I dressed in a maid' s uniform that was the same as yesterday's. My body moved through the tasks of the day with ease, and efficiency.
I was hanging wet sheets when I heard Finny.
"Oh no! Mr Sebastian is going to kill me!" He said. I ran to the garden and saw him standing before a dead field.
"What happened?" I asked standing next to him.
"I put the pesticides in the water sprayer by accident," he said as the tears that filled his eyes spilled over.
"Oh it will be okay don't cry, I can fix it. You have to close your eyes." I said to him. I wiped the tears from his face. Funny closed his eyes tightly; I plunged my hand into the soil and whispered," Heal the wounds inflicted on the .
Take what you need from me.
Lift yourself from ghostly slumber
Turn back time's ticking numbers."
The plants returned to the former state of vibrant life.
"Funny open your eyes," I said then got back to work.
"How?!" I heard him exclaim.
I smirked as I hung the last sheet on the line.
Later on I was dusting in the halls; as I turned the corner I saw the young master standing in front of a window. He was studying the ring on his thumb; I was about to leave, but I heard an unfamiliar voice speaking outside of the manor. I turned my head to the right looking out the window there. A man with a sniper rifle hid in the bushes, it's sites trained on the young master.
"MASTER!" I yelled, dropping the feather duster and running towards him just as the gun fired. I dived in front of the young master, the bullet struck me in the chest I hooked my arm around him managing to bring him down with me as another shot was fired. My breathing was in shallow pants as I fought to keep consciousness through the pain.
"Master Ciel, are you alright," I asked, pain straining my voice.
"I'm fine." He answered, he wore a face of shock, his blue eye wide.
"What was all that noise?" The highly identifiable voice of Sebastian spoke.
"It would seem some one tried to shoot me, Lillian shielded me with her body," Ciel explained.
"She needs be taken to the hospital" Sebastian picked me up as he said this, I grunted to hold back a scream of agony.
"No, none of that, just take out the bullet and I'll be fine," I said suppressing the urge to scream profanities at the top of my lungs.
"Take out the bullet, Sebastian." Ciel said in his usual usual monotone voice.
"As you wish my Lord." Sebastian answered. He carried me to a bedroom and lie me down on the bed, he left for a moment then came back with towels and a bottle of what could only be alcohol. He gave me one of the towels.
"Bite down on this," he ordered. I did as he said, he ripped open my dress exposing my bra and bloody gunshot wound, " this is going to hurt...a lot."
He poured the alcohol on the wound and my muffled screams filled the room. He then put two fingers in to the wound searching mercilessly for the bullet. The bullet had gone deep and after what seemed like hours Sebastian said, " ah, here we are," and withdrew his fingers and the bullet.
My body trembled from the pain, and I quickly lost my grip on consciousness.
"Lily I'm scared," Sarah whimpered.
"I will protect you, do not fear." I said.
Those words echoes tormenting me relentlessly.
"I'm sorry, protect, I was to protect. Failure." I said
Sebastian POV
She mumbled in her pain induced slumber. Lily, that's what Finnian had called her. The name was partially fitting, she was as beautiful as a Lily, maybe even more.
Several timid knocks hit my door; with a sigh I moved from the bedside and opened the door.
"What is you two? As I recall you have work to do." I spoke to the two imbeciles at my door.
"Mr. Sebastian, is Lily okay?" Finnian asked. The young boy seemed to be uncomfortable, which was understandable. I have never been known for a soothing presence.
"She is fine."
"Master wants to see her when she wakes." Bard said.
"Alright," I answered and began to close the door.
"Are you sure the little lady's going to be alright?"Bard asked pushing the door open.
"She will be absolutely fine; I assure you." I said smoothly. Lillian' s wound whale the moment the bullet was removed.
"Well...Alright. At least she finished her work before she got hurt, she even had dinner in the oven." Bard spoke
"Well do not disappoint her efficiency by allowing the food to burn," I said dismissing the troublesome chef.
"Yeah.."the moved away from the door and Finnish followed him.
What an impressive young lady. I stood bedside and watched her beautiful unconscious face. She could be compared to a flower, her skin appeared to be smooth and petal soft. I didn't touch though I longed to do so, but her body looked so small, so delicate. Lillian was only slightly taller than the young master, her feminine attributes were abundant exaggerating her small waist and rib cage, giving a top hour glass shape. No, I didn't touch. This girl seemed beyond my touch, my reach not for any other reason but it felt ...wrong. It felt wrong to touch her to partake in forbidden fruit. I laughed at my thoughts, has there ever been a fruit forbidden to me that I didn't partake in. Surely she was nothing special, just another sheep in the flock, a morsel for a predator. However her skin the color of melted rich milk chocolate and caramel was as alluring as it was exotic. Lillian groaned slightly, I watched her face. She had long black eyelashes and full lips. Ah, those lips they somehow managed to be more expressive than her eyes. Each infinitesimal movement gave away an emotion. She usually wore a grief stricken expression, or one of patient tolerance as of she is waiting to die. Though, she looks at Finnian differently her face is one of peace, like that when she cooks...
Her face become a mask when she speaks to me. What is it that she doesn't want me to see, to know? Is she hiding a feeling, do I make her feel a certain way? That wouldn't be anything new, the human woman always found herself attracted to me perhaps she hid her lust? My face moved close to hers searching for some clue to her secrets. I memorized her face taking in the beautiful rich color of her skin, looking, seeking, searching for some untold secret that she hid from me
Lillian POV
Failure! Failure! Failure! The word echoed through my head. I desperately tried to escape it, as I shied away from the shouted word I gained consciousness, my eyes looked in to blood red ones. I gasped my fist struck the face the red eyes belonged to, without my telling it to.
The person grunted and moved its face away from me and cursed. It was Sebastian!
"Oh my! I'm sorry!" I said putting a hand on my chest
"It's fine I startled you," he said. I watched as he licked the blood from his bottom lip.
"Yes, but I shouldn't have punched you."
"I'm alright," he cleared his throat," the young master would like to see you."
"Okay," I looked at his lip it was swelling," aww it's swelling. I can't let you be seen like that. Come here." I stood on my knees on the bed. Sebastian walked to me.
"Alright, I'm going to heal you," I said nervously,"you...um be still"
My heart pounded in my chest, curse my guilty conscience. I quickly pressed my lips against his, healing his inflamed lip. Then moved away from him quickly. Sebastian's eyes were wide with shock.
"I'm sorry! I just couldn't live with myself knowing I did that to you...And I had the power to fix it, but didn't, and I'm sorry."
"It is fine, thank you."
"You're welcome...the young master!" I said. I looked down at my dress, and realized that I was wearing a new one. I didn't even question it. Hurriedly I put only shoes and left the room.
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