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"Sebastian!" Ciel squeaked again.
Sebastian quickly clamped his hand over Ciel's mouth to stop her from waking Alois.
"Now, now, Bocchan~... There's no need to be alarmed. I'm not going to hurt you." Sebastian smiled.
Ciel whimpered under Sebastian's hand, glancing over at Alois and then at Luka in his crib.
"I've simply come to serve you. Is that not what you asked to do when we first met?" Sebastian asked with a sugary grin, then a dangerous scowl fell over his face. "Our agreement isn't finished quite yet, young master…..."
Ciel swallowed thickly and laid still.
Once Sebastian felt confident that Ciel wouldn't scream, he cautiously took his hand away from her mouth.
"Please, Sebastian," Ciel whispered quietly. "I'm sorry about what happened. You're right, our agreement is not finished. I implore you, do anything you want with me, just spare Alois and the baby."
Ciel's plea seemed to amuse Sebastian and he smirked at the bluenette in the darkness.
Through the glow of moonlight that poured into the room, Ciel could see Sebastian's white teeth glinting in the night.
"On the contrary," Sebastian said to Ciel with a chuckle. "I will not break my promises like you have, young master. Until the proper time comes, I will remain your dutiful butler. It seems that Earl Trancy needs to be reminded of that."
Ciel blinked, trying to reason. "Sebastian, please, I—-"
But before the bluenette could finish, Sebastian had already left the room, closing the door behind himself.
Ciel frowned and stood up.
Quietly, Ciel walked over to Luka's crib.
Ciel picked up her little son and cuddled him close, going back to bed with him cradled in her arms against a nest of pillows.
Ciel fought hard to keep her eyes open.
Even after her days long nap, the bluenette was still so tired…..
But how could she possibly sleep now?
Sebastian could return at any moment and try anything.
No, Ciel had to stay awake.
Ciel had to stay awake and watch.
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And Ciel did stay awake.
Ciel stayed awake all night long, until Alois cracked his eyes open and murmured good morning.
"What's wrong, my love?" Alois asked, his drowsiness vanishing when he saw the pained look on Ciel's face.
"Sebastian knows, Alois." Ciel said with a sigh. "Sebastian knows…...he has us now."
"Don't fret, Ciel!" Alois declared quickly, lacing his fingers with his beloved's. "Sebastian doesn't have anything! We're going to be just fine!"
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Alois's words to Ciel were reassuring but they weren't entirely accurate.
Actually, Sebastian did have them.
Ciel and the baby were too weak to flee, so that left them trapped at Trancy manor.
Alois couldn't leave and look for help, lest he essentially feed Ciel and Luka to Sebastian.
What was the little family to do?
Nothing, except live under Sebastian's watchful eye.
Ciel wasn't sure how Sebastian planned to eventually end things.
Was Sebastian toying with the idea of murdering them all?
Would Sebastian whisk Ciel far away somewhere when the time was right?
Or would Sebastian steal Luka and sell him to an orphanage?
Neither Alois nor Ciel knew and neither had any peace.
Day and night.
Day and night.
Alois and Ciel's new family life was full of fear and constant disruptions.
One of them remained awake at all hours, looking after one another and baby Luka.
If Alois slept, Ciel took watch.
If Ciel slept, then Alois sat up on the alert.
During their few, precious family moments, Sebastian always lurked in the hallway, an ominous presence peering into the room, reminding Alois and Ciel that danger was just a few steps away…..
Gradually, Ciel recovered and Luka started to grow.
It was then that in some ways, Sebastian became even more of an annoyance.
Alois could have pulled his hair out in frustration.
It didn't matter if it was early in the morning before breakfast, in the library during the afternoon, or late at night, when they were cuddled in bed…...
Every private moment that Alois got with Ciel, Sebastian took special care to spoil.
When Alois began to kiss his bluenette, Sebastian would burst into the room suddenly and ask if either of them needed anything.
When Alois and Ciel started to snuggle together a little too closely, Sebastian would purposely bring the breakfast cart far too early.
And when Alois and Ciel tried to spend some quality time together reading or playing chess, Sebastian would come into the room, insistent that it be dusted right then, which prevented the couple from enjoying their privacy.
Sebastian was doing everything he could to prevent Alois from siring more children with Ciel.
But going a step farther, Sebastian wanted to prevent the blonde from enjoying the bluenette at all….
It wasn't fair.
Sebastian had to admit, it wasn't that he particularly wanted a relationship with Ciel or a family, it was just the principle of the entire situation…..
How incredibly rude was it of Alois to make love to Sebastian's young master and enjoy her so thoroughly?
The very thought drove Sebastian mad.
Bonding with Ciel in such a way was a privilege that should have been reserved for Sebastian and Sebastian alone!
And also, how could Ciel betray him so and fake her own death?
The thought made Sebastian growl.
In Sebastian's eyes, they were all guilty, the entire family.
But…...
Sebastian still hadn't ultimately decided how it would all end.
Of course, he knew what he would do with Ciel, they had their agreement in place, but with the baby and the blonde?
Their fates were still a conundrum…...
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Or at least, they were until they were decided for Sebastian.
In the middle of summer, Hannah had a very unfortunate accident in the kitchen and Trancy Manor was set on fire.
Hannah and the triplets quickly escaped the house, but all of them declined to rush back into the blaze to save the Trancy family.
Snarling, Sebastian burst back into the house, determined to pull his victims from the wreckage.
But Sebastian was too late.
The entire east wing of the manor, where Alois and Ciel lived and daily life took place, was already scorched and crumbling.
While Sebastian tried to get to Ciel's bedroom, the molten staircase gave way underneath him and he was thrown to the ground.
Flames…..
Flames surrounded Sebastian from every side and as he lay there on the pile of collapsed debris, he could hear Ciel screaming for him faintly in the distance.
….And that was the last Sebastian heard of his young master.
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Trancy manor burned to the ground.
Sebastian managed to crawl from the wreckage, but his own survival didn't really matter to him because he had failed.
Ciel was not in his arms.
Sebastian could care less about the others, Alois and Luka were just annoying accessories.
But Ciel….
Hannah and the triplets sought employment in other nobles' houses, but Sebastian bought himself a ticket on a voyage to America, choosing to leave Britain for awhile.
Sebastian's loss was too great.
As Sebastian's ship pulled away from the harbor, he sighed and took out his tarnished Phantomhive crest brooch that he had pulled from his suit on the night of the fire.
Sebastian frowned at the brooch.
Ciel…...
It would take many years of searching before Sebastian found another master like Ciel.
If he ever did….
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"Did you pack everything for him?" Ciel asked, squinting as she rummaged around in a suitcase.
"Of course I did, just keep looking." Alois said, smiling at his little son while the baby crawled around on the bed.
Alois and Ciel were staying at an inn for the time being.
Although, things were a bit different now.
Ciel wore a blonde wig over her bluenette hair.
The couple had rented their room under an assumed name.
And for the first time, Alois and Ciel were entirely free from Sebastian's clutches.
"How long will it take us to get to Spain?" Ciel asked, pulling out a small jacket for Luka from the suitcase.
"A few weeks." Alois shrugged. "What's the rush, Ciel? It's just us now, my love." The blonde smirked.
"No rush." Ciel shook her head, "I was just asking."
"Claude should have the vineyard set up by then. You and I and Luka can finally be a family. How lovely will that be?!" Alois asked with joy.
The blonde had made contact with his butler months ago, and he had slyly purchased a villa in Spain under Sebastian's nose….
When or how they were going to get there, Alois didn't know, but then the fire had happened…
Alois counted the blaze as the most fortunate accident of his life, except for Luka's conception.
"Very lovely, indeed." Ciel said, sighing as Alois leaned forward and kissed her lips sweetly, earning a happy squeal from Luka as he looked on.
"I love you, my darling." Alois sighed blissfully.
"And I love you, Jim." Ciel replied.
It made Alois very happy to hear Ciel call him by his real name.
Finally, though, Alois and Ciel could be who they really were, and who they wanted to be.
Mother, Father.
Husband and Wife.
The Macken family.