Lilliana was staring at the sea with tears running down her cheek. This was it; the contract would be fulfilled after tonight. These long two years will finally end and she would have to figure out what to do with herself. There would be no real reason to remain a maid since there would be no master to serve. She didn't have anyone to go to during the day, so she would have to be a full-time Grim Reaper. She couldn't imagine such a life. Plus, she would be . . . alone. There was no one to run to in her times of need and her dear Sebastian . . . he would be gone. She didn't understand why she felt this upset to know he was gone. In all honesty, she felt worse about being separated from Sebastian than losing her brother. How was that possible? She loved her brother so much, but with Sebastian . . . a demon she never even intended to start a relationship with . . . it was different.

However, she heard a rumbling around her and the ground was shaking. She looked behind her and without warning, she saw a ball of light envelope the center of the island. "What the fuck," she yelled as she ran to it, knowing all too well that it was at the same area that Sebastian was about to devour Ciel's soul. Soon, a loud crash engulfed the area and Lilliana had to cover her ears. Soon, pieces of brick and wood were heading for her and she blocked them with her Death Scythe, except for one piece that managed to hit her head hard enough to knock her unconscious.

"Lilliana, are you all right," a voice said. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Sebastian's worried face. "I didn't realize you were in radius. I'm sorry."

"It's fine," she said as she slowly got up, but her head started to hurt.

"You're hurt, you should rest . . . ," he said as he noticed the streaks on her face and had a shocked face. "We're you crying about the contract being fulfilled?"

"No, I'm crying about my brother! I won't see him ever again!"

"Did no one tell you? A demon never really dies."

"What do you mean?"

"True, their bodies would die, but their souls are recycled. It's up to Lucifer to decide what he wants to do with them. He can either make them lower class demons or even humans with no memory of their demonic lives. Either way, he isn't dead."

"Seriously," she said with tears forming in her eyes. She then hugged him and just cried on her shoulder. "I'll see him again?"

"Well, I don't know about that," he said. "It's a tricky system with Lucifer. He's unpredictable."

"But he was one of Lucifer's favorites, right? He'll have to show him mercy!"

"I've seen Lucifer send his own children to the human world as humans. I can't say for certain."

She had a disappointed look on her face, but said, "I'm just happy that he's alive, no matter what happens to him," she said, but saw that Ciel was sleeping along a large broken tree branch. "I thought you devoured his soul."

"Well, I would, but our young master . . . is empty," he said as his shadow seemed to be growing with his anger raising. Lilliana knew what was happening; he was demoning. "We will need your services for a little longer."

The triplets pulled out gardening tools and ran to the trio. Their orders were absolute: retrieve Ciel Phantomhive at any cost. They tried swinging at Sebastian, who was carrying Ciel in his arms, but Lilliana blocked their attacks with her Death Scythe. However, one of them managed to trap them with a ladder while another one tried to strike them with a large and thick sword. However, before it could even touch them, Sebastian managed to not only free them from the ladder, but also knock the triplets out and break everything in half. "I see you are all quite skilled," Sebastian said.

"Let's not get cocky," Lilliana said as the two started to run away from the triplets. She blocked their attacks with their broken weapons and made sure not even a scratch landed on their dear young master. However, Sebastian was feeling . . . sentimental about this.

"You were just like a doll then," he said under his breath.

"Did you say something," Ciel said as he grabbed onto Sebastian's neck for stability.

"I said that if you'd let me put you in a trunk, young master, it would be ever so much easier to carry you," he teased.

"This is no time for joking!" However, they trio were accidentally running back to Alois and Claude. Alois looked happy as they approached, but Claude made sure to protect his young master in case of an attack. However, Sebastian managed to backflip over them while Lilliana used her Death Scythe to leap over them.

"My, Sebastian and Lilliana are amazing. Could they be better than you, Claude? If we forced them to crawl on the ground for us, that would be even more amazing. Can you do it, Claude?"

Soon, the three caught their breathes, but Ciel was taking his sweet time catching his. All he did was being carried in Sebastian's arms this whole time; how could he be tired? However, a mysterious sound echoed the woods. "Young master, please cover your ears."

"Cover my ears-," he tried to say, but the sound reached his ears and he started to groan in pain. "What is this sounds?!"

"I believe it's been a hundred years since I last heard it," Sebastian said. However, he saw that Lilliana was in some trance; she wouldn't move nor blink. He even noticed that her eyes were red, but there was nothing to trigger it. He tried to help her, but before he could, she fell to the ground, fainted. "Lilliana," he said in a worried tone, but soon saw the triplets heading their way with new weapons in their hands. "A butler's duty is never done," he said as he somehow managed to block an axe with his feet and use that same axe to block another attack by another triplet, all without removing his hands from Ciel's ears. The third one tried to take Lilliana, but he managed to swing his body to kick the triplet away from her and proceeded to drag her close to them with his feet.

"Sebastian, we have to get back to the hall," Ciel ordered.

"Not to worry, my lord. One of my very few friends is here today."

Back at the party, the group were enjoying themselves. Soma and Agni kept eating curry, Elizabeth and Paula danced with the other guests, the guest were dancing in their own corner, Ran-Mao and Lau just watched everyone have fun, and Katia and Lucy were just enjoying a little chat. "Wow, you've really traveled all over the world," Katia asked.

"Yes. I was born in Japan, but since I was young, I wanted to explore every corner of the world. Since I was born in wealth and power, I was able to," Lucy said as she sipped from her wine glass.

"Wow, that's amazing! I've always wanted to travel, but . . . I never really could," she said in a sad tone.

"Oh, how come?"

"I'm from America and . . . well, work always dictated what I do. This is the farthest I've ever traveled."

"Oh, what do you do?"

"I'm a . . . collector of . . . American antiques," she said in a fluster.

"Oh really? That sounds interesting. What do you have so far?"

"Well, I don't have much. I just have bullets from the Civil War and stuff like that," she lied. Why did she say that was her job?

"That's pretty interesting. I'm sure you would make one lucky guy proud one day. You are very pretty, smart, AND unique."

Katia blushed as she said, "I'm not really all those things."

"Nonsense; of course you are! Anyone would be happy to have you. Why, I can bet you any amount of money on that."

"You . . . you think I'm pretty?"

"Of course! If anyone says otherwise, make sure you tell me and I'll make them see reason."

"How long are you staying in London? Maybe we can chat some other time," Katia said nervously.

"I'll be here for a while and I would love to talk to you again. Just give me a time and a place and I will be there. However, I need to do some business, but I will return," Lucy said with a smile as she left her side. Katia couldn't help, but smile like a little girl. Honestly, she felt as nervous talking to her as she did with Lilliana when they first met.

As more time passed, the music to a song ended and everyone clapped. The orchestra was about to play their next song, but everyone saw Hannah, wearing a lacy and skin-tight dress, walk to the middle of the room while pushing something with a red cloth over it. Everyone looked with curiosity as they anxiously awaited her to stop and remove the cloth. Sure enough, she did and it revealed an unusual instrument. Hannah then sat on the bench and opened the instrument to reveal what seemed to be a purple glass cylinder. She then licked her fingers and pressed the petal to make the cylinder move. She placed her fingers on it and somehow, it made a beautiful noise, almost like one out of a fantasy.

"It sound love-," Soma tried to say, but for some reason, his head was hurting and Agni followed in the pain. Eventually, everyone was groaning with agony as they all compressed their heads, hoping to alleviate the pain. Hannah didn't seem to notice the pain she was giving her audience, but she was ordered to continue no matter what. Lau and Ran-Mao, however, knew the best solution as they covered their ears with wine corks.

Soma tried to help Katia, who was just standing there, thinking the music didn't affect her. However, as he approached her, he spun her around and saw that her eyes were blood red. "Katia! What's wrong," he said in between groans, but she fainted in his arms before she could say anything. "Katia, wake up!" However, that was not his only problem. For some reasons, some of the guests snapped out of their pain and just started going crazy. The ones that managed to break free from their torment then picked up weapons and tried to kill Soma and Agni, but Agni directed them away from his prince.

"What the hell is going on," Soma said as he set Katia on a couch.

"That music must be controlling them," Agni said. He saw that the servants were still in pain and hit a certain area on their necks. However, after a while, they seemed to relax.

"Oh, it's all quiet now," Finny said.

"All the noise around me's gotten softer," Mey-Rin said. Agni covered Soma's ears with his hat as he quickly defended his prince from any attackers. Ran-Mao began to fight with them with her amazing fighting skills while Agni removed the wrappings around his hands and used his godly hand to defend them. However, before Lizzie and Paula could turn, Soma knocked them out and placed them near the same couch Katia was laying.

"I'm sorry," he said as he ran back to fight. "Agni, stop their attacks by knocking them unconscious!"

"Jo ājñā," he said. Baldroy used his combat abilities to fend off the attackers, Finny threw heavy objects, and Mey-Rin shot away the weapons that the guests had in their hands. However, the fight seemed to never end as the people they knocked unconscious got up quickly and continued to fight.

"Oh, hell! There are just too many of them," Soma yelled before he was approached by a large group of people.

"Prince Soma," Agni yelled as he headed toward the group, but he did notice something. There seemed to be a new sound echoing throughout the room. The attackers soon stopped at their tracks at the beautiful sound. Still, he hurriedly pulled his prince to safety. "Prince Soma, are you hurt?"

"W-What happened," Soma asked before he realized the guests had stopped. He removed his hat and noticed the music surrounding the room.

"Look! It's Sebastian," Finny said as he pointed to Sebastian, who was upstairs with glasses of water in a row. He seemed to be playing a song with them with his ungloved hands. "I feel so peaceful somehow."

"I can't believe it! Sebastian's performance is merging with hers and transforming the quality of the sound. To think those ominous, uncanny sound waves could change into something so full of warmth and loving-kindness. It truly proves the performer's purity of heart. You are magnificent indeed, Sebastian," Agni said as he began to cry. Soon, Soma noticed that Katia was waking up and he ran to her side.

"Are you all right," he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What just happened," she asked as she yawned.

"The music must have made you faint, but Sebastian has created a sound that has freed everyone from their hypnosis."

"Sebastian . . . ," she said as she looked up to find him playing the water glasses. "Wait, where's Lilliana?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure she's okay," he said, but she quickly got up. "Wait, you should rest!"

"I've rested long enough," she said as she ran to find the stairs. However, on her way, she met up with Lucy. "Oh, hello."

"Why are you in a hurry," she asked.

"I have to find someone," she said, but Lucy started to sob. "Is something wrong?"

"No, it's just . . . everyone started to turn on each other. I was so scared! I just need a friend right now to help calm my nerves." Katia sighed, but agreed to stay.

As the two demons kept playing, something seemed to go wrong with Hannah's instrument and in some time, the instrument exploded in her face, sending her flying to the floor below. Sebastian saw this, finished the song and walked to her, whispering, "It was a magnificent performance thanks to you. I'm very grateful."

"So flashy," Ciel scoffed out of nowhere.

"Ciel," Elizabeth said as she was about to hug her fiancé, but Sebastian beat her to him.

"What is that instrument?"

"It's an armonica. It was extremely popular in the eighteenth century and people called it 'the voice of the angels'. Some feared that it disturbed the minds of those it enchanted and it was banished to the dark corners of our history as a demon's instrument."

"In other words, a 'demon's instrument' made by humans could be no match for you?"

"Yes, I found the sound rather pleasant."

"Then why did Lilliana faint at the noise?"

"It was an instrument known to ease any beings of death to sleep in hopes of warding off the Grim Reaper. I was at close enough range to hear the noise and go to sleep," Lilliana said with a yawn as she approached the,. "I needed the nap though."

"But what was all this fuss about?! It affected my dear Katia fainted too," Soma said.

"It was simply a diversion for my guests," Alois said as he entered the room in his devil costume. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm so sorry I'm late. I am Alois Trancy. I'm honored to make your acquaintance. I'm relieved to see you enjoyed the entertainment while I was away." However, he passed Hannah and the broken armonica and gave her a scowl of disapproval. However, he and Claude approached Ciel, Sebastian, and Lilliana as he said, "That performance was magnificent. You have great musical talent."

"I'm afraid I do not deserve such praise. You see, I am merely one hell of a butler," Sebastian said.

"You have excellent servants, Earl Phantomhive," Alois praised.

"Young master, I'd like to have a word with Claude, if you wouldn't mind," Sebastian asked.

"Why not, Claude," he said, but whispered, "Settle this in ten minutes. If you can't, you'll be punished."

"Yes, your Highness," Claude said.

"Get this over with quickly, do you hear me," Ciel whispered to Sebastian.

"Yes, my lord," he said as he and Claude left the ballroom to "discuss" outside.

However, as Alois left their side to chat with the other guests, Ciel whispered to Lilliana, "I want you to watch them. I know Sebastian will get my will done, but if Claude is like Sebastian in any way, I want you to give Sebastian the upper hand."

"Yes, my lord," she said as she left the ballroom to spy on the demons.

"You are persistent people, hunting my young master so relentlessly," Sebastian said as the two demons discussed their issues on a large pond near the manor.

"My master ordered it: steal Ciel Phantomhive from Sebastian Michaelis," Claude said.

"He is my young master."

"The feel of him . . . one rarely encounter something so fine."

"Just remembering that someone other than myself has touched him makes me sick. With your sticky white spider threads, you've defiled his soul," Sebastian said as he was about to land a punch on Claude, but he moved out of the way and did the same, but Sebastian moved out of the way just in time. "That day, you stole my young master's precious soul from me." The two began to walk on water as they preceded their relentless attacks on each other.

"But it wasn't complete. Not with just his soul; the body was necessary and then you two came here. First, you sent your little scout girl to locate the soul within the manor and then you came in to steal it. I can't believe I was stupid enough to let that bitch deceive us like that."

"Please try to refrain from slandering Ms. Kiliamo. Yes, we retrieved his soul from you, but he is still not my young master," he said as he kicked a tornado of water toward Claude, but he did the same. The two water tornadoes combined to make a larger one. They did the same for two more tornadoes until they all combined to make a massive one, but the two demons fought inside it, causing it to fall apart and fall to the pond below, the two demons included.

"Ciel Phantomhive lost his memories and the pain he lived through."

"My young master's soul, which I so carefully cultivated . . . ," Sebastian said as he lifted himself from the water.

"Ah, I thought so. What you want is a soul that's had its revenge. However," Claude said as he grabbed Sebastian's throat from behind and started to choke him. "I sense an extraordinary will in you; a fierce obsession with that soul."

"But of course. You see, I am a demon and you have a master as well, don't you?"

"Cultivate a soul and then feast upon it. That is our lives. My master is another of those rare souls worth desiring, but to give a soul that's lost its memories a second revenge . . . No human is worth that trouble."

"My young master is unlike any other human you've ever seen. As to this second revenge I do intend for him to have his vengeance again, but I lack something critical: a target of that vengeance." Suddenly, a Death Scythe flew toward Claude, hitting him and freeing Sebastian from his grip.

"My, someone is being a little too touchy with my dear Sebastian," she said as she retrieved her Death Scythe from the water. Her hair was drenched since she had to swim and her white shirt was soaked. If she wasn't wearing the vest, they could have seen right through it. "Only I and Grell can get away with that."

"Out of all the times to tease, you choose now," Sebastian asked.

"Why not," she said as they saw Claude get up from the waters and try to attack them, but Sebastian stopped him.

"You said your orders were to steal my young master from me, and yet . . ,"

"They are to make you suffer an agony worse than death. A Ciel Phantomhive without his memories of revenge is meaningless. I must steal a perfected Ciel Phantomhive, one who has gained his revenge."

"Would you care to make a deal," Sebastian said, peaking Claude's interest.

"Is it even possible for two demons to make a contract with each other," Lilliana asked.

"Yes, but there is a process to it. Unlike a human/demon contract, we can't just simply mark each other. Instead, we have something else: blood and roses."

"But there is one catch, we must have someone to witness a contract, someone who is associated with Lucifer, but the only one that could help us is his damn daughter, Lucille and she is known for playing with the terms of a contract," Claude said.

"True, we need someone that has been in contact with him . . . but, I think we have someone here with us that can help," Sebastian said. Claude and Lilliana looked at him with confusion. "Lilliana, you have met Lucifer, correct?"

"Yes, some years ago," she said.

"Well, that means YOU can witness the contract, though, your responsibility wouldn't be only to watch; you would have to make sure that neither demon breaks the contract. Can you do that?"

Lilliana was silent. "Wouldn't it be against the rules for me to do it?"

"There is nothing saying a Grim Reaper can't. The only rule is that associate of Lucifer must watch the transaction. It never specified that a demon must be the witness since there was never another deity other than you that has been close to Lucifer," Claude said.

She looked at Sebastian and nodded. "Fine, I'll do it."

The three deities entered a beautifully decorated green room with what appeared to be broken statues attached to the wall. In the middle of the room was a table with a vase with white roses with purple stems. The two demons sat on the chairs, facing opposite of each other, while Lilliana stood to watch them. The two demons then removed their white gloves with their teeth, revealing their marks of the covenant and their unholy demon eyes. Soon, Sebastian bit into his wrist with his fangs while Claude slit his wrist with a knife to pour blood on the roses on their plates, turning the pure white rose into a shade of red. Lilliana's eyes turned red at the sight of demon blood, which she argued tasted better than human blood.

"I shall make the two of you the targets of my young master's revenge," Sebastian said as he picked up the rose.

"And once Ciel Phantomhive gains his revenge, I will take him," Claude said as he threw his to Sebastian and vice versa.

"We place our seals on this pact," Lilliana said. Apparently, that's what she's suppose to say in this transaction. The two demons then placed their blood on each other's roses, turning its red color into a dark purple. The two then placed the roses in their handkerchief pockets and left to find their young masters. Claude was the first to leave since he was on a schedule, but Sebastian and Lilliana stayed behind for one reason.

"Did your eyes turn red because of our blood," he asked.

"Well, yeah. You know that," she said, confused why he would ask that.

"I guess it's fitting for you costume."

She chuckled. "I guess so," she said as she tried to leave, but he grabbed her arm before she could. Before she could ask why, he pinned her to a wall. "Uh, Sebastian, this is not the time-," she said, but felt him kiss her neck. She moaned at the sensation, but he then pieced her skin with his fangs, sucking her blood little by little.

"Your blood tastes delicious," he said close to her ear.

"Well, it wouldn't be right for a vampire to get her blood sucked. I need some in return," she teased. He smiled as he bit into his wrist again, spilling some of his blood. She quickly grabbed his wrist and started to lick and suck the blood out of him. He moaned a bit by the feeling despite it being something as small as this. Consider this one of his fetishes. However, his wound quickly healed, preventing her from getting more blood out of him. "Oh, I guess we'll have to continue this some other time," she said as she kissed him. The taste of blood was in each other's mouths, but they loved it.

"Where the hell are they," Ciel asked under his breath as he kept a close eye on Alois and Claude. For some reason, he returned, but where were his servants. Are they . . . fucking right now? No, they knew that time was of the essence and they won't fool around, especially Sebastian. However, he saw the two walk in the room and angrily walked up to them. "Where the hell were you two? What is the meaning of this," he said as he pointed at Claude.

"My apologies for my lateness, my lord, but I took care of it quickly, as you ordered," he said as he pulled out a file from his inner coat pocket. Ciel took it out of his hands and quickly examined it, but was astonished at the discovery.

"This is . . . had they been investigating me?! Even my father? If that's true . . . then he really is the one," Ciel said.

"Indeed, my lord. We found this while dealing with Claude and we led to the same conclusion," she said, but soon, the music changed and people began to dance. One couple in particular caught Ciel's attention: Alois and Lizzie. Though, she seemed to be nervous rather than happy, as if he forced her to dance with him and it ignited a fire inside Ciel. He handed the file to Sebastian and headed to the dance floor.

"Goodness, are you going to dance, my lord," Sebastian teased.

"Quiet, you," he said angrily as he found the next available lady to dance with. Sebastian and Claude showed each other the roses of their contract while Lilliana have a glance to Claude, almost saying that he better not break the contract. In a way, this could be unfair for him. Lilliana was on Sebastian's side, so she could be more lenient on the terms for him, but she was determined to make sure both sides hold both their terms and do not cross any lines. However, she did notice something: Katia talking to a woman in blue. In fact, she looked too familiar. Soon, the two began to dance in a corner of the room and Katia seemed to be extremely happy, but once she got a good look at the woman's face, her eyes turned red in anger.

"Lucille," she said under her breath as she headed for them. Sebastian tried to follow her, but it was clear that was she angry at someone. He looked in the direction of where she was going and saw the woman in blue. Once he figured out who it was, he took a large gulp. Soon, she approached the duo and cleared her throat to get their attention.

"Lilliana, you're okay," she said as she broke free from Lucy to hug Lilliana.

"Yes, I'm fine, but I see that you . . . made a friend," she said regretfully.

"Oh, yes! Lilliana, this is Lucy. Lucy, this is my good . . . friend, Lilliana," Katia said as she introduced the two women to each other.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Lucy said with a wicked smile.

"Right . . . Katia, would you mind if Lucy and I . . . got to know each other better," Lilliana asked.

"Oh, of course," Katia said with glee. The two women separated themselves from the group.

"Well, Lily, it's been a long time, hasn't it," Lucille said.

"What the fuck are you doing here?! How did you even find me," Lilliana asked in anger.

"Oh, your eyes are red. Are you angry at me," she teased.

"This is not the time to be teasing me! What the hell are you doing here?"

"Well, my father was curious about how you were doing, especially after what happened with Bastille, so he sent me to look out for you."

"Why would he do that?"

"You're special to him. You're the only Grim Reaper to even come close to becoming a demon. He views you more highly than his children . . . including me," she said with an unusual sad tone.

"Well, maybe it's because you're a master manipulator. Speaking of which, why the hell are you talking to Katia Vendoa?!"

"Well, after everything I've heard about her from Bastille, I wanted to meet her myself. I'm surprised by the type of person I met."

"You realize what you did could have been very dangerous for you! She is a well-known demon hunter who has killed so many powerful demons in the past."

"And someone as strong as she is should know who the children of Lucifer are."

"You are not well-known among the Reaper Association. In fact, no one knows you exist other than me!"

"Well, now you and Katia know me and to be quite honest with you, she poses no threat to me."

"What?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I can easily beat her; far from it. She may be physically strong enough to kill some of my associates, but . . . emotionally, she is so fragile. I see why you keep her around."

"What the hell are you talking about," Lilliana asked in a confused tone.

"Our little demon hunter clings to anything that gives her happiness . . . even if it hurts her. You're the prime example of that."

"What do you mean?"

"You, my dear friend, are more manipulative than I thought. Her love for you prevented her from killing your brother and ruined her reputation . . . and yet . . . she still clings to you."

"Why would that matter to you?"

"She is so insecure about herself. I mean, look at her! She falls for women that are nothing like her because she doesn't feel pretty herself. Hell, she is envious of a man!"

Lilliana was surprised by the last comment, but then noticed that her hair was like Grell's, only blue. "How the fuck-,"

"Bastille was ranting about Mr. Sutcliff one day and told me what he looked like. Plus, I see how much she envies him. She's even wearing one of his dresses! She thinks that a man is more attractive than her! That's why she will do whatever she can to please you! You're the only one who has seen her as attractive."

Lilliana was stunned. Lucille only met Katia today, but she learned about all of this stuff while Lilliana knew her for practically a year and she knew realized it. She felt so guilty for not realizing this, but Katia always looked happy. "S-Still, you are to never see her again!"

"My, my, I've never seen you worked up about anyone. Could it be that you love her? Wouldn't your butler companion be jealous?"

"N-No, that's ridiculous! Just . . . just stay away," she said as she left her side. Lilliana tried to calm herself so that Katia wouldn't know she was having a heated conversation with Lucille. Why the hell would she want to talk to Katia knowing she could possibly die?

Lilliana walked back to the hall and saw Katia trying to free herself from Prince Soma. She walked up to them and with an extended hand, she said, "Katia, would you like to dance?"

"O-Of course," she said gleefully as she took her hand.

"Wait, Katia, I thought you were going to dance with me," Prince Soma said as he tried to get her out of Lilliana's grip, but she pulled her close. Katia blushed at the closeness between them.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but the lady has been asking me to dance with her all night, so I will," she said as she took her to the dance floor. As the two danced to the music, people were giving them odd stares.

"Two women dancing together? How absurd," some guests said. Katia kept her head down to avoid the stares, but Lilliana lifted her chin with her finger.

"Don't pay attention to what they think. Just know that I think you are the prettiest girl I have ever met. No one can compare," she said, making Katia blush and smile.

"Thank you, Lilliana," Katia said as the two danced the night away.

How will this contract play out? Will the two demons keep to their word? Will Lilliana play her part as the witness? Reviews are appreciated.