Tangled Web (A Black Butler Fan Fiction)

Chapter Ten

Ciel didn't say much when I got back after meeting Alois. I doubt he knew I was there. What was still bugging me was Alois's hand on my wrist when he saw Sebastian. Just before dinner that night I asked when the servants and Ciel weren't around.

"Sebastian, have you met Alois before?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen.

Sebastian was silent.

"Sebastian, this is an order," I said, "answer me."

He sighed lightly. "I have seen him before, Lady Selena."

I stood there in shock. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't think it appropriate to tell you," he said. He saw my displeased face. "I am sorry to keep it from you, Miss Selena."

I sighed. "I don't know about him, Sebastian. There is something about him I don't like the more I think about it."

"How much have you thought about it?"

"Enough to become more uneasy than after I left him in the carriage when you picked me up." I closed my eyes and sighed, trying to ease my nerves and think about something else that's been on my mind.

"My, that is a long time to think about things," he said with a slight smile.

"No kidding," I said. I finally built up the rest of my courage to ask him. "Sebastian?"

"Hm?"

"Where am I marked? If I am correct, you and I have a contract, and you marked me, letting other demons, and the like, know I'm marked."

"Correct."

"So, where exactly did you mark me? I know you marked Ciel's eye."

Sebastian slyly smiled again. "One of my more handier jobs," he muttered. Then he looked up to me, making sure he was looking me stright in the eye. "I thought you knew, Lady Selena."

"Knew what?"

"Why, your shoulder is marked. Why do you think it stung when you got up the morning after we made the contract?" I looked at my right shoulder as he went on. "It looks like a scar. A somewhat deep scar and it binds me to you."

I knew from the book I used to read all the time at home that the more noticable the demon's mark is that the more the demon and the person are bonded to each other. If Ciel takes off the eye patch, everyone could see the demon's mark. Mine just looks like a scar.

"Why my shoulder?"

"I was going to mark you above your heart but you moved at the last minute, remember?"

It was instantanious. I was transported back to that gala and pleading with Sebastian to save Ciel at the cost of my soul. Just before he marked me, I turned away, covering Ciel. He marked my shoulder since it was closest.

"Yes, Sebastian, I remember," I said as I bowed my head.

I started for the door just as Sebastian spoke. I stopped when he said, "Lady Selena, how did you know I was a...?"

"Sebastian," I said with a smile. "No butler I've ever seen would be anywhere close to you. You are peerless in every way. I have to admit, there were little hints here and there. But I couldn't have figured it out without that book I love reading."

"You are a smart girl, Lady Selena," he said as he turned back to whatever he was doing before I interrupted him.  "That could be your downfall in the end."

"Yes, but you'll be there, ready for the end," I said as I walked out the door.