as he and his partner sped far away from Noah.
Ciel looked at Noah curiously, 'Why is he acting this way towards the yard? He expressed sincere worry over Zoey's disappearance so even if the yard wasn't suppose to know shouldn't he take any help he could get? Or does he know something else?'
"Alright you've had your look now get the hell out this manor." Noah had disappeared to the top of the stairs.
"No need we can't find any evidences here just as the other manors," Sir Randall replied.
"Whatever it be just get out of here!" Noah started shooing the men as if they were pesky dogs.
Sebastian watched Noah with interest, "Something is amiss."
"You are just now beginning to think that?" Ciel rolled his eyes.
"No…I'm afraid not just with Noah I mean with this whole manor."
"What are you blabbing about? This manor looks no different its still the same dreary manor it had been since the day the former Duchess of Rowell had passed away."
Sebastian shook his head, "No. The manor for as long as I can remember of coming here Rowell manor has always, groaned, creaked and settled just as you'd expect of an manor as old as it, however today its been still far too still. When the detectives entered Lady's Zoey room I smelt the aroma of another demon though the stench had fainted slightly."
"So are you saying the girls disappearances are linked to devils?" Ciel raised an eyebrow.
"I wouldn't said that when we visited the families in question, I didn't sense anything that would point to a devil."
"So are you saying all the girls are being taken by humans and Zoey was taken by a demon? Where does that make any sense? Even if we were to say that were true what on earth could make Zoey so special a demon would abduct her?"
"It's not about being special, no it's all about old scores being settled." Noah appeared, his normal iced blue eyes glazed over with lunacy.
Sebastian stepped in front of Ciel, "I see. So what is it you are playing might I ask?"
Noah titled his head like cat, "Playing? Oh you are so horribly mistaken I'm not playing more like….handling things."
"Really now? Well how about you show your true face instead of hiding behind that mask of yours? It's rather furious to see you use someone close to me as a suit."
"Haha!" Noah crackled like a psycho, grabbing his face and pulling it. "I see I see! That stupid cur was right you are smart….Sebastian…" He literally ripped his face off revealing a face far from Noah's.
"I knew something was off from the stillness of the manor to the stench of Lady's Zoey room to your pathetic performance. Now you are who and where is Noah and Lady Zoey?" Sebastian eyes narrowed
The other demon giggled, "Who am I? Who am I? No one of your concern just as what happened to the cur and the half breed."
"I beg to differ." Ciel pushed passed Sebastian. "Listen devil we have no time to play games now answer the question or else."
The demon laughed, "That right you little runt? Well you may act but it be in your best thought not!" The demon twirled around. "If you want all those poor girls in one piece!"
"Well I was wrong looks like a demon does have link to this case." Sebastian growled.
"It would seem so." Ciel agreed. "What is it you want demon? What is it your motive?"
The demon smiled at Ciel showing every fang, "I want something important back you have."
"Like…"
"The half-breed you are so fond…Zoey Lucille Rowell."
A/N- Zoey LUCILLE Rowell, no hate on the name Lucille but why on earth did I pick that name combination? Anyway, the name you see are actually the names I had picked out (Excluding Elizabeth and Rosaline, of course) for Zoey but alas none of those names stuck to her much to my sadness because I found Zoey worked best. No hate on the name Zoey (Because I adore the name) I wish her name fit more to world, but hey the name picked her.
I wasn't going to do this arc because I didn't find it interesting, but I began writing and I found I wrote this! *Shakes head*This is testing how much Ciel must like Zoey (Though if this was me I would have dumped Zoey on side of road by now.) I love Zoey but...
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