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"WWWWWAAAAA!"

"Absolutely not!" Ciel spat angrily at Sebastian. "What on earth makes you think I'd want you back as my butler?!"

Ciel's answer irritated Sebastian and he gave Ciel a dark scowl.

Ciel looked furious but Alois was terrified.

Sebastian raised his hand to stroke the side of the frightened baby's face.

"WWWWAAA!"

Alois watched Sebastian's movements carefully…..

All it would take was one twist of Sebastian's hand and baby Lucas would wail no more.

Alois grit his teeth and clenched his fingers into fists.

Dash it all!

What choice did they have?!

Ciel was still so stubborn that even now, she didn't know when to back down!

"Fine!" Alois shouted.

Sebastian blinked and looked at the blonde in surprise.

Ciel glared at Alois.

What was he doing?!

"Fine, you can work for Ciel, again." Alois nodded at Sebastian. "Claude could use the assistance anyway."

Ciel's eyes widened but Sebastian threw Alois a happy, satisfied smile. "Why, thank you, Earl Trancy. You have my word that my service to your household will far surpass any of that which it has ever seen."

"WWWWAAA!"

"Give me my baby, Sebastian!" Ciel demanded.

"Of course, Bocchan~." Sebastian smirked at Ciel, gazing at her like a predator.

Sebastian struggled not to chuckle out loud as he thought to himself, Actually, young master, I already gave you two~, but you declined to share them with me…..

Now was not the time.

With an arrogant grin, Sebastian walked over and placed the screaming baby in Ciel's arms.

Ciel looked up at Sebastian with a deep disdain in her sapphire eyes.

Baby Lucas's cries quieted to soft, pitiful whimpers once he smelled Ciel's rose perfume.

Lucas knew then that he was safe, the stranger was no longer holding him.

Alois quickly put his arm around Ciel and led her and Lucas out of the nursery. "Come along, my dear, it's very late. Sebastian, Hannah will be along to show you to your room shortly."

Sebastian dared to move threateningly into their path and bow before Alois and Ciel. "I must ask, is there anything my master needs before she retires?"

Alois watched Ciel grow red in the face with rage but he spoke before she began to hurl insults at Sebastian, "No, that won't be necessary. Ciel just needs to rest, as do we all." Alois said, pushing past Sebastian to leave the room with his wife and child.

As the two men brushed shoulders, Alois's ocean-blue eyes bore into Sebastian's tapered, amber orbs.

I've come to take back what's mine. Sebastian thought silently as he looked at Alois.

You may end up killing me, but I will make sure that you don't harm Ciel or my children, even if it's with my last breath. Alois thought in reply as he gave Sebastian a challenging stare.

No.

As Alois quickly ushered Ciel down the hall and into their bedroom, he vowed to himself that no matter what happened or how ugly things became, Alois would keep his promise and show Ciel his true devotion.

Alois would protect his precious butterfly with all that he was and all that he had from the monster that had invaded their home.

"What are we going to do?! Why has Sebastian come here?! Have you lost your mind?! Letting Sebastian work here?! I don't want to look at him! I don't want to see him! Why have you done this?!" Ciel raged in a panic while Alois locked their bedroom door and called for Claude.

"I have done nothing but save our son's life, my darling." Alois said calmly, looking at Lucas in Ciel's arms, who had finally calmed down and fallen asleep.

Ciel glanced down at the baby and then back up at Alois.

Alois gave Ciel a shrug. "If we refused Sebastian's offer, he would have killed Lucas, right there in front of us! I know what that feels like Ciel and I will not live through that again!"

Ciel frowned as she watched a painful memory dance in front of Alois's eyes.

Luka….

So small and innocent, slaughtered so senselessly.

The poor little boy didn't have a chance against the monster he faced….

There was no way that Alois was going to stand by and watch his infant son die a similar death.

"Sebastian knows about the girls. He must!" Ciel pressed on in despair. "He's come for them! That's why he's here! He's going to murder you and the baby! Then he'll lock me away and take the girls and…..and…"

Ciel's voice was cut off as she gasped for breath.

The bluenette's lungs seemed to close up and she wasn't sure if she was going to cry or vomit.

Alois watched Ciel struggle to swallow and he scooped the bluenette into his arms.

The blonde carefully walked over to the bed and laid Ciel down.

Alois was very gentle as he tucked Ciel and their sleeping baby in and then climbed in next to them.

Alois looked seriously into Ciel's sad, frightened eyes as he spoke, "Now you listen to me, Ciel. I made you a promise a little over eight years ago and I will die defending that promise if I must. But that won't be…. I haven't let Sebastian hurt you or our children all these years and I have no intentions of starting now."

Ciel pouted while Alois cuddled her close and gave Ciel a loving muzzle. "I won't let Sebastian hurt our family, Ciel. I love you and our little ones far too much for that."

"What if Sebastian hurts you?" Ciel asked Alois quietly.

Alois smirked at Ciel. "That's going to be harder than he thinks."

Ciel was about to say something else but a knock came at their bedroom door.

"Claude?" Alois called, clutching Ciel closer warily. "Is that you?"

"Yes, your highness." Claude called back through the door.

Alois did not get up from the bed as he called out to his butler. "Listen closely, I want you to send the triplets to guard Charlotte and Isabel tonight. I want them inside the girl's room standing watch and I want you to be directly outside our door."

Claude asked no questions as he replied through the door, "Very well, your highness."

"Thank you, Claude." Alois said with a relieved sigh.

Alois and Ciel could hear Claude's polished shoes clicking on the marble floor as he shuffled his feet outside, standing vigilant.

Ciel felt a bit more at ease and Alois snuggled her and baby Lucas close to him in the blankets.

"It's alright, my darling. I'm right here. We'll think of something." Alois cooed to Ciel, kissing her sweetly over and over.

"I want Sebastian gone." Ciel sighed in between their kisses.

"And you can trust that I will find a way to get rid of him!" Alois assured Ciel with one of his too-sweet smiles.

Ciel blinked hopefully at Alois.

The blonde closed his eyes and began to kiss Ciel over and over.

That was one of Alois's many talents with Ciel, being able to kiss her into blissful oblivion.

The bluenette secretly loved Alois's kisses.

They were sweet and warm, deep and loving, just a tad dangerous and very addictive…..

When Alois kissed Ciel that night, it was just like when the had first kissed her a little over eight years ago….. all of Ciel's fear and all of Ciel's pain just disappeared.

If only Alois's kisses could make Sebastian disappear…..

Hannah courteously showed Sebastian to his room while Alois tried to calm Ciel down.

The butler and the maid exchanged few words but they did share one very important glance.

Hannah smiled knowingly at Sebastian.

Sebastian gave Hannah an impish smirk.

Hannah wanted Alois and she would gladly take Lucas and raise him as her own.

Sebastian wanted the bluenette he had thrown away and his two little daughters that he had only recently discovered.

Hannah and Sebastian both shared a common goal.

Splitting the Trancys.

The butler and the maid would work together to rip the happy little family to shreds.

Hannah curtseyed and silently left Sebastian alone in his new room.

Sebastian would need another uniform, but for the moment, he just chuckled….

Sebastian's uniform was the least important of his priorities right now.

Sebastian laced around his small room, silently congratulating himself on the brilliance of his own plan.

To use the baby as leverage to gain a foothold in the Trancy house…

Now, resuming his duties as Ciel's butler would allow him to redevelop the intimacy with Ciel that he used to have and to grow acquainted with his daughters…..

It was going to be a lot of work, but it was going to be worth the effort.

Sebastian was not stupid enough to think for one moment that he could have just barged into Trancy manor and had Ciel fall into his arms…..

No, the bluenette would have fought against him.

And even if Sebastian had murdered Alois and forced the bluenette, Ciel would always look at him with eyes of hatred.

Sebastian grinned.

Heh.

No, Sebastian wanted Ciel to be soft and loving with him, just like he had watched her be with Alois when he peered at them through the windows.

Besides, Sebastian's daughters would have spurned him and refused to believe the truth.

Sebastian knew that he needed to win the little ones' trust and when the time was right, they would learn who their real father was…..

Then they would turn against Alois and cling to Sebastian instead.

Sebastian looked up at the moonlight streaming into his small room.

He ran a hand through his silky, raven-black hair and laid his slender body down on the rickety bed.

Sebastian closed his eyes with a smile and drifted off to sleep.

The butler was the first one to rise in a properly run household and morning would come quickly, Sebastian needed his rest.

He had a busy day ahead of himself tomorrow~.