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Ciel scowled in her hospital bed, trying to remember what had happened.
While the bluenette sat thinking, the nurse who had come to her aid hurriedly approached Dr. Faustus and relayed Ciel's request.
"Nonsense, she's an abuse victim. Did you give her the pamphlets?" Dr. Faustus asked the nurse while he finished some charting.
"With all due respect, doctor," the nurse pressed with a polite nod and a nervous smile. "I think the patient in room 103 is anything but abused."
Dr. Faustus looked up.
He and the nurse discussed Ciel's situation for several minutes. Of course, Dr. Faustus had planned on questioning the bluenette once she woke…..if she ever did.
But from the way the nurse had described Ciel's reaction….
Perhaps he had made an error in judgment.
"Very well, release Mr. Michaelis and bring him here right away." Dr. Faustus said, adjusting his glasses.
"Yes, doctor! I'll see to it at once!" The nurse cried, bustling out of the room and down the hallway.
Dr. Faustus sighed to himself.
Omegas could be troubling things, indeed.
Cute, but troublesome.
He was glad that he himself was a beta.
Much less to worry about that way.
—-
Sebastian had spent his time imprisoned in total agony.
He had not eaten.
He had not slept for more than a few seconds at a time.
He was isolated and defeated.
What point was there to anything now?
Ciel had been ripped away from him.
That meant everything had been taken from him.
Sebastian had no way to contact anyone, his vast wealth was of no use here.
Sebastian had nothing.
Nothing….
Sebastian breathed because his body told him to do so, that was all.
Tormenting thoughts rattled his brain second after second, minute after minute, hour after hour.
How was Ciel?
Was she still alive?
Would she be alive in ten minutes?
Twenty?
Thirty?
Would someone even bother to tell him if she…..wasn't?
…...alive?
That thought was more than nauseating to Sebastian.
It was too much to bear.
Perhaps it would be better to simply hang in limbo forever than to learn that his darling had passed away, lonely and afraid, without him beside her to bring her comfort or kiss her last breath from her sweet lips.
Sebastian oscillated between utter despair and menaical hope.
Maybe Ciel was doing better!
Maybe Ciel was awake!
Oh dear…...
Maybe Ciel was awake and alone!
Maybe Ciel was very frightened without her alpha to protect her!
Sebastian's shaky hands ran through his hair, scratching his scalp as his blood-shot eyes stared ahead, wide open and glazed over, as his imagination tormented him with those terrifying scenarios.
Sebastian nearly leapt off of the ground he was sitting on when the iron bars to his cell creaked open and two officers stood, looking down at him solemnly.
One of them spoke, "Mr. Michaelis, you've been released."
Sebastian blinked.
What?
When Sebastian didn't move, the other officer nodded at him, "Come along, please. You've been requested at the hospital, we'll drive you."
"The hospital?" Sebastian asked, his low, silky voice little more than a whisper.
The officers nodded and ushered Sebastian out of the cell, across the police station, and out into one of their cruisers.
Sebastian did not speak as they set off on their ride to Reykjavik hospital.
As they rode, Sebastian did not dare to speak his silent hope aloud…..
Did this mean Ciel was…...alive?
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Ciel was still sitting in bed with a scowl on her face when a knock came on her door a little while later.
"Sebastian?" Ciel called.
The door opened.
Ciel's scowl deepened in annoyance and disgust when she saw that it was not Sebastian after all.
"Good morning, Mrs. Michaelis. My name is Dr. Faustus. I'm the physician that's been treating you here." Claude introduced himself calmly, coming to stand a respectable distance away from Ciel's bed and gazing at her with his cold, yellow eyes.
"Are you the one that's sent my husband away?" Ciel snipped. "I don't know exactly what's going on, but I know what these are." Ciel pressed, holding up the sexual abuse pamphlets the nurse had left on her side table. "And I heard someone whispering in the hallway about 'Michaelis' and 'jail'. Where is my husband, Dr. Faustus?" Ciel snapped haughtily.
"Your 'husband' was in prison, yes. Although, under your request, I've had the charges against him dropped, and he is currently on his way here." Dr. Faustus explained calmly.
"May I ask why you saw fit to wrongly imprison one of the wealthiest and most powerful alphas in the world while I lay in this bed suffering?!" Ciel roared, filled with rage.
Why had Sebastian been put in jail?!
What had happened to her anyway?!
Claude remained as stoic as always. He reached a hand up and adjusted his glasses, regarding Ciel with an icy, indifferent stare.
"May I ask why you went behind your alpha's back to take black market pills and endanger your life?" Dr. Faustus retorted confidently.
Ciel's rageful sneer relaxed into a frown.
"What?" The bluenette asked in a much quieter voice.
Claude heard the surprise in her voice.
Maybe this omega was just naive and her alpha…..deceived?
"You were rushed to this hospital and you've been treated for a pulmonary embolism. It's really remarkable you're still alive. We found traces in your system of a certain kind of fertility pills. Taken during a heat, they can prove fatal, that's why it's illegal to sell them. Natural doesn't mean safe, I'm afraid. Plenty of bad alphas drug their omegas and I was afraid that was your case. I see now that in this situation, the problem isn't with the alpha, it's with the omega." Dr. Faustus concluded.
Ciel pouted at his harsh words and crossed her arms. "As you know, Dr. Faustus, as a wife and an omega, I should provide my husband with a family. There's nothing wrong with that."
Ciel's tone carried an arrogance, but Claude saw the shock and fear in her eyes. She never expected those pills to do that, much less to land her here, brushing her so closely against death itself.
Ciel was afraid.
Ciel was embarrassed.
Dr. Faustus turned and walked to the door. He looked up as he opened it and said to Ciel, "As you know, Mrs. Michaelis, a good marriage should be built on trust and respect. Taking dangerous substances that could end your life and the life of your potential children behind your alpha's back seems a bit…..untrustworthy…..doesn't it?"
Ciel opened her mouth to say something but Dr. Faustus stepped out of the room, just as Sebastian rushed in after he raced down the hall.
Dr. Faustus and Sebastian glanced at each other for just a second as they brushed shoulders.
Each man glared at the other.
Claude left and closed the door, sighing to himself as he walked down the hallway.
Now it was his turn to be embarrassed. He had wrongly jailed a man who could buy out the entire hospital.
Hopefully that wouldn't happen.
…..And Claude hated to be so scathing on such a frail-looking omega, but his words were for the best.
Ciel needed to understand the gravity of the situation.
Claude shook his head as he walked back to his office and sat down at his desk.
Omegas were quite troublesome things, indeed.
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"SEBASTIAN!" Ciel cried with wide eyes and open arms as Sebastian burst into the room.
"KITTEN!" Sebastian shouted back, not caring who heard, as he practically flew over to Ciel's hospital bed. Sebastian's eyes were also wide in shock and joy at seeing Ciel alive, awake, and strong enough to sit up.
Sebastian grabbed Ciel and pulled her close, purring deeply. He clutched his bride to his chest as he nuzzled the top of her hair, cradling her close, monitor wires, I.V. lines, and all.
"Sebastian…" Ciel breathed with a sigh, her small hands grasping onto his clothes tightly.
"Ciel…" Sebastian whispered, inhaling deeply, letting the scent of her hair fill his lungs.
His Ciel…..
His precious kitten…
She was alive!
Ciel normally wasn't one for tears, but after her ordeal, the bluenette was exhausted. Being in Sebastian's arms felt so good, to think that she almost accidentally wrenched herself away from them forever….
The thought was devastating.
"Sebastian…" Ciel sniffed.
Sebastian blinked and looked down.
"Sebastian, I…...I'm sorry." Ciel said quietly, wiping away soft, wet tears as they started to roll down her cheeks.
Sebastian's look of pleasantly shocked joy slipped away.
A frown formed on his face.
Ciel very rarely cried.
That must mean…..
Dr. Faustus's explanation was correct…
Ciel had…
Had she?
Sebastian let go of Ciel and the omega whimpered, afraid of what Sebastian would do and how he would react.
Sebastian knelt down beside the bed and Ciel wiped at her eyes with one hand, while Sebastian folded her other in his own, holding it gently but firmly.
Sebastian's eyes were full of hurt, but his gaze was soft as he looked at Ciel and asked her quietly, "Kitten, what have you done?"
Ciel made a noise of anguish between her silent sobs, glancing over at Sebastian in shame.
She had no bad intentions when she purchased the pills, or when she took the pills!
She did it all for Sebastian!
For their family!
Ciel didn't understand where things had gone so wrong…..
But as she looked at Sebastian, her heart twisted in her chest.
How would she ever explain all this to her alpha?!
—-
Ciel squeezed Sebastian's hand tightly.
The soft look in his eyes gave her the courage and helped her to find the words to explain what she had done.
Ciel told Sebastian everything in the finest detail that she could manage.
Sebastian did not yell at Ciel, he did not interrupt her, he did not give her chastising looks, he just sat quietly and listened until she was finished speaking.
Once Ciel was done, she looked over at Sebastian with a pout.
What would he say?
Part of her was afraid to find out, but her fears were assuaged when Sebastian stood from his kneeling position and sat on the hospital bed, scooping Ciel into his arms.
Ciel cuddled against Sebastian and he began to stroke her bluenette hair as he spoke in his low, smooth voice, "Do you promise that you'll never take anything without me knowing again?"
"Yes." Ciel said quickly. "But the man in the shop promised me that—"
"You cannot trust everyone, kitten. But you can trust me. There are many people in the world who promise things that simply aren't so. They sell lies to the innocent. Really, you should have known that." Sebastian chuckled.
The frown on Ciel's lips when she looked up at him made Sebastian regret what he said.
Sebastian misspoke…
He had forgotten Ciel's past.
How would she have been able to know?
No one had ever taught Ciel about the dangers of the world.
"If you were raised in a cage, maybe you wouldn't know much either." Ciel said quietly, folding her arms.
"I apologize, my dear, that was inconsiderate, please pardon me." Sebastian cooed, genuinely sorry that he had offended his precious bluenette. "I'm afraid my mind is a bit hazy. I haven't had much rest, I've been too worried about you."
Ciel looked up at Sebastian and gave him a soft kiss, granting Sebastian the pardon the requested.
"I know you want children." Ciel said quietly.
"I want you more." Sebastian reassured her, squeezing Ciel gently in his arms.
Ciel sighed. "I ...I'll never do anything like this again, I promise, Sebastian."
"If you do, I'm afraid I'll have to get very angry." Sebastian said sternly. "And you do know what an angry alpha is like~."
Ciel blushed at the amorous look that had crept into Sebastian's tired eyes as he gazed at her.
Even in a hospital gown, Ciel was easily the most beautiful omega Sebastian had ever seen.
Ciel was his~.
And he would take her home soon.
A few days later, Dr. Faustus gave the couple the good news that the embolism was definitely gone and Ciel was released from the hospital.
Sebastian fed her smoothies and chocolate cake on his plane while they flew back to England.
Perhaps they could return to the cabin in Iceland for their anniversary next year and have a much happier, easier visit.
Once they arrived at Sebastian's mansion, he asked Ciel one question while they readied for bed that evening.
"Do you still have those pills, kitten?" Sebastian asked.
"I think so, they should be in my bag." Ciel nodded before she stepped into the shower.
Sebastian stared at Ciel's naked frame until she disappeared behind the shower door.
With a growl, he turned away.
Sebastian would have followed her, but now was his chance. He needed to find those pills.
Just one thing left to do before he could enjoy married bliss with his beloved kitten…..
Sebastian walked over to the purse Ciel had carried in Iceland.
He opened it up and pulled out the bottle containing the strange looking pills.
Sebastian's eyes narrowed as he read the label:
Coffins and Cures
Sebastian took out his phone, performed a google search, and pulled up an address.
Ah~.
The shop was not far from his office actually.
A short while later, Sebastian slept soundly with Ciel laying on his shoulder.
Tomorrow, on his lunch hour, Sebastian would pop in to the dangerous shop and pay the owner a little visit.
Sebastian smirked in his sleep.
After all that they had been through, Sebastian's visit may be the shop's last…
No one hurt Sebastian Michaelis's omega without getting hurt themselves.