Alois stared down at the papers on his desk, bored out of his mind. His thoughts wandered over to the young girl he had met at Phantomhive's manor the other day. She seemed...different than anyone else he's met.

"Claude!" He shouted, waiting for his demon to appear with a frown. Once the golden eyed spider did appear, the older teen turned to face him. "That girl...Ivory. What is she? She isn't a demon, is she?" Slight disgust edged into his tone as he spoke. Claude took a moment to push up his glasses before he answered. "No, your highness. She isn't a demon." Alois' shoulders sagged in relief. "But, she isn't human either. Unfortunately, I don't know what she is." He spoke with no emotion as usual, but Alois had gotten used to that long ago.

"I want you to keep an eye on her. Tell me what she is." Alois said, folding his hands and placing his elbows on his desk, resting his chin on his hands. Claude's eyes narrowed ever so slightly. "Your highness…?"

Alois' eyes darkened. "I want her."

"Ivory?"

The girl in question looked up from washing the floors to see her master standing beside her. "Master!" She squeaked, a bit startled at his sudden appearance. She struggled to get off her knees when a hand appeared in front of her. Huffing out a laugh, she took hold of the hand and let Ciel pull her up. However, he used a bit too much strength, and she was pulled directly into his chest. A heavy blush dusted her cheeks as she apologized to Ciel, backing away to give him space. His hand on her arm stopped her from moving to far, and he pulled her closer once again. "Don't apologize." He whispered, looking into her orange eyes. He watched as her slitted pupil dilated, getting bigger as her body relaxed.

Shaking her head with a fond smile on her face, Ivory backed away from Ciel and gave him a bow, before standing back up. The earl watched her actions with frown on his face. "Ivory?" He asked. She hummed a reply. "Where are your wings? And your tail?" She looked at him curiously. "I've hidden them, in case we have a guest." She said, leaning down to grab the rag she was using to clean the floor. "Well, we won't be having one today. You can let them out." He stated, before walking away.

Ivory sighed in relief as she stopped using her powers to hide her extra appendages. The pain that was gathering from them being cramped went away in seconds, and she gave her wings a couple flaps to let them re-adjust themselves.

Unbeknownst to her, a spider nearly fell from its web when her wings popped out of her back. It's eyes wide, the spider scurried from the web and towards the girl, to get a better view.

Ivory reached in between the folds of her skirt and found a hidden hole. Smiling softly when she pushed her hand through the material, she easily pulled her tail through the hole and looked back at it, giggling softly when she wagged it softly. "That feels so much better." She sighed.

She moved to get back down on her knees to finish washing the floor, when the familiar voice of a certain demon called out to her. "Yes, Sebastian?" She asked, turning to face the demon who now stood beside her. "Follow me, if you will." He stated simply, before walking off towards the kitchen.

Raising a brow at his actions, Ivory followed after the demon. When she walked through the door to the kitchen, she noticed there was an herb sitting on the table. "Sebastian..?" She muttered out, walking up to the green herb. It held a strong smell that made her feel sick. "Not exactly appetizing, I know. But this should help you out." The dragon-kin's eyes snapped to the demon. "'Help me'? With what?" She asked poking the white flower that hung onto the green stems. "It should control your heat cycles. Make them more bearable."

"How….?" Ivory turned to the demon, speechless. "It was on an order from the young master." Sebastian said, smirking softly. "Just eat one flower everyday when you're in heat. We started growing the plant in the garden as well, for future times." Sebastian explained, before he turned and left Ivory alone in the kitchen. With a small smile on her face, Ivory gently plucked one of the flowers from the stem and popped it in her mouth. Chewing the plant slowly, she grimaced slightly at the taste, but picked up the small clump of flowers and headed off towards her room.

As she passed the front entryway, a small spider jumped onto the hem of her dress, going unnoticed by her.

It didn't take her long to get to her room, but once she did, she placed the herbs in a small dish of water and left them sitting on the windowsill to get plenty of light.

Her tail twitched as she felt something touching it, like something was inching it's way up her scales. Looking down, she saw a small, fuzzy spider. She lifted her tail up to her face, watching as the spider made its way to the tip of her tail, which was now inches away from her nose. "Hello there." She giggled out, giving a close-eyed smile to the spider. Upon opening her eyes, the spider was nowhere to be found.

"Hello."

Ivory whipped around and let a gasp escape her lips when she saw a familiar butler standing next to her. "I never expected the Phantomhive boy to get his gloves on something like you." The demon said, pushing up his glasses as his golden eyes stared at her, as if he was analyzing her. "You're….Alois' demon...right?" She said, the muscle in her wings tightening, ready to fight or fly. "Yes." He said simply. Upon noticing her tail rise up threateningly, he took a step back. "I am not here to harm you. Merely to observe you on his highness' orders." Ivory's pupil thinned as she glared at him with aggression.

Before she could say anything else, the demon had vanished before her eyes, leaving her with more questions than answers. Ivory stared at the space the demon had previously occupied, before she huffed out a breath and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Alois was sitting in the library, playing with one of the swords hanging on the wall when Claude had reappeared. "Well?" He asked, giving his butler a bored stare.

"It seems Ivory is a dragon-kin." Claude revealed, pushing his glasses up. Alois turned to the demon, intrigued. "A dragon-kin?" He repeated, looking for a more in depth explanation. "In short terms, she's part dragon. She can turn into a dragon at will, or use her powers to hide what she truly looks like. Her true form is not much different than what you saw. She was really only missing her wings and tail, your highness." Alois hummed thoughtfully at his words.

Then, the earl's eyes darkened. "Does Ciel have her in his clutches?" He asked, sending a glare out the window near him. "From what I've seen, it seems as though they both seem to feel something between each other, but neither has acted upon the feeling." Claude reported, watching as the blonde's shoulders seemed to sag with relief.

"With the way she was acting...she was practically begging for my touch. Ciel hasn't done anything to her?" Alois was severely confused. Either Ivory has extremely good resolve when it comes to denying the touch of a man, or Phantomhive was a complete moron. "She's in heat, your highness." Claude said.

"Heat?" Alois was trying to get more information from the demon. He was beginning to get annoyed that Claude wasn't telling him everything immediately. "Once a year, Ivory will go into heat. The heat will last a month, and during that time, her body will crave release. Release that only a male she finds to be suitable can give to her. During that time, if she happens to find the male, she can make him her mate. Considering she's the last of her kind, she may never find someone suitable to her tastes. She can find release in other ways." Claude finished, peaking the blonde's interest.

"Other ways, you say?" A small smirk spreads across Alois' face. "Yes. For instance, she will eventually take matters into her own hands and give herself the release her body craves. But, it is curious as to why she hasn't done so already…." As the demon trailed off, Alois' attention snapped to him. "What makes you say that?" The earl asked, eyeing the golden-eyed butler.

"If she doesn't get release, her pain will only get worse. It seems she's already gone a week without release, if that keeps up, the heat could potentially kill her from the pain." Alois' eyes widened at the information.