Ciel's POV

I wake up and realize I fell asleep with Alois. Looking out the window I can see that night has fallen, moonlight is flooding into the room. I move away from Alois' sleeping form and pull my shorts back on. I wonder if Hannah's back with Orphan yet? Stopping by the bedside, I lightly press my lips on Alois'. He recoils slightly and his sapphire eyes flutter open.

"Sorry," I whisper to him, "I didn't mean to wake you."

"It's fine," he says softly, looking me up and down, "Where are you going?"

"Not far," I assure him, "I'm just going to see if Hannah's back with Orphan. I'll be back very soon, I promise."

"Oh, ok," Alois says softly.

"If you want, I can just stay here with you," I tell him, "I can just call Sebastian and have him report in."

"No, go ahead. I'll be ok for a few minutes."

"You're sure?"

"Yes, just don't leave me be for too long."

"I won't, I promise."

I leave the room and walk down to the kitchen. Might as well bring a snack up for me and Alois, maybe something with chocolate. I run into Sebastian near the door.

"Sebastian," I say, "Has Hannah returned yet?"

"She hasn't," he replies, "It's a curious thing really. She should've been back by now."

"Go find her," I tell Sebastian. She must've run into trouble.

"Are you sure my Lord?"

"Yes. Bring her and Orphan here. That's an order Sebastian."

"Yes, my young master."

Sebastian disappears and I continue to the kitchen. I find a chocolate cake on the counter, that'll be perfect. Suddenly I get an ominous feeling, it's as if I'm being watched. I dismiss the feeling and turn around to see Claude standing in the doorway.

"What the hell?" I say, "You have a lot of nerve coming here."

"Is that so?" Claude muses, "Well, if you just stayed out of things, I wouldn't be here."

"What are you talking about?" I demand.

"It's amazing what dying makes people say," Claude explains, "The triplets caught Hannah trying to sneak out of the manor with Alois' wretched cat. It seems Alois doesn't plan on returning for some time, if at all. There was a lot of blood and screaming, but I eventually got what I needed to know out of her."

"And what would that be?"

"That Alois loves you, which makes no sense to me whatsoever. You're nothing more than a brat. But then I realized that he started acting out after he met you, I have to teach him a lesson somehow."

Claude's eyes turn from green to red, and I feel a sharp pain in the back of my head. That's the last thing I remember before everything goes black.

Alois' POV

Ciel's been gone a long time, I'm starting to get worried. No, he's fine, Sebastian's here. Claude can't hurt him as long as Sebastian's around to protect him. I feel myself start to relax, I'm finally getting a sense of security from this place.

"You seem to have let your guard down a lot. How disappointing."

I see Claude step out of the shadows and approaches me on the bed.

"Claude," I say, "No, you can't be here. Sebastian would've stopped you."

"But Sebastian isn't here," Claude says climbing on the bed, "Ciel told him to go find Hannah."

"Hannah? What did you do to her?"

"She's alive, but definitely not by much."

Claude runs a hand over my skin, and I jump. The gentleness of his touch makes me uneasy.

"Stop it," I tell him, "Just leave me alone."

To my surprise, Claude stops and pulls aways from me. What the hell?

"Very well then," he says as he walks to the door, "Looks like I'm gonna have to pay Lord Phantomhive a visit."

"Wait, Ciel?" I shout, "What have you done to him?!"

"As of now, nothing," Claude tells me, "But if you aren't willing to comply, I suppose I'll have to take my anger out on him."

"Wait, don't," I say, "What exactly do you want?"

"Simply, I want you. However it won't be as much fun if I have to force you into anything. I'd like to see your spirit break as I take you. And what better way than to force you into disloyalty in order to save the one you love?"

"If I do this, I mean, sleep with you, you'll let Ciel go?"

"I suppose, but if you don't. If you resist in any way. Ciel will be the one who pays the price. I'm being fairly generous, but my generosity will only last so long so you must make your decision quickly."

Tears start to well up in my eyes, the only way for me to save Ciel is to hurt him. Why the hell does Claude insist on doing this to me?!

"Well, what's your decision, your Highness?"