Thanks for reading! I don't own any of Black Butler! Please let me know if you enjoy! Updates weekly!

Alois was in the drawing room, chatting with Ciel over what to do with a certain portion of their now mutually owned property when Claude abruptly stepped into the room.

Ciel blinked and looked over at the spider butler in surprise.

Alois just smirked impishly. "Claude~, it's not like you to barge in like this. Is something the matter?"

"Highness, I need you to speak with you alone." Claude said emotionlessly.

Alois leaned back in his chair languidly. "Ah, Ah, Ah, Claude~. Ciel and I are a part of each other now," Alois said with a luxurious sigh as he glanced over at the bluenette, "Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of my darling bride."

Claude adjusted his glasses.

Very well, then…

"Hannah Annafellowz is trying to contact Sebastian Michaelis." Claude revealed, using his usual, emotionless voice.

Ciel's eyes widened.

A dark scowl clouded Alois's face as he asked angrily. "...What?"

"Hannah Annafellowz is trying to contact Sebastian Michaelis." Claude repeated in the same bland voice.

"How do you know that, Claude?" Alois snapped.

"I caught Hannah searching through my office. Once I intervened, she fled the room, but now there are several documents on Michaelis that are missing. I assume that she must have taken them, Highness." Claude explained.

"Why?" Alois growled.

"I do not know." Claude replied honestly.

Ciel looked at Alois pleadingly.

Ciel counted on the blonde to protect her now and silently, she was asking him to keep her safe.

Ciel didn't want Sebastian anywhere near her or her unborn child.

Ciel didn't trust Sebastian anymore.

After all their time together, Sebastian had left Ciel on her own, abandoning her outright.

Why should Ciel want to see Sebastian again?

A dangerous look of rage crept over Alois's face, a stark opposite from the bright smile he had worn only moments ago.

The blonde slammed his palms down on his desk and bolted up from his chair, marching out the door and into the hallway.

"Alois?" Ciel called, not knowing what to do.

Should she follow him?

Should she let him handle it on his own?

"Would you like some tea?" Claude asked Ciel, peering down at the bluenette, silently admiring her flawless skin.

"Yes, tea would be lovely, thank you." Ciel replied, shifting in her seat uncomfortably.

As awkward as it was for Ciel to be alone with Claude, Alois was too focused on the task at hand to let that bother him.

What was Hannah playing at?!

The blonde giggled as an evil smirk danced across his lips.

Perhaps Hannah didn't need her other eye after all…...

Then Alois would find out how many documents Hannah could steal~.

Hannah was in the dining room, polishing the silverware when Alois stormed in.

A cry of surprise left Hannah's lips as the blonde grabbed her and pushed her roughly against a wall, pinning her down.

The knife that Hannah was holding fell from her hand and clattered to the floor.

If Alois hadn't looked so murderous, Hannah would have really enjoyed it~.

"My, my, Hannah, don't you know that a maid should never take something that isn't hers?" Alois asked with a wicked grin.

Even though Hannah had deep feelings for Alois, she couldn't help but tremble while she was held captive in his cruel grasp. "W-what are you talking about, master?"

"Where are those papers on Sebastian?!" Alois hissed. "Claude told me what happened! Why do you want to find Sebastian?! To ask him to come here? To let him steal Ciel?! How dare you put my wife in danger!"

Alois was yelling so excitedly, Hannah felt small drops of spit hit her face.

"No." Hannah said quietly.

"No?!" Alois scowled.

Although Alois had matured greatly, he still had a temper, and in his eyes, any threat to Ciel was punishable by whatever means necessary….

Alois was half a second away from raising a hand to the maid when Hannah spoke again, very quietly, "I was going to find Sebastian Michaelis so I could kill him myself."

Alois's eyes widened.

Hannah reached down and pulled the missing papers from her pockets.

She handed them over to Alois without a fight as she spoke, "I was hoping that would please you, master. All I've ever wanted to do was please you."

Hannah meant that confession several different ways but Alois still didn't know that.

Alois blinked.

The blonde appeared to calm down as he looked through the papers. "Have you contacted Sebastian yet? Did you find him?" Alois asked in a voice that was barely above a whisper.

"No, master. I have not." Hannah said quietly.

Alois believed Hannah's claim.

"Good. Then I shall give these back to Claude and we will drop the matter, for now…...I admire your exuberance to keep Ciel safe, Hannah, but I can't risk my maid being injured or killed." Alois said with a haughty sniff as he let Hannah go and walked towards the hallway, leaving the room.

Hannah bent down to pick up the fallen knife.

Alois stopped at the door.

He spoke without turning around, "Thank you, Hannah."

Alois loved Ciel with all that he had and all that he was.

Alois was only grateful to his maid, but Hannah took his words as a possibility of something more than gratitude.

Hannah laid the knife on the table and her expression changed into a bittersweet smile.

Claude had betrayed her.

Her plan was in ruins, of course she had no intention of killing Sebastian.

Hannah intended to return Ciel to Sebastian and then sit loyally by Alois's side, slipping into his arms while he grieved his broken heart.

But…...even if that wouldn't happen now…...that didn't mean the day would never come~.

Besides, this was the first time that Alois had ever said "thank you"...

….To Hannah, at least.

Ciel was a bit concerned when Alois told her later with a cheeky smile, that he had handled the matter.

Ciel went to find Hannah that evening.

Ciel wanted to make sure that Alois hadn't hurt his maid in a fit of anger.

Hannah assured Ciel that all was well and thanked her for her concern, but as soon as the bluenette turned her back and walked away, Hannah glared at Alois's wife.

Yes, Hannah would be much better as soon as Ciel was out of the way~.

"Alois, I wish you hadn't become so enraged today." Ciel chided the blonde later that evening as they cuddled under the covers, laying in bed.

"So enraged?" Alois blinked incredulously. "Ciel, did you want Hannah to contact Sebastian? Do you want to see him again?"

"No." Ciel said confidently. "Of course not. I have no desire to ever see Sebastian again."

Alois shrugged. "So what was I supposed to do, then? Just let Hannah bring him here and put you in danger? I'm trying to protect you."

"...Both of you." Alois added softly, gently placing a hand over Ciel's swollen belly.

"And I, er, we are most appreciative of that." Ciel sighed, pulling Alois's head to her chest.

Alois closed his eyes for a moment and enjoyed the subtle softness of Ciel's breasts against his face, listening to her heartbeat.

Ciel knotted her fingers in Alois's blonde hair as she spoke, "I just don't want to see you…."

Ciel's voice trailed off.

"See me what?" Alois asked quietly, turning his ocean-blue eyes up towards Ciel's face.

"...Worry yourself so." The bluenette finished.

Alois giggled.

"Worrying is what any good husband and father does." Alois replied, kissing Ciel's lips sweetly. "You and this baby are my world now, Ciel. I can't risk losing either of you."

"You're not going to." Ciel assured the blonde, placing her delicate hands on either side of his face.

Alois made a low noise in his throat as the bluenette deepened their kiss.

Over time, Ciel's kisses had changed.

At first they had been curious, but now they were deep, serious, and meaningful.

Ciel was in trouble and Alois had rescued her, without Sebastian in the way, there was nothing to stop the bluenette from growing closer to the blonde.

The pregnancy hormones probably helped, but Ciel knew her feelings were growing deeper for the blonde.

Alois had been…...spastic in his youth, to say the least, but even though his wild spirit still remained, for the first time, Ciel was seeing just how sincere Alois could really be.

Alois gently took Ciel into his arms, touching her until she cooed, massaging all the aching soreness out of her body as he made her writhe with pleasure.

"J-JJJIIMM!" Ciel cried a few minutes later while she soared through clouds of bliss from the blonde's gentle attention.

Jim Macken.

The bluenette called her husband's real name now, when they were alone together, making love.

Not his alias….

Alois Trancy.

While Ciel panted through the aftershocks, she felt the blonde slip into her, his lips kissing her neck softly.

"L-Love you." Alois gasped as his body began to move in rhythm with the bluenette's.

"Love you too." Ciel whispered back.

Alois's eyes widened in gleeful surprise.

His lips curled into a smirk as he began to move his hips, cradling Ciel in his arms.

To Alois, hearing Ciel say she loved him too was better than any orgasm in the world.

The blossoming love between Alois and Ciel was exactly what Hannah was trying to squelch.

If Hannah could only alert Sebastian to Ciel's pregnancy, then he would be on the doorstep to Trancy manor tomorrow, ready to scoop up his former master and carry her out of Hannah's way…...

Hannah may have given the documents back to Alois, but she had already read the necessary information off of them, memorizing it perfectly.

Hannah took a carriage into London, driving the horses herself that night while Claude slept and Alois was busy making Ciel scream his name.

However, the information she had gathered soon proved to be unhelpful.

Hannah walked through the filthy, city streets.

She checked every inn, every pub, every seedy opium den.

Hannah questioned the Shinigamis.

Hannah questioned people in the streets.

Nothing.

No leads.

No help.

No clues.

It seemed that no one in London had seen Sebastian Michelis, not even the red-headed reaper who had always appeared to be his biggest fan.

If the Shinigamis couldn't find someone, they really had disappeared.

Hannah scowled as she rode back to Trancy manor, infuriated that her extensive search had been unsuccessful.

Maybe it was that Sebastian had left the country….

Maybe he had left Europe completely…...

Or maybe it was just that he didn't want to be found….

The moonlight gleamed brightly over Trancy manor as Hannah's carriage turned down the long, stone driveway just before sunrise.

Whatever the reason, it seemed that for now, Sebastian Michaelis had vanished without a trace.