Catherine's POV
Esme seemed to know something was wrong when she woke up. She was fussy and even after tending to her usual needs she wouldn't stop crying. She wanted her father no doubt and so did I. I was dressed for the day and having an idea I went to the rocking chair and sat down. My daughter's cries ceased when I began to rock her gently.
There was a knock at my bedroom door and I called for whoever it was to come in.
"Is Esme okay?" Ciel asked shutting the door behind him. "I've been hearing her cry quite a bit"
"She's okay now but she clearly wants her father" I replied. A few tears slid down my face and I growled before wiping them away.
Ciel came over to me and he was dressed for the day like I was. My brother looked to his niece and he caressed her cheek gently with his left hand. He wasn't wearing his rings at the moment.
"Have you eaten?" Ciel questioned.
"Yeah Tanaka brought me some coffee and several scones"
Since Sebastian was dead Tanaka would be head butler until a replacement was found.
"Here sister" Ciel said before placing something into my left hand. It was Sebastian's wedding band and like an idiot I felt more tears slide down my face.
"I'm sorry" I apologized.
"You don't need to apologize Catherine especially not to me" Ciel reassured me and he wiped my tears away this time before kissing my forehead. He then smirked and he nodded at Esme. My baby girl was fast asleep and I breathed a sigh of relief.
I put my daughter back into her crib and she would probably sleep until lunch time. There was a frantic knocking and Ciel opened the door to the find the novice author and doctor Arthur Doyle. Doyle said Phelps never showed up to breakfast so me, Ciel, and the doctor rushed to where Phelps was staying.
Ciel let him have his room for the evening. The damn door to my brother's room was locked and Sebastian always had the key and with him gone who knows where it went. Charles Grey arrived and using his sword skills well he cut the door to shreds and the wooden shards fell to the floor. We found Phelps lifeless in the bathroom and now I was getting concerned.
I was worried for my daughter and everyone else's safety. Phelps had puncture wounds on his neck but they were small marks and they weren't my fangs. Lau being the nosy git he was began to browse through Ciel's clothes until Sadie sent him a death glare.
Everyone gathered up in the drawing room and the events that led to the murders was discussed. Siemens had been first while Phelps was second and my precious husband was last. The other servants talked with Sebastian last night before he died.
Mey-Rin mentioned she released an owl messenger earlier this morning. It was probably a letter to the police. Doyle then made a list of who had alibis during the murders and who didn't. Obviously it was impossible for one person to do alone and when more than one killer was suggested well it didn't agree with some of the guests and I rolled my eyes. I felt a damn headache coming about. Woodley got pissed off and when he tried to throw a punch at Ciel did Tanaka disarm him and pin him to the ground.
Since Doyle was obviously not a killer Ciel decided he would lead the murder investigation. The good doctor suggested we look for the key to Ciel's room. And since Sebastian always had it we began with the cellar. I joined Arthur along with Ciel, Bard, Finny, Sadie, and Lord Grey as we headed to the there. Grey actually held onto Ciel's arm but Sadie shoved the butler off of her mate.
Bard opened the cellar doors and three separate bodies lay on the floor. Arthur approached the middle one and pulled back the sheet revealing Sebastian. My husband's face was wet most likely due to a leak. In order to find the key in question Sebastian had to be well undressed. I turned around as the task was performed and I was blushing red.
"What the? Are those bite marks on his neck?" Grey demanded.
"My butler was married" Ciel told Grey coolly. "Don't be surprised"
The key wasn't on Sebastian's body so my beloved husband was re-dressed. Doyle then suggested the bedroom Sebastian and I slept in. Immediately Ciel and I declined for that room to be searched since Esme was asleep and well let's just say there were some things I'd rather not let other people see. I was referring to my lingerie that Sebastian personally got for me.
So the next room to be searched was my husband's former quarters. Sebastian hardly had anything in here because after he arrived at the manor he moved in to my room a short time later. But still we began to look around. Again we weren't having any luck and Ciel went to the wardrobe.
A few meows were heard and a whole group of felines shot out of the wardrobe much to Ciel's horror.
"That wardrobe was full of cats?!" Doyle exclaimed as the cats were glad to be out of the closet.
"THAT BEAST I NEVER AGREED TO THE HOUSING OF ANY OF THESE CATS!" Ciel shouted in annoyance. He then began to sneeze hinting his allergies were acting up due to the cat fur flying everywhere. Persephone and Aisu had been part of the cat group and I grabbed the two felines and promised I rejoined everyone shortly.
The two demon cats were happy to be out of the closet and they intended to remain outside. I went back into the manor and I went to my room to change clothes due to the cat hair. Once I was in new clothes I checked on Esme and as usual she was still asleep. I kissed her forehead before returning to the drawing room where Ciel, Sadie, Bard, Finny, Grey, and Arthur with the other guests.
We continued looking for the key in the other guest rooms amongst our guest's belongings. But the damn key couldn't be bloody found. Lau suggested there was another murderer and the doors to the drawing room were suddenly opened.
The servants had a priest tied up and he turned out to be an associate of ours named Jeremy Rathborne. It looked like the owl Mey-Rin set loose was successful in finding help and soon hopefully the true murderer would be revealed.
To my Guest Reviewer thank you for reviewing and I'm not nuts about Yu Yu Hakusho but might change my mind writing down the line XD. Also having bite marks on Sebastian's neck was hilarious to write.
