Catherine's POV

"A dinner party at my manor?" Ciel asked our two guests.

The false queen sent her two private secretaries and butlers Charles Gray and Charles Phipps to deliver a message to Ciel.

"Yes with a particular guest of honor" Phipps confirmed. "His name is Georg von Siemens and is a distant relative of her majesty, her majesty thinks you're a good choice to throw this dinner party with adequate guests and what not"

Ciel didn't seem fond of the idea of having complete strangers in our home. My brother reluctantly agreed and the two butler's took their leave. Sebastian was given his orders to prepare for the dinner party along with finding as much information on Siemens before his arrival. My husband left the room to start on his assignments.

"Do you want Sadie here?" I asked Ciel while shifting Esme onto my shoulder.

"You always like to beat me to an idea don't you sister?" my brother teased flashing me his signature smirk. "I know you and her are working together on my present"

"Oi watch it I'm not telling you what it is kiddo" I replied.

He was right though I was working with Sadie on Ciel's present. I looked to the gloomy weather. The last few days had been beautiful until it began to bloody rain this morning.

"By the way are you still reading about the Tudor reign?"

"Yes I'm glad Sadie told me about it" Ciel answered taking a seat.

"Remember the spirits of Edward and Richard? Well those two are actually related to Henry VIII"

Ciel arched an eyebrow and waited for me to continue. I rocked Esme while resuming my history lesson.

"You see Henry VIII's mother was Elizabeth of York, she was the sister to Edward and Richard"

"And if I recall correctly Elizabeth of York is the first born child of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville"

"Bingo I had no idea about that until I read about it history is very interesting"

"I can't believe that fat old fool actually killed Elizabeth I's mother" Ciel growled. "He chased after many women and when his own wife well"

"Yeah I know I'm just glad I wasn't born in those times" I agreed with my sibling.

Next Day.

I looked around the foyer filled with the guests Ciel had invited. I wore my adopted mother's dress and Esme slept soundly in my arms. I had finished nursing her a little while ago.

"Every time I see her she seems to get bigger" Sadie stated coming over to me.

"She's grown a bit" I confessed. "Wanna hold her?"

My future sister-in-law nodded and I slid my daughter into her arms. Lau was conversing with another guest and whatever he said made the poor bloke nervous.

"I would appreciate it if you would stop teasing my guests" Ciel reprimanded Lau and everyone looked to see my little brother standing at the top of the stairs with Sebastian beside him. Several of the guests murmured how young Ciel was to be an Earl and this got me and Sadie to shoot death glares at them.

My brother greeted the guests as he came down the stairs with Sebastian following him. Sadie gave Esme back to me and once Ciel finished he turned to her and offered his hand out. The dragoness blushed before walking to her mate's side and Ciel kissed her hand before introducing Sadie as his fiancée.

Next my little brother introduced me and Sebastian along with Esme. My husband came to my side and he kissed my cheek before doing the same with Esme. Siemens arrived a little later due to the weather along with Charles Grey.

"My love I'll go ahead and take our Little Raven to bed" Sebastian suggested and I nodded before giving Esme to her father.

It wasn't long until everyone was in the dining area and they were enjoying their food.

"So Little Esme is in bed?" Lau inquired.

"Yep she's a heavy sleeper hell she even sleeps through gun fire"

Sebastian chuckled and wrapped an arm around my waist. He had just finished passing out drinks.

"You should have seen Catherine give our unwanted guests her rage" the demon joked.

"Yeah I was pretty pissed I don't like having my naps interrupted" I growled.

"Of that I don't doubt you have the Phantomhive temper Lady Catherine" Lau joked.

"Her temper only makes her more beautiful" Sebastian purred.

"Behave husband" I warned Sebastian.

Sebastian chuckled before he kissed my forehead and he resumed his rounds. Suddenly the actress named Irene shoved Siemens off of her. The idiot was drunk and Irene threw a glass of champagne at his face and Siemens was about to do throw a bottle at her but Sebastian managed to prevent such a disaster via his talented butler techniques. I mean the demon had the wine glasses in a pyramid and wine now was in each glass perfectly.

"He's certainly one hell of a butler alright" Sadie joked coming up to my side. "Siemens is already drunk off his ass"

Sebastian gave Ciel a towel to dry his clothes off since some champagne spilled onto his clothes. By eleven Ciel, Sadie, and I were getting tired so we left the party. Esme was still sound asleep when I checked on her and I was about change when I heard screaming.

Wondering what the hell was going on I left my room and shut the door quietly behind me. A short walk later I found everyone gathered in Siemens's room and the bloke was dead.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I exclaimed making several people jump including Ciel and Sadie.

To delay the decomposition of the body Finny and Bard took Siemens to the cellar. It was obvious someone in the manor was a murderer but who it was remained to be seen. Because someone coming from outside was ruled out and all of the rooms had deadbolts from the inside.

Ciel assumed it was the needle and thread trick that got the murderer into Siemens's room. Everyone seemed to have an alibi except me, Ciel, and Sadie.

"Hey don't be looking at me folks I was checking on my daughter when this happened"

That was true I had been checking in on Esme when the murder happened so that left Ciel and Sadie. Immediately Sadie wrapped a possessive arm around my brother's waist. Ciel had been asleep and Sadie had been reading when the murder happened. Grey suggested my brother and his fiancée be chained up to one another but the glare Sadie and I shot him made him forget it.

But to make sure Ciel or the dragoness weren't responsible the two of them would share a bed. Ciel and Sadie didn't seem to mind because Sadie and my brother had been sharing a bed for a good bit now. They only slept beside one another and nothing sexual happened. Ciel wished to wait until he married Sadie until they went down that route.

Since there was nothing else to be done until morning everyone retired for the night. I had just finished putting a nightgown on when Sebastian came in.

"I must say I'm disappointed"

My husband eyed my body in a sexual manner which made me roll my eyes. Esme woke up and before she began to cry her father picked her up into his arms.

"Does she need to nurse?" I asked.

"I don't think so" the demon answered. "I think she just wanted me to hold her"

I snorted before I let Sebastian take over with Esme since I was bloody tired. I remained awake in case Esme did need to be nursed but that wasn't the case. Soon Esme was back in her crib sound asleep again she just needed a changing and a bottle of blood.

"I need to make some more rounds Little Dhampir" the demon explained to me.

"That's fine" I reassured him.

The next thing I knew Sebastian had me pinned beneath him on our bed. He wore his signature smirk before seizing my mouth with his. Immediately I moaned and submitted to my mate. Our kiss became more heated and his tongue danced with mine. Eventually the heated kiss subsided.

"I'll try not to keep you waiting too long my love" Sebastian promised. "Such a shame we couldn't continue"

He squeezed a breast and I shot him a look not to push it. My beloved smirked before he kissed my forehead and he took his leave and I fell asleep shortly afterwards.

Next Morning

I woke a little later than expected but that was because I had to feed Esme. Once I put her down again did I feel something was very wrong with the mate bond I shared with Sebastian. Alarmed I pulled on a robe and I hurriedly left my room. I ran like hell down the hallways until I found where everyone else was. I saw blood on the floor and Ciel was slapping someone to wake up.

To my complete horror it was Sebastian!

Bard and Finny tried to hold me back but I simply pushed them aside. Ciel saw I was behind him and he got off of my husband's body.

"He's gone Catherine I'm so sorry" Ciel told me.

"No he's not!" I yelled feeling tears slide down my face.

I went to Sebastian's side and placed an ear onto his chest hoping to hear a heartbeat but no such thing happened. Then I began to perform CPR and I didn't care if anyone was watching I refused to believe my husband was dead!

"Come on Sebastian breathe!" I begged as I finished breathing air into his lungs. Blood began to stain my robe and nightgown but I didn't give a damn. I continued with the CPR until I knew it wasn't changing anything.

"Don't leave me Sebastian please" I continued begging and I lay my head against his chest. "You can't leave Esme please wake up"

More tears slid down my face and I didn't move until someone pulled me away from my dead husband. It had been Bard who did that and Ciel came over to me and brought me into a hug.

"I promise I'll keep you and Esme safe sister" Ciel promised me.

He then kissed my forehead but even a kiss from my own brother couldn't heal the wound that was now in my heart.

Don't worry guys Catherine knows Sebastian is faking his murder. Hehe she was with Ciel when he ordered Sebastian to do so XD