Catherine's POV
"So why did the queen send us four tickets to a circus?" I asked Ciel while he read a letter from the queen.
Ciel thought it was necessary for our cousin to accompany us so he rode next to my brother while I sat next to Sebastian.
"According to her majesty children seem to go missing whenever this Noah's Arc Circus enters a certain city so she wants us to investigate" Ciel answered.
This supposed circus was coming to London hence where we were going now. When we arrived in London our first stop was Scotland Yard headquarters. To my relief that asshole Randall wasn't around and Edward Abberline let us get the information we needed without being caught. Sebastian tried to offer him payment but Abberline politely refused before wishing us luck.
Our next stop was Undertaker's parlor.
Ciel opened the door to the funeral parlor.
"Undertaker! Are you about?!" Ciel called out for the mortician as we entered.
The entire front room was lit up with candles.
"You said this guy is a former reaper right?" Levi asked Sebastian.
"Indeed" my husband confirmed.
Undertaker giggled and after giving his usual greeting did we get right down to business. Sebastian gave the former grim reaper some information before Ciel placed the files and pictures of the missing children onto the desk right in front of the mortician.
"Hm have I seen that face before?" Undertaker asked to no one in particular before continuing. "I don't know I reckon my mind would be a bit sharper if I had a good laugh or two"
Ciel and I sighed in unison while Sebastian and Levi remained silent.
"Just give me the gift of true laughter and all my information is at your disposal!"
Undertaker then cackled while Levi sighed.
"Alright you seem to like my jokes so I'll give it a shot"
The hybrid then turned to me.
"This joke isn't meant for the ears of children sorry Ciel"
"Noted" Ciel responded and I covered his ears while Levi began to tell the joke. True enough the joke was pretty dirty but it made Undertaker laugh hard.
"Oh my that was hilarious!" Undertaker exclaimed as I removed my hands away from Ciel's ears. "Well the good news is none of these poor children have come through my parlor recently"
"So the little ones must be still alive then" I stated. I placed a protective hand onto my swollen belly. Sebastian noticed my unease and took my hand and kissed it.
Ciel then decided we needed to attend this circus in order to gather information so that was our next stop. When we arrived it was hard not to get intrigued by the surroundings. Eventually we came to the main circus tent where the performances were going to take place. Already there was a good sized crowed eager to see the show start.
I sat next to Sebastian while Levi sat beside Ciel. The lights went out and the spotlight shined on a individual who introduced himself as Joker. His right hand was a prosthetic which caught Ciel's attention. Joker did a quick juggling exercise which made the crowd laugh. Then the show began with a performer called Jumbo. His routine was breathing fire which was pretty cool to watch.
Next two talented trapeze artists performed their act above in the rafters. Following afterwards a knife thrower named Dagger showed off his perfected knife throwing skills. A performer who was called Snake performed a dance with actual snakes which was pretty damn cool.
Then Doll was introduced and she seemed to walk across the tightrope above with ease. Apparently these were all normal circus acts. Then the last act was a woman called Beast along with a tiger. With a crack of her whip the tiger leapt through a ring of fire.
Joker then called out for a volunteer from the audience and Sebastian stood up. Having a feeling my husband was up to something Ciel allowed the demon butler to walk down to the stage area. Once he got to the stage area Sebastian walked past Joker and Beast. The two performers were now completely confused with what my husband was doing as was I.
Sebastian then stopped in front of the tiger and bent down to its level. Ciel, Levi, and I paled as Sebastian was talking affectionately with the tiger while Beast and Joker wondered what the hell was wrong with him. I mean my damn husband was petting the damn wildcat!
When the tiger proceeded to bite Sebastian's head did I feel myself about to faint.
Sebastian's POV
The tiger tamer shot her whip towards the tiger determined to punish her as the crowd screamed. The tiger eventually removed herself from my head. I caught the whip simply in my gloved hand.
"She's done nothing to warrant punishment, the fault lies with me I was so overcome by her beauty I behaved rudely, furthermore I doubt indiscriminate whipping would prove an effective way to tame her"
The tiger then proceeded to chomp on my head again and the crowd shrieked. The tiger tamer was able to get the beautiful creature off of me and it was then I noticed Levi was holding an unconscious Catherine in his arms and the master looked worried.
Immediately I rushed back to their side and took my wife from Levi's arms.
"Because of your stupidity Catherine passed out" my master snapped at me. "Have you forgotten she's pregnant Sebastian?"
"My apologies my lord" was all I could reply.
I looked to my unconscious wife and regretted making her faint. I kissed her forehead and the master said it was time to leave. When we got outside my master sneezed and had to move away since I had cat hair all over my tailcoat. He was allergic to cats.
"Oh thank goodness I found you!"
I turned to see the ringleader Joker running up to me.
"Is she alright?" he asked seeing my unconscious wife in my arms.
"She should be though I shouldn't have interacted with the tiger tonight" I confessed. "As you can see my wife is heavily pregnant and I am to blame for her fainting"
"Well it wouldn't hurt to have our doctor take a look at you and your wife to make sure everything is alright is that okay?"
I wanted to investigate further but with Catherine's current state it was out of the question. I sensed my master giving me consent to go and I politely accepted Joker's offer. We eventually found the doctor in question making his rounds in another tent. Some of the staff recognized me from earlier. After hearing I had got bitten the wheelchair bound physician took us to his infirmary.
First Catherine was checked over and I breathed a sigh of relief that she and the baby were okay. I was then examined and received a clean bill of health.
Catherine's POV
I groaned and opened my eyes.
"Catherine thank goodness!" Sebastian exclaimed seeing I was finally awake. My husband rushed over to me and hugged me tightly. However I punched his arm hard due to his idiocy. Sebastian took the blow and he placed his forehead against mine. "I'm so sorry my love I didn't mean to scare you"
"Aw! You two are awfully cute!"
Joker and his colleague Dagger stood a few feet away with a doctor in a wheelchair. It had been Joker who complimented me and my husband.
"Joker suggested to get a look over on us both" Sebastian explained. So we were on the circus grounds. Suddenly the tent flap opened and in came Beast the tiger tamer. She was surprised to see Sebastian and she fussed at him until the doctor told her to knock it off.
She then went to sit down and the doctor rolled over so he could examine her leg which turned out to be a prosthetic. Sebastian watched in interest while the physician examined her leg thoroughly before he finished. The physician removed the leg and made a few adjustments before putting it back on Beast.
Once Beast stood back up she suddenly sent her whip at Sebastian and my husband dodged her blows each time. She ended up destroying part of the infirmary with her whip and the doctor was getting tired of it. He turned to Dagger and Joker for help. Dagger got all fired up and he threw knives at Sebastian but my demon husband ducked missing them. More knives were thrown at him and Sebastian proceeded to jump into the air and he landed on a railing avoiding being injured.
Again another round of knives were thrown at my husband but Sebastian simply caught them.
"Oi! That's enough!" I snapped getting everyone's attention. I then turned to Sebastian. "I'm tired love and wish to leave"
"Very well" Sebastian replied before jumping down next to me.
"You know I was wandering if you were hiring by any chance" my husband asked Joker. "I'm actually quite disgusted with my spoiled master"
I knew what Sebastian was doing. He was trying to find a way into the circus to find the missing children.
Beast protested but Joker agreed. However Sebastian would need to be given an entry test and Sebastian added he had two more people he wanted to bring along for the exam.
"If I am hired my lovely wife must be with me" Sebastian added placing his head onto my shoulder and he rubbed my belly affectionately.
"Of course that will be fine I can see your about to have a little one" Joker said.
"Two more months" I pointed out.
After Sebastian promised we would return tomorrow did he and I leave. My husband looked around us taking in the setting before we eventually found our way out of the grounds. We arrived back at the townhouse a bit later and Sebastian left me to attend on Ciel.
I got ready for bed without difficulty and as I lay down did Sebastian return to our bedroom.
"Little Dhampir I'm sorry" Sebastian apologized coming over to my side of the bed. I moved over so Sebastian could sit next to me. "Because of my actions I made you pass out"
To prove he truly meant his apology he placed his forehead against mine.
"I know your sorry" I answered.
Sebastian caressed my cheek with a gloved hand before giving me a light kiss on my lips. He then pressed a kiss on my belly apologizing to Esme. Our daughter kicked her father in response making him smile and I did the same.