Tangled Web (A Black Butler Fan Fiction)

Chapter Eight

I still don't know how Sebastian or Ciel convinced my parents, let alone Lizzie I was going to be living with Ciel. I know the real reason why I was living with him but still, my parents would never know and neither would Lizzie. I was a marked human like Ciel now and Sebastian had to watch over two souls.

I never minded the Phantomhive manor. Mey-Rin and I laughed a little when she screwed up some. Finny smiled a lot and I liked to watch him tend to the garden. As for Bardroy, I'd rather stay away from him when he gets his blow torch out when he prepares the dinner. I think the only not crazy enough to scare the hell out of me was Tanaka. He mostly jsut sat there and enjoyed life until we see a flash of the old Tanaka.

It was like a vacation from Lizzie that I much needed. Don't get me wrong, I love my twin sister but there are times when I want to pull my hair out and sigh at her. Before I moved in with Ciel and Sebastian, I was ready to yell and scream. Lizzie was starting to get on my nerves about her and Ciel or the gala I never got to finish.

"Lady Selena, you have a letter from your house," Sebastian said as he walked into the library where I was hiding.

"Oh," I said as he stepped closer to me with a piece of paper in his hand. "Thank you Sebastian."

I read the piece of paper when I received it. I carefully read the words on the paper, trying to grip it.

"What is it, Lady Selena?" Sebastian asked when I looked confused.

"I have to meet my betrothed soon. It's to keep our, and his, bloodline going." I sighed and sett the piece of paper on my lap. "This seems more like a chore or a duty than something I want to do, Sebastian."

"Lady Selena, if I could be frank," Sebastian said as he started tidyign up around me. "It's always been the duty of the children of nobility to marry other nobility. It may seem like a chore now, but just you wait, you'll grow to be accustomed to him."

"I'm not so sure, Sebastian. I've never heard of him until my parents said I was betrothed to him," I said. "I hardly know his name."

"Lady Selena," Sebastian started.

"I know, I know, Sebastian," I said as I got up and started pacing the length of the sofa. "I know I will learn his name and deal with the fact that I will be marrying someone I haven't known my whole life. I just... I just... I just don't want to be disappointed."

Sebastian was silent.

"Ciel and Lizzie will be getting married. Lizzie has been betrothed longer than I have, and I am the older one. I know for a fact that Lizzie will never be disappointed. I just... I just..." I sighed, trying to collect the words before saying them. "I just want what Lizzie has in Ciel. She always sees the good in him."

I turned to Sebastian, who had a soft smile on his face. "Lady Selena, perhaps you should meet your betrothed and find out for yourself. Perhaps you'll be less anxious if you meet him. I'm sure it's just your nerves."

"And if it isn't?"

"I'm sure your parents will listen to your request if you tell them after you meet him. Who is your betrothed anyway?"

I was on my way to meet him. I was anxious and Sebastian looked across the carriage, watching me like a hawk.

"Is there something wrong, Lady Selena?"

I sighed deeply. "Nothing, just a little nervous."

We rode into the drive of the manor. I looked at Sebastian for support. Instead, I got nothing. When we stopped at the entrance of the manor. I looked to Sebastian again.

"I will come for you when before dinner," Sebastian said.

"You're not coming with me?" I asked as I looked to him with confusion.

"No, it's not the butler's place to accompany you when you meet your betrothed. Besides, I must attend to the Phantomhive manor. Who knows what's going on with those four and Young Master roaming the manor grounds alone without supervision."

I looked at him with wide eyes, even more nervous about meeting this boy I was to marry. I stepped out of the carriage without an assurance from the demon who marked me.

"Miss Selena, I presume," the butler said. He wore black like Sebastian but he wore glasses. He had noticiably longer hair than Sebastian. I was nervous about him. He seemed too much like Sebastian. There can't be another demon like Sebastian, cold there?

"Yes," I said as I gave him a nervous smile.

"His magesty is waiting for you on the balcony near the gardens," he said. "Please follow me."

I followed the butler through parts of the manor and to the back gardens. I looked around the corridors of the manor, trying to get a feel of the place. The only vibes I was getting was from the butler and they weren't very good.

"He is waiting for you through those doors," he said as he opened the doors and lt me through.

At the balcony, there stood a boy about my age with bright blonde hair. It was lighter than mine. He wore a purple coat and turned around when his butler spoke.

"Your highness, Lady Selena is here," the butler said as he bowed and faced him.'

He smiled. It wasn't a sincere smile or an innocent one either. It looked evil. I took a small step back, scared to approach him. I was more comforted by Ciel's evil smile than that one.

"You must be Selena Midford," he said.

"Yes," I said as I took a step forward against my own will.

He looked up from me to his butler. "Thank you for bringing Miss Selena to me, Claude. Now leave." Once his butler was gone and the back doors were closed, he turned to me. He must've known I was nervous or something. "Don't be so intimidated by Claude, he's harmless unless I give the order."

That didn't make me feel better about anything at all.

I must have still been looking weird because he smiled a little lighter and leaned toward me.

"Where are my manners, I haven't even introduced myself and we are to be married when we are older," he said as he held his forehead and shook his head.

I stared at him just enough to make him go on.

"Miss Selena," he said. "My name is Alois Trancy."