Catherine's POV
"That's odd" I told Ciel as I finished reading the false queen's letter. My husband, brother, and I were on our way to London to investigate a recent spree of murders. The victims were all different and some were of the supernatural. Esme slept soundly in my arms. It had been a month since her birth.
"I would bet the murderer is a supernatural being" Ciel speculated. "We won't know for sure until we receive information from Undertaker"
The carriage came to a halt outside of Undertaker's parlor. After Ciel and I got out did my husband take Esme from my arms.
"Undertaker are you here?!" Ciel demanded opening the door.
"Welcome back my lord"
Both Ciel and I jumped when the door was slammed shut and the silly mortician stood before it.
"Must you always do that?" Ciel demanded in annoyance. "You might have woken my niece"
At the mention of Esme the former grim reaper saw my sleeping daughter in Sebastian's arms.
"Oh my she's quite the beauty"
Sebastian and I flashed Undertaker a warning look before he chuckled.
"So what can I help you with today Lord Phantomhive?"
"There's been a recent rise of deaths here in London and the queen think t might be supernatural related" Ciel began. "The council is already investigating but they have yet to find a suspect"
I then told a joke again courtesy of Levi and thankfully it wasn't dirty. Undertaker laughed before giving us what we needed to know.
"I've dealt with a couple of these poor victims" the retired reaper explained. "One body had bite marks made from a canine and the other was stabbed to death, however there is a similarity between the victims they each had healing bruises, my guess they were fleeing from an abusive partner"
Ciel growled and I did too. Both my brother and I were against abuse of any kind.
"The suspect could be a werewolf if they had canine bite wounds" Sebastian suggested.
"Or feral dogs could have nibbled on them it's hard to tell" I pointed out to my beloved.
"If I have anymore customers I'll inform you my lord" Undertaker told Ciel.
Ciel nodded before taking our leave. We were soon back in the carriage that would take us to the townhouse.
"Going to the End of Season Ball might help us find whoever this bastard is" I said.
The End of Season Ball was a party that took place once a year in November where the supernatural and humans could interact with one another without violence. Sometimes true mates were even found during this event.
"I agree but I'm not dressing up as a girl again" Ciel growled.
Sebastian and I chuckled at his remark just as we pulled up in front of the townhouse.
"We'll need to find someone to watch Esme I'm not taking our child to a ball where a potential killer might be attending"
"I've already phoned Briar she's more than happy to watch our Little Raven" Sebastian reassured me.
I kissed my husband on the cheek before Ciel opened the front door. Immediately we were ambushed by Soma and Agni. It had been a month since we last saw them. Unlike Ciel I didn't mind getting a hug from Soma.
"Oh my gosh is that little Esme?" Soma inquired seeing the sleeping baby in her father's arms.
"Yes this is her as you can see she's Sebastian's spitting image" I stated proudly.
"She's absolutely adorable" Agni added.
"That she is" Ciel agreed. "I was actually wondering if you two had any plans tonight?"
"Not really" Soma confessed. "We've been staying inside due to the recent murders"
The prince and his butler were familiar with the supernatural.
"There's a ball tonight and I'd think you might enjoy it, you'll have a chance to socialize with other people, we need to go to see if we can find a suspect" Ciel went on.
"Maybe you'll find someone who you fancy too" I teased Soma elbowing him in the side. The prince went red and Agni chuckled behind a hand.
Esme woke up and she began to fuss. I took her from Sebastian and headed into the sitting room so I could nurse her. I took a seat in a chair by the window and pulled the nursing blanket over my front before I lowered my dress and my daughter greedily latched onto my left nipple.
"That hurt little girl next time be gentle" I told her as she greedily ate from my breast. According to Sebastian she would gain her fangs in two months and I wasn't looking forward to that experience. I breathed a sigh of relief when Esme finished eating and I placed her onto my shoulder to burp her.
It didn't take long to get my daughter to do so and I stood up to make my way towards the bedroom I shared with Sebastian. My husband wasn't there when I arrived and I took care of one last thing with Esme before putting her down into the bassinet nestled a few feet away from the bed. I was tired which was normal after having a baby.
Sebastian in my opinion was a god send because he didn't need to sleep that often and when I was too tired at night he would take care of Esme. I kissed my daughter on her small forehead before changing into something more comfortable and I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.
I ended up sleeping longer than expected and when I opened my eyes I saw Sebastian was sitting in the rocking chair by the bassinet with Esme in his arms. It was damn cute how he rocked her in his arms while giving her a bottle. And inside the bottle was well blood.
"How long have I been asleep?" I asked my husband as I got out of bed.
"About three hours you look well rested Little Dhampir" Sebastian replied.
"Well I was pretty tired due to our little minx"
Sebastian chuckled at my comment on Esme. I took a quick bath and afterwards I put on the same dress I wore to my anniversary ball. Sebastian wore the same tutor outfit which included his glasses. Aunt Briar was talking with Ciel in the foyer and my brother wore the same clothes he had on at my wedding. Soma and Agni were talking amongst themselves and I heard Soma mention he was eager to see the pretty young women which made me smirk. Both the prince and his butler were dressed quite nicely for tonight's festivities.
Esme was sleeping and Briar promised to watch her like a hawk. That made me feel better and after a brief carriage ride we arrived at the place where the ball was being held.
"Oh my this is quite a gathering" Soma said seeing how many people were here.
"If you see anything suspicious make sure to let us know" Ciel told the prince and his butler.
Soma and Agni nodded before we entered the party. Upon arriving in the ballroom I saw there were a large variety of supernatural beings here. And the human count was large too.
"I'm going to see if I can find out anything" Ciel notified me and Sebastian before excusing himself. Several girls eyed Ciel in interest which was amusing. My husband then held his hand out to me and I took it. He led me onto the dance floor and soon we were dancing away.
"It has been awhile since we last danced like this" Sebastian said with a smirk.
I flashed my demon mate a smirk of my own. While we danced several wolf whistles were thrown my way but Sebastian sent the foolish males who did that a glare and no more said whistles ensued.
Soma's POV
I danced with some lovely young ladies before I took a break. I had no idea supernatural females liked being in the presence of a suitor. Agni was currently looking for anyone suspicious.
"My lady I ask for just one dance!"
I turned my head to see that obnoxious Druitt harassing a woman with red-orange hair that went to her mid back. She wore a strapless gold gown with matching gloves and she was getting annoyed with Druitt.
"I'm sorry Lord Druitt but I'm not interested right now" she replied coldly.
Her eyes were a dark red and they were memorizing. Having enough I decided to come to this girl's aide.
"Pardon me Lord Druitt but there are more lovely young women in that direction" I told the womanizer nodding behind me.
The blonde Viscount shot me a glare before he left.
"Thank you" the pretty maiden in front of me said.
"Of course madam a young woman shouldn't be harassed by one such as Lord Druitt" I picked up her gloved hand and kissed it. Immediately she blushed and it was adorable.
"My apologies miss I'm Prince Soma"
"Oh I've heard of you highness, my name is Celia and it's a pleasure to meet you" she then curtsied. "I'm one of those hybrids being half wolf and have red-tailed hawk"
"Well Lady Celia may I have a dance?"
"Oh absolutely" she answered eagerly placing a hand into mine.
Catherine's POV
Nothing out of the ordinary happened at the ball much to Ciel's annoyance. When things began to die down did we leave and head back to the townhouse. Soma was happy because he had met a hybrid shifter who he seemed to like and talked about her non-stop.
Once back at the townhouse all of us decided to turn in for the night. Aunt Briar had put Esme down not that long ago. While Sebastian dealt with his nightly rounds I got ready for bed. I checked on Esme before I got into bed. Sebastian eventually came into our bedroom and he too made sure Esme was alright before going to take a shower.
My husband asked if I wanted to join him and I shot him a glare making him smirk. Ten minutes later he finished with his shower and emerged from the bathroom in nothing but his pants he wore at night.
"I know your eying me Little Dhampir" Sebastian teased with his back turned to me. I had been eying his shirtless figure.
"Can't help it when your built like a damn god"
Immediately I regretted my comment because Sebastian sent me a smirk. He was then suddenly on top of me and his eyes glowed.
"It isn't wise to tease me Catherine"
"Uh uh we aren't having sex demon not with our daughter sleeping" I reprimanded him.
"Perhaps another time my love" Sebastian suggested. However he didn't hesitate to claim my lips with his for a passionate lip lock. A tongue danced ensued before we finished. Sebastian then stood up and went to the bassinet. He picked up Esme and returned to bed with her in his arms. He placed our sleeping daughter onto his chest and held her close.
"You're a damn softie with her" I teased.
"Of course she is my little girl after all" Sebastian agreed before he kissed Esme. "I just wanted her close to us I can't explain why"
"Does it involve the murders?" I questioned.
"It's just instinct as a demon" my husband explained. "As I said earlier demon children born with a true mate are precious to us and with Esme it's no exception"
"Well my love you are one hell of a father" I pointed out.
Sebastian smirked before looking to me. He placed his forehead against mine.
"Your one hell of a mother Little Dhampir"
"Damn straight" I agreed and my husband chuckled in response.
Soma has a girlfriend folks! And don't you think Sebastian interacting with Esme is adorable he's a sucker for her alright XD