Chapter 4

He laid down on his bed glaring at the ceiling, unable to sleep from the advents of the day. He knew without fail Sebastian would find what he's looking for easily but... it had been more than an hour since he had sent him off to find her.

Usually he would have been back now with his order complete.

Ciel couldn't help but find it unusual.

All he could do was wait for Sebastian and see if he found anything. But the sound of silence was soon becoming uncomfortable for him. It was strange for him to feel like this. He had been use to the constant silence when he slept in his bed, but now, it was different. Maybe something had changed.

He couldn't take it anymore and let his room and wandered through the dark corridors. The other servants were probably asleep, giving Ciel a reason not to disturb them.

Something about the manor was so unfamiliar to him. Though the manor was just a copy of the original that burnt down nearly eight years ago. It could never had the feeling of warmth and love the original had, no matter how much it look like it.

Even though he had through these corridors hundreds of times, he still couldn't get us to it. Finally he reached what he thought was his study. He opened his study to see the window slightly open. A silly mistake on Sebastian part.

Ciel sighed and made his way to the window and closed it, then sank into his chair. He looked around the dark room remember all the times he would be working and Elizabeth would come in ready to play.

He stroked the edge of his desk and felt himself relax slightly like he always did when he was in study. For him to hear something in the background, Ciel opened his eyes and got up from his chair. To see a shadow in the doorway.

"Sebastian" Ciel stated it, with no question, for all the candles in the room to be lit up suddenly. Showing Sebastian as expected but something else, or someone else.

He eyes widened as he realized he was carrying someone in his arms and knew who it was. Even with their face and body covered over using Sebastian's cloak.

"You found her" He asked, for Sebastian to nod. Ciel slowly made his way over unsure if he should get too close as though he was worried that the person lying in his butler's arms would suddenly disappear into fine air. "Where?"

"Let's just say the recent murders have come to a close" He answered, which only confused Ciel more, before he could ask, Sebastian answered. "She's suffered a few cuts and a strain to the back but nothing that won't heal quickly" He said trying to put on a sad face though Ciel didn't buy it.

Finally he got the courage to move his legs towards him. He slowly moved the cloak from their face to show her.

Elizabeth Midford. His Lizzie.

Elizabeth shot up in her bed silently screaming. She could feel the sweat dripping off her face and body. Her knees tightly to chest and her arms wrapped around them, making her feel safe in a way.

She squeezed her eyes tight, doing the best not to cry. Keeping her promise. Until finally she didn't feel the need to have a tear run down her face anymore.

Finally realizing she was in an unfamiliar place, or more like a familiar place. She soon realized where she was, from the style of furniture. She was here. She was at the Phantomhive Manor. One of the last places she wanted to be.

She looked down to see she was now wearing a female night-gown and the cuts on her arms wrapped over with bandages. The thought of her being unchanged while a sleep made her skin crawl. She had a look around and could see that nothing had changed.

The memories her childhood soon came flying back. The nights she would spend her as a child in this exact room. Just the thought gave her a headache.

"Good morning, Lady Elizabeth" She turned to see Sebastian had entered the room without even making a sound. Though it wasn't a surprise he could do that.

She tried to get up from the bed to had a stabbing pain in her back, making it too painful to move.

"Please, Lady Elizabeth, stay still. Your body is still recovering from last night" He told her.

"Last night?" She said, for her to remember everything. The killer, her seconds from death.

"You were quite lucky, My Lady" He told her as he used one hand to put the sheets over her legs while she sat up. Then placed a tray with breakfast though she looked at it with thought of hunger.

"I could handle myself" She said.

"I could see that." He said, "But did you really think the knifes hidden in your shoe and shorts could stop him in time" Showing her the knife, which shocked her slightly.

"Like I said, I could handle it"

"Indeed, the master was worried about you" She didn't bother to reply, instead looked down at the food while clenching her fists. He smirked at the sight, indeed, he found this interesting. "The Master wishing to see you-"

"No!" She shouted, her voice echoing through the room. "I don't wish to see him"

"But, Lady Eliz-"

"Don't call me that!" She shouted, banging her fists against the tray making the food fly everywhere.

"My, what a mess" He said calmly and started to clean the mess. He looked and could see that the tea a spit all over her, Sebastian make sure that it was hot and yet, she did not make a sound. She didn't even flinch from the pain as the liquid soaked through her clothes to her skin. "I'll fetch you some clothes" He said taking the tray with him and leaving the room.

Elizabeth didn't bother moving not wanting to feel anymore pain in her back, that was caused from fall to the ground with such impact. Though at the time it was nothing but she knew there was a large bruise swelling on to her back now.

She let a sigh again, a habit she had grown. She looked around the room once again and this time, she couldn't stop the flood of memories that came to her mind.

Of her past. All the times she would come into this room and play hide and seek or when she spent her alone time with her dear aunt Rachel and Madam Red.

Don't, A voice in her head told her. You don't have time for this. She nodded agreeing. She tempted getting up, this time ignoring the pain from her back well.

She slowly made her way to the window while her one hand rub her back, which slightly helped. Finally she reached the window to see the view of the beautiful garden. She tried to open it with her one hand which didn't work and then tried with both of them but the pain of her back made it too hard to open it.

She let out deep and slow breathes, telling her that the window wasn't going to be her way out. She knew by a few days her back would be recovered but she didn't have time for this. She had to leave at soon as possible or things would get even worse than they already are.

"What do you mean she doesn't want to see me?!" She could hear Ciel shouted from behind the door.

"She says that she doesn't wish to see you" Sebastian simple said.

"And why is that?!" He shouted, his angry rose. Strangely enough the voice of angry did not shock or even scary Elizabeth in the slightest.

When the two were young is was very rare for her to hear her cousin angry. There was only really one time Ciel got truly angry at her, when she broken his ring all those years ago. Of course when it happened, she regretted it and hated herself for making him so angry but now? It didn't bother her in the slightest, she just regret doing something so... childish.

"I do not know, my lord" Sebastian though something in his voice told Ciel and even Elizabeth, who was behind a door, that he did.

"Well, I guess we'll find out!" He shouted, for the doors to burst open, showing an angered and ragde young man.

"Hello, Cousin" She greeted him with a smirk.

He couldn't believe it.

She didn't wish to see him!

It had been five years! And yet she didn't wish to see him!

He just couldn't get his mind wrapped around it. It just didn't seem right to him. It felt horrible, so uncomfortable, to be told this. It didn't make it any better it was from Sebastian. The cock bastard! Smirking at him, knowing how this news would displease him.

When he burst through the doors he expected to see her, shocked or at the very least startled by him doing such a thing. No, instead he got a smirk. Something that didn't fit well him.

"Don't act all innocent with me, Lizzie" He said, her expression changed from the word of her name. Her smirk was gone. "Why did you not wish to see me?" He asked.

"Because..." She started as she dragged her eyes towards him as he waited for her to answer. "I just didn't"

"What?!" He said, god founded. "You can't be serious!"

"I am" She told him a cold voice, a voice he never heard her speak before. It was always filled with such emotion.

"That's... that's not a good enough reason" He told her as his tightened his fist.

"It is for me" She looked down at her hands covered with cuts and bruises. Ciel looked her over seeing all the bandages she had and the cut that was on her face. He moved his glare as her eyes look at him.

"What the hell were you doing there anyway? Walking the streets of London in the night! You should know better than anyone that it's dangerous" He questions her, changing the subject. "You could have died!"

"But I didn't"

"Because of Sebastian"

"I could have taken care of myself, I didn't need your mutt's help" She spat out, his eye widened. Elizabeth had never had addressed anyone in such a way before, not even servants.

"Have you see the state you're in?! Your completely covered in cuts and bruise and you're trying to tell me that you can take care of yourself"

"It doesn't concern you what I do" Avoiding answering his question.

"It doesn't concern me?! You are my fiancée and I believe your safety does concern me!" He shouted down at her storming across the room and still she didn't flinch.

"Not anymore" She told him heartlessly looking him straight into his eye.

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