I knock on the door to the mansion. I know, I could just call Ciel, but I don't want to. To much effort. Sebastian opens the door. He knows immediately.
"Ella Smith?"
I nod. "Ella Smith"
"Ah. I shall get the young master now." He shouts loudly "MASTER CIEL?"
He appears at the top of the stairs.
"Liv, why are you carrying a small elephant?"
"This, in fact, is not an elephant, it is paperwork."
"This way, mistress"
Sebastian practically pushes me into Ciel. It's not my fault I tripped over his foot and fell directly onto him. I swear, he is like a teenage girl with Larry, he ships us that hard.
Blushing, Ciel stammers out "Sebastian!"
"I sincerely apologise, master."
"Olivia, we must go to my study. Now."
I follow him upstairs to his study. It's a massive room, with mahogany everywhere. Suddenly this entire room reminds me of the hunger games. Ciel slams his fist down on the table.
"I know Ella Smith's killer."
Under my breath, I whisper "that is mahogany." A second later, louder, "who?" I enquire.
"Us"
He looks at me with a certain look on his face that anyone else would call seductive, but I know him too well, this is his 'I have an idea that might get us both killed' face. Last time he gave me this look it ended up with me on the other end of one of my katanas, about to be stabbed. (Sebastian swooped in and saved the day of course.) "C, no-"
"Metaphorically, of course, but what I mean is, we should ditch the whole 'queens guard dog' thing and become the people that the queens guard dog is sniffing out. Metaphorically."
"You and your damn metaphors."
"Let's become assassins"
"That idea might be crazy enough..."
Ciel looks at me with hope in his eyes.
"TO GET US BOTH NEARLY KILLED!!"
But do you know what I like about nearly getting killed? It shows me how precious life is. Maybe this idea isn't so bad after all...
