Disclaimer: I do now own Godchild or The Count Cain Saga; they all belong to Kaori Yuki. The only ones I characters own are Cassandra, Aurora, and Alyssa.

Author's Note: This is the sequel to Dark Light, White Light: Duet in the Darkness. Must read the "prequel" first before reading this…or else you will get confused!

Dark Light, White Light: Angels

By: Aurora Hargreaves

Chapter 1: A New Beginning…and a Fight

My name is Riffael Raffit, just call me Riff, because I sometimes can't stand it when someone calls me by my given name. I'm 28 years old. I am the head butler of the Hargreaves family-used to be a promising medical student…well, until a certain unfortunate accident happened to my family. I'm the only survivor.

I currently live at the Hargreaves mansion with Lord Cain, Lady Aurora, Lady Cassandra, (who was brought back from the dead by Dominic Crehador) and Miss Mary Weather, their half sister. And now, with Lady Cassandra back among the living, it is a new beginning for all of us.

I'm right now currently preparing tea for all of them, and as I walk in, I see that Lady Aurora is getting mad at Lord Cain for something he just said. And Lady Cassandra just stared at me…wait, I'm imagining things right? Lady Cassandra…I remember back then when I served under Lady Aurora for a short time and she always talked about her older sister. If there was one word to describe Lady Cassandra, it would be gorgeous.

She is currently 17 years old, but she died when she was twelve. Lady Aurora explained this all to me, but I find it still a little confusing…I'll get back to that on a later date. Back to Lady Cassandra, who was wearing a vivid sky blue dress, she has light/dark brunette hair that reaches up to her waist, green eyes with a tint of gold, (just like Lord Cain's) you could practically get lost staring into those cat-like eyes, and a enchanting personality, just like her younger brother. (Lady Cassandra is the oldest by five minutes, Lord Cain is older by two minutes, and Lady Aurora is the youngest between the three of them,) but Miss Mary is the youngest of all them, since she's only ten years old.

As I set the tea down in front of them, and hand Miss Mary a plate of scones, which she gladly took, I hear a bit of Lady Aurora and Lord Cain's conversation, while Lady Cassandra excused herself and went to her room, but she really was standing by the stairs, just to hear the conversation:

"I told you Cain, that habit of yours is going to get someone killed," she argued.

"Which habit are you talking about?" He asked playfully as I watched him stroke her right arm from the elbow down to her wrist. She watched his every move, but couldn't stare straight into his eyes.

Her eyes changed from their light warm chocolate brown color to a dark midnight blue, same color as her dress. We all knew that she was mad whenever her eyes suddenly changed color without warning. Miss Mary took that as a cue to evacuate the room and with the swish of her white dress and the plate of scones in her hands, she was out of the sitting room in two seconds flat and fled straight to her room.

Lady Aurora sighed. "I'm talking about your recklessness!" She exclaimed in a cold tone as she pushed Lord Cain off of her.

I saw his eyes change from green with a tint of gold to their hypnotic golden-amber color. A smirk was making its way onto his face…and I knew that he was plotting something to get Lady Aurora off the topic. And I looked towards the direction of the stairs to see as I predicted, Lady Cassandra sitting at the top of the stairs watching this whole scene unfold. I then heard Lord Cain ask in a very seductive tone, "Does it always have to be about me?"

I knew that sooner or later Lady Aurora would be giving in, because she couldn't hold her own with Lord Cain in a fight, when he did this to her…well, only if she wanted to. In this case, she wasn't giving in anytime soon. And I swear that I saw Lady Cassandra smirk at this outcome.

"Maybe, because there is always a crime or murder and it gets you dragged into something that concerns you, Cain!" Lady Aurora exclaimed.

And Lord Cain smirked and whispered something in her ear that I didn't catch, but it caused her to slap him really hard, maybe even harder then Lord Neil did once, who is their uncle and guardian. I looked up at the direction of the stairs as Lady Aurora went to her room and I saw that Lady Cassandra was gone from her position.

I then went to get Lord Cain some ice, since Lady Aurora did slap him quite hard.

I handed the ice wrapped in a cloth to him, and he put it on the spot where a slight bruise was beginning to form…she got him pretty good.

"Lord Cain, what did you say to Lady Aurora to let her get so mad at you like that?" I asked, since I was a little curious as I watched him lie down on the couch and put the ice back onto his bruised cheek.

He smiled a smile that reminded me of an angel that could smile like the devil. If anyone could do that, it would be Lord Cain himself. I then saw his eyes change back to their original color: green with a tint of gold.

As he handed me the ice back, he said, "Maybe you should ask her yourself."

I only nodded as Lord Cain asked me to leave the room. I finally finished my duties for the day, and went upstairs to check on things, first with Miss Mary, she was fast asleep; Lady Cassandra was in her room, who was reading such a good book, that she didn't even hear me open the door. She only nodded as I came in to check on her. And last, but not least, I went to go and check on Lady Aurora. I didn't hear a single sound in her room, as if she wasn't even there at all, so I opened the door slightly and walked in and closed it.

"Oh, Riff, it's you," she says a little surprised as she sits up on her bed and wipes away the rest of her tears.

"Are you alright Lady Aurora?" I ask as I pick up each of the Hargreaves family files that were on the floor and rearrange them back into alphabetical order on the book shelf.

"Yes, I'm fine," she answers in a small voice as I sit down next to her on her bed (she lets me, when she needs someone to talk to…she doesn't like it when I stand most of the time).

"I don't want to pry Lady Aurora, but what did Lord Cain say to you?" I asked as she looked up at me.

"He said that he doesn't care about me at all," she answered as she started to cry again

I then saw her smile through her tears, and she said, "But I know that he's playing with my heart, because he does it whenever he feels like it, or when he gets the chance to."

I knew that Lord Cain started doing this to her recently after Lady Cassandra came back to us, maybe once a week, mostly on Fridays, but now he really was doing it just to annoy her. Well, this might shock you, because when Lord Cain met Lady Aurora again, he didn't know that Lady Aurora was his little sister…and he found out a little too late after he kissed her. Well, the incestuous relationship between them doesn't bother me at all, but I hope that they sort this fight out sooner or later.

"Riff, are you alright?" I hear Lady Aurora ask, since it snapped me out of my thoughts.

I smiled as she reads my thoughts…something I know that she could do, but I wasn't expecting it.

"Riff, you're worried about what happened between Cain and me, right?" She asked, and that was exactly what I was thinking at this moment.

"Yes, I am," I admitted. You could never lie to Lady Aurora, no matter what you do (she hates it when we lie to her...she can forgive Lady Cassandra, Miss Mary, and me for lying to her, but when it comes to Lord Cain, she just can't…until he can fully apologize). I find it weird, but I can see why she does that, it's because Lord Cain is someone who sometimes has a hard time expressing his emotions.

She smiles, and it reassures me. "It's okay; you don't have to worry about this Riff, besides, if I know older brother, he'd be running up the stairs by now.

She was right, since I heard Lord Cain running up the stairs and opened her door. He walked in, breathless. She motioned for him to sit down on her bed, and once he did, he pulled her into his arms; he always does this before he apologizes to her.

"What do you want now Cain?" I hear her ask in an annoyed tone.

I see him smile like an angel again…she can't refuse him when he acts like this towards her. And she just made the mistake of staring him straight in the eye. They changed yet again from their green color with a tint of gold to golden-amber. And now she's under his spell. Before anything else happened, I excused myself from the room. But I can tell you the rest, since I've seen this happen more than once…

And I can hear their conversation repeat clearly as if it was yesterday.

"Aurora, I'm sorry, will you forgive me?" He would ask with pure guilt laced in his voice as she'd push him away from her.

"No," she'd answer in a cold voice as she'd slowly give in to him.

"Please Aurora, I was only kidding, please forgive me my princess," he'd whisper the apology in her ear...that would put her under his spell completely.

She'd then look at him and smile like such a playful angel, that it would cause him to lie down next to her on the bed while he'd pull her down next to him, and she wouldn't complain.

Then Lord Cain would hear her say, "Alright, you're forgiven."

And without any warning, he'd kiss her…in a way to let her know that he wasn't lying to her this time. She would respond with an angel's chaste kiss, which would cause him to want her more…and if they went any farther...Lady Cassandra would kill them, so they would usually stop there.

And now dinner is full of talk, mostly Lady Cassandra is doing most of the talking, while Lady Aurora, Lord Cain, Miss Mary, and I are doing most of the listening.

This was until she asked, "So what happened after you both apologized to each other?

Both Lady Aurora and Lord Cain didn't answer, and that was when I realized Lady Cassandra knew what had happened between them. And now Miss Mary was interested in the conversation…not a good thing.

"What are you guys talking about?" I heard Miss Mary ask curiously.

"It's nothing Mary," Lady Cassandra quickly replied.

"Now why don't you go upstairs and read that new book you took from the library?" She asked.

"Okay," she answered, quickly giving in. We all watched her walk up the stairs and out of sight...now we could all relax.

"So what happened?" She persisted, as she looked at Lady Aurora and Lord Cain at the same time.

"Nothing happened," Lady Aurora answered quietly as she looked up at her older sister.

Lady Cassandra smiled, and answered, "Your eyes changed color Aurora, so I know that you're lying."

"So what really happened?" I heard her ask once more.

Lord Cain answered for the both of them. "Three words sis: make-out session."

"I knew it!" She exclaimed as she tried not to laugh.

"What do you mean?" Now it was their turn to ask.

"Don't tell me, you knew that we were...you know?" Lady Aurora wondered.

"Yes, I knew that you guys were together," she answered

"How did you find out?" Lord Cain asked, as his eyes changed to their golden-amber color.

Lady Cassandra smiled and replied, "I found out two weeks after I thought that you guys were hiding something from me. So I followed the both of you to your rooms, only to find that Cain's room was empty, and I decided to check in Aurora's room. That was when I found you two making out on her bed."

I was shocked beyond belief, that I couldn't say anything. And if I remember correctly, that happened on a Saturday.

They both stared at her, but finally, Lady Aurora asked, "So you knew about us, but you didn't say anything?"

"Yup, that's right," she answered as she smirked.

"So how far have you guys gotten?" She asked two seconds later.

Lord Cain answered this time. "If you're thinking that we'd get any farther, sorry to burst your bubble sis, but we haven't, because knowing you if we did, you'd kill me."

"You're right about that one Cain," she answered in a sort-of menacing tone.

Lord Cain took that as a warning, since he knew that Lady Cassandra was just as over-protective as he was when it came to Lady Aurora and Miss Mary...maybe even more than he knew.

"Jeez, Cassandra, you don't have to worry, since I wouldn't do anything like that to Aurora, anytime soon," he answered reassuring his older sister.

"Good, and make sure that you don't or else there will be hell to pay!" She exclaimed in an ice cold voice.

He nodded in response.

"Great, now I'm going to bed, what about you two?" She wondered as she tried to stifle a yawn and walked up the stairs.

"We'll be up in a few minutes sis," Lady Aurora answered as I checked up on everything in the house, making sure that everything was locked up tight and made my way to my bedroom, which was right across the hall from the four of them, and three doors down from the second bathroom.

I could hear Lord Cain and Lady Aurora talking about a few things...and I wonder what Lady Cassandra is thinking right now. But I know that it's something good.

And I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring...