Author's Note: This chapter begins the stroy. If anything is confusing anywhere in the story, please inform me through a review, or PM me. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: A Truth Revealed

"My Liege, it is time to wake up," Alexonia's voice broke Jacob's slumber. He had been dreaming about that night again.

"Is it time already?" asked Jacob, rubbing his eyes with his fists.

"Yes, my liege, it is time. Our guests are prior to arrive soon," answered Alexonia, now helping her master and putting his day clothes on him.

"Ciel Phantomhive, Alois Trancy and their servants, right?"

"Right you are; my liege."

Jacob sat at the table, still pondering over the time when he had made the contract. Alexonia had always been so secretive about everything; never really telling him much about herself. But what interested him was her behavior around certain people. And today's guests reminded him about what he had meant to ask her for quite some time now.

The Phantomhive and Trancy butlers had always seemed to interest Alexonia, and as far as he could figure out, the latter was also found curious by the handsome butlers of the said manors. Whenever the three young boy-Earls got together at any one of the three manors, he had noticed the three chief servants search for any time off, and as soon as they got it, they would sneak off somewhere, and finding them would prove to be futile. But she had never told him what it was that they concealed. Then again, he had never really remembered to ask. He had never really plucked up enough courage to ask. He decided that today was the best day to ask her about this. He had always suspected that something was odd; something was definitely wrong with the absurdly 'perfect' male butlers of both mansions.

"Alexonia!"

The woman appeared before her master.

"You called for me, my liege?"

"Yes. Sit down. I need to talk to you. I know that you are always honest. Therefore, I want to know the correct answers to my questions."Jacob finished, looking at the woman's nonplussed expression.

Alexonia arched an eye-brow as she pulled a chair and sat down gracefully beside the sixteen-year old, eyeing him with sheer curiosity.

"Alexonia, tell me more about your clan."

"My Clan? Why, of all things would you request to be enlightened over this topic, which concerns you the least?" Alexonia looked at her master with wide-eyed disbelief and surprised tone.

"No…it's simply because you seem to act weird whenever we are at either the Trancy, or the Phantomhive manor. Why is that?" asked Jacob. He was suspecting something, and wanted to know whether he had made the correct connection.

"My liege, it is in our nature to get slightly 'excited' at meeting our fellows." Alexonia replied, smirking.

"Your fellows? What do you mean?"

"I mean, fellow demons, my liege," replied Alexonia nonchalantly.

"Demons? You mean there are demons at the Phantomhive and Trancy manors?" asked Jacob, thunderstruck. At his accuracy and acute sense.

"Yes, my liege. Not one, but six of them," said Alexonia, casually twisting a lock of hair between her long fingers.

"Six! You mean to say that they're all contracted? But, who contracted them? And who are these demons?" Jacob couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Yes, my liege. You are right. They are contracted. But not all of them. Ciel Phantomhive contracted with a demon, who he now calls Sebastian Michaelis-" Alexonia was cut off.

"Ciel's butler! He's a demon?" Jacob was extremely shocked at his observations becoming reality.

"Yes, master. And he has only one demon, contract-bound. Alois Trancy's servants are all demons. Claude Faustus is a senior-ranking demon like Sebastian Michaelis, with the maid Hannah Annafellows being lower in rank, and the Triplet servants being her sub-ordinates." Alexonia finished, gazing at her master seductively.

"But…that means Ciel's other servants are human! But then again, how did Alois contract with five demons?"

"Yes, my Liege. Ciel Phantomhive has a single contract. So does Alois Trancy, with the butler. But the maid is a demon with a prior contract with Lord Trancy's younger brother. The maid Hannah told me this. And as for the Triplets, they follow Hannah by demon laws, due to being her sub-ordinates."

"Hmmm. I never knew Alois had a brother…or any living relative, coming to that. Tell me everything you know, Alexonia. And explain the…what did you say…ranking?"

Alexonia giggled, which sent shivers along Jacob's spine.

"All right, my liege. I shall tell you everything."

A/N: So, whatcha think? Please review and let me know!