Chapter 35: Sebastian POV

Danny came into my room as I was packing my few items I would be taking to the seashore, our Holiday for the week with the Master and Mistress and young Master. The servants would go to town and make sure that the residence in London was ready for our return. I watched as she moved and sat on the bed, looking at me with a frown and then sighed.

"Do talk to me."

"The young Master has asked if I could teach him how to swim."

I frowned. "I taught him when he was younger. I didn't think one forgets."

"Sebastian, he asked if my room could be next to his," she whispered, lifting her eyes. I frowned, not sure how to sooth her worry. "Come sit next to me?" she finally said. She patted the space beside her and I simply sat, and wrapped my arm around her. She leaned her head into me and was quiet.

Humans had funny ways of creating attachments. They devoted themselves to gaining temporary things - objects, power, emotions - yet also craved long lasting connections - relationships, families, legacies. I leaned down and kissed her head and sighed. My beautiful Demon was so young and so innocent, so Human in her outlook it made me pause more times then not when we discussed things such as the Master and his family. Their future. Even our position within that future. I did not lie when I told the Master her only desire was to be with me, and surround herself with keeping the young Master safe and growing into his future position.

"I would have to dress in a bathing costume," she breathed. "They would see everything."

"Yes, a rather difficult thing to cover up," I noted lightly. "You are very much a woman when devoid of your mans attire."

She looked up and blushed. I sighed; still so innocent. "What do you wear when you are swimming?"

"I do not swim," I simply said. "I taught the young Master while he was in the bathtub."

"You are no help."

"So it seems." I untangled myself and stood, offering my hands to her and she placed her delicate palms in mine and curled her fingers around my hands. I pulled her towards me and she was so fluid and so beautiful as she stood, I wished to do it again, as I wished to do it again every morning when we left the bed. "Are you not, perhaps, afraid that the young Master is developing some affections for you? It would be natural," I added. She looked up sharply. "Not as a boy to a man, but rather a boy and his Tutor. A boy and his twice protector. You spend time teaching him the ways of nature and how his own mind works, it is sometimes understandable how the Humans care for such interactions."

"Did… the Earl?"

I snorted. "At one point, yes. I rescued him as well. He was an angry child when I came and took what I wanted. He taught me as I grew impatient. He toyed with me in a way, and he… there were moments he would ask me to stay as he slept. To know I was there for him, much as the young Master does now. The Master and I have an attachment, a tangled attachment, that is both restrictive and freeing." I looked at the case I had packed and then at her. "Have you packed?"

She nodded. "The Earl asked if you were ready."

I leaned forward and kissed her on the lips. "My dear, you should not concern yourself with this alone. We said we would talk about each of these things as they came upon you. You have been a Demon for a little while, so don't leave me behind now."

She smiled and chuckled. "Oh Sebastian, now who is the one becoming attached?"

I grabbed her by the waist and drew her up and held her in the air, melting into her body as she melted into mine. "I freely attach myself to you. You have grounded me in so many ways, chased off my deepest desires to dispense with this game the Master and I have played, you have satisfied me to my very core, watching, waiting, anticipating, for the Demon you would become. And what a Demon! A curious mix of Human, Reaper, and Demon. So feminine and so masculine in each step. Your Power is intoxicating and to think you have chosen me to allow to enjoy it, to dip my desires into that pool of beauty and to burn with the Hell fires I left so long ago." I kissed her deeply and felt the Master's tug as he called for me. I felt Daniella's tug to stay with her.

I was trapped between two Masters. Two beings who wanted me for what I could give, and I desired them for what they could give in return.

I pulled back and looked at her as I set her down and entwined our fingers as we started out of my room. "I love you, Daniella," I whispered. She turned and I saw small droplets of tears clinging to her lashes.

"Let's get going, even I'm feeling the Earl calling you," she said smiling as she pulled me down the stairs.