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Summary: Just like the Rose she was both beautiful and deadly. She was beautiful like the satin red petals, and deadly like the thorns that adorn it's stem. And it was because of this that she seemed to captivate him. She was his beautiful rose and he intended on keeping it that way.
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Chapter Fifteen: Immortalized Roses (pt.1)
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:::Winter, 1875:::
"Uncle Vincent! Uncle Vincent! Is aunt Rachel ok?" Little five year old Rina ran pulling herself up in none other that the lap of Vincent Phantomhive.
"She's fine Rina. Don't you worry. Your mother and her are in the other room. You know your baby cousin is coming right?" He smiled gently running his fingers through the young girl's hair.
"Really? I hope it's a girl. I can play with my dolls with her." Rina smiled brightly in her uncle's lap.
Vincent couldn't describe the joy he felt when Rina was close in his reach. The child was truly a fresh of breath air in such a dark and sadistic world such as this.
"Can you promise your uncle something little dove?" Vincent asked.
"What?" She cocked her head adorably.
"Promise me you will never loose that smile of yours. It's very precious. And also promise me you will always be kind to those who deserve it." Vincent stared into her gold colored irises.
She nodded her head vigorously and wrapped her arms around him tightly.
"Anything for you uncle Vincent." She smiled yet again.
Soon the next room was filled with the sound of a wailing baby.
"Is that my cousin?" Rina began bouncing.
"I believe that is." He spoke playing her down.
Angelina came out of the room with a smile.
"Vincent it's a boy." She smiled and then crouched down to meet her daughter.
"You want to see your cousin now?"
"Yes mama!" Rina beamed.
"Shh. We don't want to startle auntie Rachel. She's very tired." Vincent spoke taking Rina's hand and leading her into the room.
Rachel laid in the bed cradling a small bundle in her arms.
"Aunt Rachel is that him?" Rina asked crawling onto the bed and making her way to the head of the bed in order to see her cousin.
"Yes my dear. His name is Ciel. Would you like to hold him after uncle Vincent?" Rachel held a gentle smile seeing Rina so excited.
"Yes." Rina answered watching as Vincent held the small baby in his arms.
"Remember what I told you about holding children Rina." Angelina spoke as Vincent handed her the child.
The baby boy looked up at Rina and babbled before becoming drowsy. Rina stared at Ciel mystified by the tiny human in her arms.
"Mama he's like a porcelain doll." Rina spoke as Vincent handed the child back to Rachel.
"That's right sweetheart and that means you have to be very careful with him." Angelina pulled her daughter up into her arms.
"Vincent make sure my sister gets plenty of rest so that she's strong enough to feed Ciel. I will be sure to come in every day to check her vitals but beyond that I believe she will recover quite nicely. Now with that said I believe we will take our leave." Rina smiled in her mother's arms.
"Angelina can't you let Rina stay the night? I do need someone to keep me company since Rachel is in bed with Ciel to take care of." Vincent spoke.
"Well I suppose that wouldn't be a problem. What do you say Rina? Do you want to stay and play with uncle Vincent?" Angelina asked.
"Yes I do mama!" Rina exclaimed but was quieted by Tanaka.
"Alright. I will be back tomorrow to fetch you. I promise sweetheart." Angelina smiled at Vincent before leaving.
Vincent held out his hand to his niece.
"Come. Why don't you go play with your toys in the study while I finish up my papers?" Rina eagerly agreed and followed Vincent.
Rina wasn't the only one that followed Vincent. The puppy that he had gotten last week was also following them. Rina had named him Sebastian.
Vincent looked up from his papers to see Rina with Sebastian in her lap as she played with the doll house that he had for her. She continually stroked the young hound dog's fur as he rested in he lap. Rina giggled playing with the toys.
Vincent smiled. He was so glad Angelina didn't give her to an orphanage when she had initially found her on the banks of the Thames. Rina was too special and honestly he couldn't imagine his life without Rina. She was his little ray of sunshine just as Rachel and Ciel were.
A knock to the study caused Vincent to look up. Tanaka stood there with a soft smile.
"My Lord dinner is ready." The butler spoke.
"Come along Rina. Time to eat." Vincent stood.
Rina picked up Sebastian and took the pup along with them to the dining room. She set him down and got up into the chair. Sebastian curled up next to her chair and sat obediently.
"Grandpa Tanaka what's for dinner?" Rina asked.
"I'm so glad you asked my lady. Tonight's selection is a roasted pork sirloin with a cream mushroom based sauce with seasoned potatoes and a fresh mint salad." He spoke setting out both Vincent and Rina's plate.
"What about dessert?" Vincent smiled knowing he had grasped the attention of Rina.
"We have a strawberry parfait with seasonal berries and a drizzle of chocolate on the top." Tanaka spoke.
Rina ate like a little lady just how her father had taught her. She practiced really hard to memorize where each utensil sat and what it was for. Vincent carried on small talk with Rina.
His topic of interest came when Rina had mentioned that her father was wanting to do some business in India. The two of them carried on until Tanaka came in.
"Lady Phantomhive wishes to speak with you lady Rina." Tanaka smiled.
Rina pushed her dessert plate back and hopped out of her seat. Sebastian followed in tow as she made her way to her aunt and uncle's quarters.
"Rina come here." Rachel held a soft smile.
Rina crawled back to the spot she had sat previously that afternoon. Sebastian sat on the floor waiting for Rina to come back down.
"Yes auntie." She spoke.
"I wanted to ask a favor of you." Vincent walker in and closed the door.
"Anything for you." Rina beamed.
"I want you to watch over Ciel. Can you promise that? If anything ever happens to uncle Vincent and I, I want you to be the one to watch over Ciel and protect him." Rachel smiled at the child.
"I promise I will watch Ciel. I don't want anything to happen to him." Rina smiled staring at the small baby in her aunt's arms.
"I will be the best cousin ever." She kissed Ciel I'm the forehead.
"Let's leave the two of them alone and go to the library. I can read to you if you'd like." Vincent took Rina's hand.
"Can we read Sherlock Holmes? I want to hear some of his cases!" Rina skipped and Sebastian darted out the room after her.
Rachel only smiled before going back to feeding Ciel.
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An:/ Ok! Here's part one of Rina's back story. As you can tell I will be going from the beginning. To answer BBFan I will be addressing the College arc but I will not be doing a full in-depth story arc. Hopefully this is good for a start. I did my best seems how finals are approaching for me. Anyway please favorite/follow and don't forget to leave a review.
Enjoy reading~
Gracie