"Damon is missing" Sebastian announced a few days later at breakfast. Ciel's fork fell from her hands.

"What do you mean he's missing?" She asked, her hands shaking.

"He was wandering the grounds last week but he wasn't here this morning" Sebastian replied.

"How could he have escaped? There's no way out except through the front gates" Alois asked.

"Search for him. Now" Ciel ordered.

"The triplets are on it. Until then, this arrived this morning" Sebastian said.

Ciel took the letter and opened it up. Alois read it over her shoulder and Ciel placed it back on the table.

"What does it say?" Luke asked watching his brother and Ciel apprehensively.

"The Queen wishes for us to investigate the attempted murder of William Ackerman" Ciel said.

"Attempted murder?" Sebastian asked.

"Let's go and check it out" Ciel said standing up.

"My lady, your breakfast?" Claude asked and Ciel shook her head.

"I'll eat when I see Damon return" Ciel replied and then went to her room.

They visited the home of William Ackerman. William was an assistant manager working at an architectural firm and he lived with his wife, brother and sister in law. Ciel introduced herself and Alois and then asked what had happened.

"I woke up this morning and I told William to wake up. He wasn't waking up and by the time I brought up a cup of coffee for him, he still wasn't awake. So I tore off the bed covers and then saw these deep slashes on his arm and blood was flowing profusely. I screamed for my brother in law who tried to wake William. Then William woke up, thank god" His wife explained.

"So all this took place your bedroom? Can you show us?" Ciel asked.

William stood up and then led them to the bedroom. Ciel examined the room and then turned to William.

"There's no way in here except the door and the window. The window was locked from the inside. The door was unlocked right?" Alois asked.

"And your room is right opposite William and Martha's right?" Ciel asked.

William and his brother George nodded.

"If this was an attempted murder then the killer will be back soon. Tonight, we'll catch him. William, you need to sleep in this room. Claude will keep guard outside the room and Sebastian will keep guard outside" Alois said.

"What if something happens? I can't lose William" Martha said.

"Nothing will happen madam. I am one hell of a butler" Sebastian reassured her.

"Sebastian will catch the killer, don't worry" Ciel said.

That night Claude stood right outside William and Martha's bedroom door. Martha had opted to sleep in the guest room while George and his wife slept in their own room. Sebastian kept patrol outside and then tapped his ear piece to keep contact with Claude.

"Anything yet?" Sebastian asked.

"No. Martha hasn't fallen asleep yet. I just checked on William two minutes ago and he was fine" Claude replied.

"Mr. Claude?" Martha asked and Claude focused his golden gaze on her.

"Yes madam?"

"May I please see my husband?" Martha asked.

"I'm sorry madam but I cannot let you do that. He is perfectly safe" Claude replied.

"Please. It'll calm my nervousness" Martha pleaded.

"Let her go" Sebastian said and Claude opened the door.

Martha stepped inside and then screamed. Claude turned and his eyes widened as the familiar scent of death accosted his senses. As soon as Sebastian heard the scream he ran into the house.

"He's dead? That's impossible" Claude said checking William's pulse.

"How could anyone have slipped past me?" Sebastian asked.

"I knew we shouldn't have called you here! At least William would have been alive" Martha screamed out of grief.

"Maybe there's a secret door in this room" Claude suggested.

He and Sebastian began tapping the walls for any hollow panels. Claude pulled open the closet door and then noticed an open safe.

"Madam, was this safe always empty?" Claude asked.

"The safe?" Martha rushed over and then gasped with horror.

"All of my expensive jewelry and important documents were in here. They've been stolen" Martha replied.

The next day, Ciel entered the dining room without even looking at Sebastian. Usually she would hug him or even kiss him but this time she just sat down and let Hannah serve breakfast. The same thing happened with Alois who ignored Claude and ate breakfast in silence. Finally Luke broke the silence.

"What's going on?" he asked.

Ciel sighed and then glared at Sebastian. Alois did the same to Claude. Both demons winced at the cold shoulder their lovers were giving them.

"Mistress..." Sebastian spoke up and then blanched when a sort of fire erupted in Ciel's eye.

"How could you have failed? How?" she asked in a cold voice.

"Not only one but two demons couldn't find the killer?" Alois asked his blue eyes like ice.

"We apologise" Claude said bowing his head.

"Apologies aren't going to make the Queen happy. How will I explain that the murder was done under our supervision?" Ciel asked.

The triplets entered the room and then handed a file to Ciel. Ciel nodded to them and then opened the file. She examined the documents and then nodded.

"William's personal and business accounts were emptied a couple of days before the murder" Ciel reported.

Alois's cellphone rang and he grabbed it out of his pocket. His eyes widened when he heard what had happened.

"Another murder. Harrison Peterson. Same methods, same time. Their safe was robbed as well" Alois said.

"Undertaker must have the bodies by now so we can use the fingerprints to see who did it" Ciel stood and then left her uneaten breakfast on the table.

They got to the Undertaker's where he was busy examining the body of Peterson.

"Do you have any idea who did it?" Alois asked.

"Oh I know who did it. Harrison killed Harrison and William killed William" Undertaker replied.

"What?" Alois asked thoroughly confused.

"They killed themselves? How could they? Actually, why would they kill themselves? And how come these two didn't hear a sound?" Ciel asked.

"They could have had a sound proof room" Alois suggested.

"Demons can hear even in sound proof rooms" Claude replied.

"Maybe someone hypnotized them" Ciel said.

"If they did hypnotize them then how come none of these two heard a trigger?" Alois asked.

"Maybe there was a trigger but not a sound" Ciel replied.

"Then we should ask Martha and Peterson's neighbors" Sebastian said.

At William's home, Martha denied hearing any sound on the night of the attempted murder. Peterson's neighbor, Amanda even said she hadn't heard anything.

"Okay what did you guys hear at night then?" Ciel asked.

"I usually hear music from next door and a door slamming or a car driving through the street. Yesterday I heard a dog barking too" Amanda replied.

Sebastian stiffened as he remembered what he had heard when he patrolled.

"I heard a dog barking as well" He said.

"I did as well" Martha said.

"There's our trigger. The dog barked and brought out the hypnotic trance" Ciel said.

"How many times did the dog bark?" Alois asked.

"Three times" Sebastian replied and the two women nodded in agreement.

Outside, Ciel began researching on dog training facilities.

"Ciel, we should search for any paw prints or even hair of the dog" Alois said.

"Sebastian will do it. After all, he hates dogs" Ciel replied.

Sebastian searched and then found a few paw prints.

"I found it" he announced and then began brushing the sand away from the paw print. He spotted a white strand of fur and grabbed it before it could fly away.

"This is a Labrador hair" Ciel said.

"How did you know?" Alois asked.

"Because Damon has hair like this. And the same paw print..." Ciel's voice trailed off as she realized what she was saying.

"The person committing the murders is the one who's taken Damon" Alois realized.