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Sebastian stayed there all night, watching the Trancy family through the windows.

Once the girls were put to bed, Sebastian stealthily crept closer.

The former Phantomhive butler peered through their window.

Sebastian observed the little ones laying in their matching twin beds.

Both Charlotte and Isabel were peacefully asleep.

But were they really…..Sebastian's daughters?

Careful to be as silent as the grave, Sebastian stretched out a hand and unlatched their window.

The night breeze blew into the twin's room and with it, Sebastian entered.

Isabel was sleeping curled up on her side with the covers pulled up close to her face while Charlotte was sleeping on her back, confidently sprawled out in her bed.

Isabel's brow furrowed as Sebastian entered the room and she began to twitch restlessly.

It was almost as if the smallest of the Trancy twins could sense the intruder in her room…..

Charlotte remained asleep and seemed to be unbothered by Sebastian.

Charlotte kept a pleasant smile on her face while pleasant dreams whirled through her mind.

Sebastian was very cautious not to make a sound as he slipped his shoes off and tiptoed closer to the girls, bending to look first at the one he recognized as Isabel.

The two sisters looked very similar, especially with their eyes closed, but, somehow, Sebastian just knew that the small, curled up twin was the one he had run into earlier.

Sebastian smiled as he watched the sleeping child.

The way that Isabel looked so worried in her sleep and the way she was huddled up in the covers reminded him of Ciel.

So small and cute…..

So fragile.

Sebastian let out a gentle purr of approval before he stood and moved over to Charlotte.

Sebastian was much more curious as he gazed at whom he presumed to be his other daughter the first time.

Were Charlotte's eyes amber too?

Sebastian looked at Charlotte's bluenette hair that gleamed in the moonlight.

Beautiful, just like Ciel's.

But there were just a couple of strands that caught Sebastian's eye in particular…..

Black.

Without waking her, Sebastian deftly stretched a hand out and combed through a few sections of Charlotte's long hair.

Yes, there were some strands that were neither gray nor blue…..but raven-black.

Sebastian let the child's hair fall from his hand as a confident smirk formed on his lips.

It was true.

These children belonged to him.

Sebastian was a father!

Sebastian was their father.

Sebastian walked back to the window for a moment and imagined…

He imagined that he had raised the girls with Ciel, that Ciel was waiting for him in the next room, that in a few hours, the twins would wake and shower Sebastian with hugs and pictures they had drawn for him…..

But that was all just a musing, nothing more.

Sebastian frowned.

Sebastian had not raised his daughters, in fact he had not even realized they existed until that very day.

Ciel was not waiting for him in the next room, she was lying in Alois Trancy's arms.

If the twins woke at that moment, they would scream in horror, mistaking their own father for a burglar.

Sebastian sighed to himself and exited the room through the same window he had entered.

After Sebastian latched the window back, he set off on a long walk to think about the best course of action to take.

His brow was furrowed in deep thought.

Sebastian certainly had a lot of work ahead of himself.

Unsurprisingly, Hannah did not speak a word of Sebastian's appearance to Alois or Ciel.

That would interfere with everything if she did…

No, even though the Trancy maid found no sign of Sebastian in the morning, she cooked the children's breakfast that day with a pleasant smile on her face.

All Hannah had to do now was bide her time….

While her unsuspecting master went about his day, it finally made Hannah happy when she saw Alois look at Ciel and smile.

The Trancy maid was confident that soon, Alois would be smiling at Hannah instead.

"The children said they heard something last night." Ciel mentioned later that evening while Alois and her sat in the bathtub together.

Alois was washing them both off while Ciel sat in his lap.

"Oh?" Alois asked as he kissed Ciel's bare shoulder.

"Yes, Isabel was certain that the window was opened. I didn't think I was going to get her to go to sleep this evening, she was so hysterical! She insisted that a dark figure was watching her and Charlotte last night." Ciel said with a concerned frown, ignoring Alois's warm hands that came up to cup her breasts.

"She probably just had another nightmare." Alois said with a sigh. "I think the story we read last night frightened her."

"Then why did you read it?" Ciel asked with a scowl while Alois began to knead her breasts gently.

"Because both of the girls asked to hear it." Alois said truthfully. "Ciel, you know our poor little Isabel…..Everything frightens her."

"I know." Ciel said with a sigh.

"She gets it from her mother." Alois quipped, bending his head to give Ciel's shoulder another delicate kiss.

Ciel instantly turned around and scowled at Alois, "I am not frightened by everything!"

"Not anymore, because I'm here to protect you, silly!" Alois said cheerfully with a happy smile.

Ciel's scowl softened into a deep frown as Alois's hands slipped from her breasts and came to rest on her shoulders, starting to gently massage her soft, wet skin.

"You're tense, my butterfly. Let me help you relax~..." Alois purred to Ciel.

Ciel sighed and shifted in the water.

Closing her eyes, Ciel let herself focus just on Alois's skillful hands for a moment.

Her husband was right, she was being silly.

Isabel had a nightmare, nothing more.

Alois and Ciel has just gotten dried off and dressed from their bath when they heard Lucas start to cry in his nursery.

"WWWAAAA!"

The two exchanged a quick glance and then they hurried down the hall.

"WWWAAA!"

Lucas was normally a solid sleeper and a happy baby, but his little wails sounded terrified.

Was he ill?

Alois was faster than Ciel and he raced ahead.

The blonde threw open the nursery door and quickly lit the oil lamp on the table.

Alois's heart nearly stopped in his chest.

The blonde's eyes widened and his mouth fell open.

Seated there, in the wooden rocking chair, was Sebastian Michaelis.

"WWWAAAA!"

It wasn't Sebastian's sudden appearance that frightened Alois, no, it was the fact that the former Phantomhive butler was holding Alois's only son in his dangerous grasp.

"WWWWAAA!"

Poor little Lucas wailed and wailed in fear at being cradled by the mysterious stranger.

"Good evening, Earl Trancy." Sebastian greeted Alois with a pleasant smile, just like the smile he gave Ciel when he used to be in her employ.

"WWWAAA!"

Sebastian's smile was formal and cordial, as if he wasn't using Alois's baby as a tiny, temporary hostage….

"W…..what have you come for?!" Alois managed to hiss out, his wide eyes narrowing in anger.

Alois did not appreciate any of his children being threatened in any way and he certainly didn't appreciate intruders invading his home.

Although the way that Hannah had so kindly allowed Sebastian to enter Trancy manor right through the front door moments earlier hardly counted as an invasion…

Sebastian's pleasant smile melted into a very unpleasant frown as he grimaced at the blonde and said very firmly, "I've come for my children."

"WWWWAAA!"

Ciel had tripped on her robe in the hallway and had nearly fallen in her haste, that was what delayed her approach to the nursery.

Once Ciel recovered herself and drew closer and closer to the room, the bluenette narrowed her eyes incredulously when she heard Alois talking to someone.

The voice was so low that Ciel couldn't quite make it out…..

Ciel darted into the nursery and what little color she normally held in her pale cheeks vanished.

The bluenette's sapphire eyes widened as they fell upon…

Upon…

"Sebastian!" Ciel cried in disbelief, too stunned for the moment to say anything else.

S….Sebastian?!

Why was he here?!

After all this time?!

What did he want?!

What did he know?!

"Hello, young master~." Sebastian purred in reply, looking fondly at Ciel.

"WWWAAA!"

Ciel saw then that Sebastian had managed to get ahold of the baby.

The bluenette's heart started to race, seeing her infant in Sebastian's malicious clutch.

Ciel reached out almost involuntarily and grabbed onto Alois, asking the blonde silently, Protect us, Alois. We're counting on you.

Alois's ocean-blue eyes flickered over and met Ciel's for a split-second as he silently answered, Don't worry, my love. I'm not going to let Sebastian harm you or our littles~.

"Give me back my son." Alois commanded, glaring at Sebastian and breaking the tense silence.

"WWWWAAA!"

Sebastian let out a low chuckle as the baby boy continued to screech in fear.

Sebastian smirked at Alois and began to negotiate his terms, "There's no reason to be so curt, Earl Trancy. I've merely come to ask for a job interview."

Ciel put a hand to her chest.

The bluenette suddenly very dizzy and nausea crept up her throat.

"Se…...Sebastian…" Ciel stammered in disbelief.

"That's right, Bocchan~." Sebastian purred, giving Ciel a sly smirk. "I want my old position back, as your butler, by your side."

What were they going to do now?!