Catherine's POV
"I hope you take that damn thing off soon I hate it" I told Sebastian referring to his mask.
We had just finished seeing our guests off but I had a feeling Dr. Arthur would be coming back shortly. Sebastian was still in his disguise. Esme seemed to know what her Daddy was up to so she was quiet in my arms. Her fangs completely formed during the night. But thanks to her vampire and demon genetics her fangs could retract themselves from out of sight.
"I won't wear it much longer" my husband reassured me.
"Even I'm not fond of it" Ciel added.
Sadie was no longer at the manor since she had her lessons later. She was after all studying to become a doctor so she was very serious in her studies.
Suddenly the doors to the front of the manor opehed and sure enough Dr. Arthur rushed in completely out of breath.
"So we are meeting again" my husband greeted using Jeremy's voice. "What brings you back? Did you forget something?"
"I came to realize my investigation was not yet complete" Arthur answered between breaths. "I came for the truth Jeremy the vicar or Sebastian the butler?"
Sebastian smirked before responding.
"Oh my well done it would seem we underestimated you" Sebastian's voice then took over and my husband finally took off his damn mask. "Dr. Arthur"
"No its incredible and unreal" Dr. Arthur said both impressed and shocked Sebastian faked his own death so well.
"You probably want answers" Ciel interrupted. "We're more than happy to give you them if you wish"
Dr. Arthur agreed and Ciel told Sebastian to prepare some tea and I gave my husband a kiss on the cheek before the doctor and I followed Ciel out to the greenhouse. The three of us didn't have to wait long because Sebastian came into the greenhouse shortly after we arrive d there and he began to make the tea. Well I was going to have coffee I needed some damn caffeine in my system.
After Sebastian finished giving us the coffee and tea along with some food did my husband take Esme from me. Immediately Esme laughed and Sebastian kissed our daughter on her forehead.
"That's pretty cute" Arthur stated watching Sebastian's interaction with Esme. "It looks like your daughter missed her father"
"Oh she did" I confirmed. I then sent my mate a smirk. "Believe me Dr. Arthur when I first out about Sebastian's plan well it went like this"
Before the Dinner Party and Murders
Still Catherine's POV
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOUR GOING TO FAKE YOUR OWN DEATH?!" I roared at Sebastian. Both he and Ciel looked afraid at my reaction and I was pissed. "PLEASE TELL ME YOUR JOKING?!"
The three of us were in Ciel's study.
"My love please calm down" Sebastian said trying to get me relax.
"Sister"
I shot Sebastian a glare before looking to Ciel. My brother passed me a note which was another vision report from Levi. I sighed and took the note and read it.
"Alright fine but this whole charade better not take too long the mere fact I have to pretend to be a widow sucks"
Present
Catherine's POV
"You were lucky not to have seen Catherine angry she's quite scary" Ciel told Dr. Arthur with a smirk.
I snorted before I asked our guest.
"How did you figure out Sebastian was even still alive?"
"Well at first I thought he was truly dead but the way he acted as Jeremy was quite similar with my earlier encounters with him"
"You mean how he and Jeremy performed their tasks with perfection?" I teased.
"If you put it that way then yes" the doctor answered. "Though I wouldn't mind hearing about how your husband even pulled this off"
"Well its an interesting story" Sebastian said before launching into his part in the murders.
My mate began with how he and the servants had stood outside of Siemens's room. They had heard Siemens scream and the sounds of glass being broken as well as a loud crash. When the door was eventually kicked down Siemens was found dead in his chair or rather faking it. But Sebastian couldn't find any broken glass shards or smell blood. The glass that was heard being broken was assumed to be thrown into the fireplace.
My brother's commands to tend to the fireplaces was actually a cover up for Sebastian to find the bottle shards Siemens used to temporarily render himself unresponsive. However Lord Grey decided to give Sebastian a good old smack to the head. But the idiot butler didn't know Sebastian was still alive and had gone down to the cellar to check on Siemens.
The drunk bloke had been alive but my husband had to hide when Lord Grey arrived. Apparently Gray and Siemens plotted the drunk's fake murder but Grey turned on Siemens and ended up killing the false queen's relative. I didn't suspect Grey to do that.
"Wait a minute!" Dr. Arthur exclaimed slamming his hands onto the table and he stood up. "This whole time you knew who the real culprit was and you were perfectly happy to give up your own life? Let your wife and daughter be alone? Just by simply what your master ordered for you to do so?"
"But of course" Sebastian confirmed.
"Love keep going with the story I only knew of your staged death" I suggested.
"Of course my love" my husband agreed before he resumed the story.
The butler then told Dr. Arthur he had to make food preparations to last three days along with giving specific instructions to Bard, Finny, and Mey-Rin. Next Sebastian wrote the report of what he found in the fireplace via a pillow exchange. However due to Lord Grey's assault my husband had to change his clothes before giving Ciel the hidden letter.
Then Sebastian stabbed himself and he was found the next morning by Finny. Ciel did a good job in my opinion pretending to mourn Sebastian. My husband sadly had to deal with being slapped by my brother which no doubt had to hurt. Ciel had then told Sebastian to choose the right moment to return the bottle where it rightfully belonged.
"I'm still going to kick your ass later" I interrupted my husband. "Do you know how hard it was to see you like that?"
Sebastian chuckled before coming over to me and he kissed my forehead. Esme was sound asleep in her father's arms. After Sebastian had been moved to the cellar he had gone outside to get the owl Mey-Rin had set loose. But the demon had to haul ass back to the wine cellar but the meow of a cat made Sebastian stop. It had been just one cat and knowing Sebastian adored cats well more ended up coming around along with Persephone and Aisu.
Sebastian had put the owl somewhere safe before he gathered the rain soaked cats and put them in his closet. The demon butler then got back to the cellar before my group arrived. Ciel smirked while I blushed as Sebastian said being undressed was quite humiliating for him. It was embarrassing for me since my husband had bloody bite marks from yours truly.
When the key wasn't found Sebastian was re-dressed before the group left the cellar. Sebastian ended up having the key the entire time and don't ask me how. Next my husband went back outside to get the glass bottle shards and toss them into Woodley's fireplace.
Then Sebastian put his stupid disguise on and arrived as Jeremy. My mate actually did go see a play but he only watched two minutes of it and to prove his point my beloved showed Arthur his ticket stub. The owl's note of course was to summon Jeremy.
"Sorry to interrupt but how do you explain how Jeremy and I examined your corpse together?" Dr. Arthur demanded.
Thanks to Mey-Rin, Finny, and Bard each body was placed in three different rooms. Once there my husband had to get back into his disguise and first Siemens was examined followed by Phelps. Lord Grey of course accompanied Arthur, Ciel, and Jeremy. After leaving the room Sebastian had to move Phelps into another room and cover it up to make Grey and Dr. Arthur think it was actually him under the sheet.
Ciel of course helped aide my husband pretending to be devastated about Sebastian's demise. After the group left the room Sebastian again had to do another quick change of clothes before Lord Grey returned to the room. When I found out Grey had actually kicked Sebastian in the head I swore.
"If I see that asshole again I'm going to teach him a lesson" I spat.
Sebastian concluded that with his aide Ciel was cleared of any accusations for murder. Woodley was arrested and apparently it had been the false queen's orders for Grey to have Siemens killed. As for Woodley it had been a good thing he was arrested because he was involved with some shady stuff.
"Now I have a headache" Dr. Arthur confessed rubbing his temple.
"I wouldn't blame you" Ciel agreed. "I hope we've been able to answer your questions"
"As much as it doesn't make sense yes my questions have been answered" Dr. Arthur responded. He then looked to me. "Lady Catherine you are a very strong young woman, no doubt your husband is proud of you for handling yourself so well"
"Oh I am" Sebastian agreed.
I flashed the demon to not embarrass me and my mate simply wore his signature smile.
Later.
After we sought Dr. Arthur off did we find out what actually killed Phelps. It turned out the Black Mamba belonged to the circus performer Snake who Sebastian kept hidden in a box in the greenhouse. Ciel told Snake what his circus troupe did and when it was revealed Doll, Joker, and Beast were alive did Snake calm down.
Ciel offered him a position at the manor and the snake tamer agreed with a promise Ciel would find out where Beast, Joker, and Doll were. Then there was a fake funeral service for Sebastian and when it was revealed my husband was alive well Sebastian got what he deserved. He ended up getting tackled in a group hug much to his dismay. And Tanaka returned the head butler pin back to my husband.
Sebastian had the task of putting Esme down for the night while I read the adult themed book from before. By the time I finished it I was completely flustered.
"I can smell your arousal Little Dhampir" Sebastian teased.
"I just finished the erotica book" I explained.
I got off of the bed so I could change into my night attire. Sebastian already had his tailcoat off along with his shoes and socks. My husband held out a white nightgown I was very familiar with. It was the same one I used to seduce my demon mate from time to time. I let Sebastian strip off my normal clothes and put the nightgown on.
He then turned me to him and I slid his gloves off using my teeth. Then I unbuttoned his vest and then did the same with his shirt. I kissed every inch of my husband's abs and Sebastian soon had me thrown over his shoulder.
I told him to put me down but the demon ignored me. Soon I was beneath him on the bed locked in a fiery kiss. But only a kiss ensued and nothing more due to Esme being in the room. When he finished kissing me Sebastian took the book and glanced through the pages. When he found a sex scene he actually blushed.
"Told you it was steamy" I teased.
"I can certainly see that" Sebastian agreed while holding back a nosebleed. Thankfully he didn't get any blood on the sheets and he went to the bathroom to clean himself up.
"Maybe this book might give me some ideas" Sebastian suggested when he returned to bed.
"Pervert"
"Oh my love you are the same way on occasion"
"Hey if helps to seduce you then I welcome it"
Sebastian snorted at my comment and I chuckled in response.
Sorry for not updatting like I usually do folks I had relatives visiting from out of town. Also who you think Esme should be paired up with? I'm thinking of Undertaker but I want to see what you guys think.