Lady Shadowhive and her Demon Butler Lucius Dracovich. PT 2

Talk To Me

Narrator's POV

Jade seemed in a trance her hands clasping onto her upper arms as suitcases draped the bed like a sheet. Clothes were folded neatly into different suitcases and personal belongings such as books and bathroom toiletries were packed away into smaller cases. Jade had left the party in a rage after her humiliation, swinging the door open so violently that it almost bounced back and collided into her. Tears not falling down her cheeks for she refused to shed a tear over the man that caused her this miserable night. Lucius was fulfilling the tasks given to him in a dash to her room and was staring at his mistress in wonder. Had he taken it too far? This was what she wanted right? Of course he shook these doubting thoughts away as a strange sense of remorse, yet he couldn't figure out why he felt it in the first place.

"Mistress, will you please allow me to undo your lacings so that you may change your dress?"

"No Lucius, i will change once i arrive at the manor. How long until my coach is ready?"

"It shall be ready for our departure in thirty minutes."

Jade gave no sign of regard to the time, the sooner she left the better. The echoing sound of footsteps beside the tap of a cane reached her ears and her stature stiffened as if she had changed into a suit of armor to face a beast. Or perhaps it was her drawing a sword to slay an enemy. Ciel lightly tapped the open door his body language reading nothing but confusion and regret. His hands clasped the top of his cane as he raised his voice to above a whisper.

"Jade, may i come in?"

She waved her hand allowing him to enter but she refused to turn her gaze from the window. Ciel walked slowly into the room and rested himself into a chair his eyes staring at the side frame of her face.

"Jade, please talk to me.... i swear i would never intentionally embarrass you like that. I do not know what happened tonight.... Jade-"

"Words are nothing but empty grunts and equivocations drawn from our lips to persuade another of their intentions. Actions are the truest form of expression."

"So my words of remorse mean nothing to you? What would you have me do then... Kneel at your feet begging for forgiveness?"

Her head turned slightly to meet his gaze but his face was stern.

"While I desperately wish for your forgiveness, i refuse to lower myself to behaving like a dog. My actions tonight are nothing more than an unfortunate mistake, instead of acting like an adult you threw out our guests and stormed away in a rage."

"Are you trying to make this my fault?"

Jade's body shifted as her eyes narrowed in annoyance. Her fingers digging into the soft flesh of her arm threatening to pierce the skin with her polished nails. Ciel was unwavering as he met her gaze, not in annoyance but in a manner almost matching emotionless. His hands resting upon the top of his cane, and he kept his posture upright as if to state that he was not cowering before her.

"You have no right to criticize me of my rage Ciel.... You tore my dress revealing my stockings, if that wasn't nearly bad enough you kissed another woman in front of all our guests-"

"While i can understand your rage over the dress, I can not see why you are so upset over the kiss? We were playing a game Jade, did i not have leniency for making a mistake?"

"Leniency i can allow if you simply proclaimed her to be me, but instead you announced a private matter to everyone we knew regarding a child... and to kiss her? What the hell were you thinking?"

Ciel's eyes cast down away from hers as he heaved a sigh. The answer was one he knew would only further enrage her.

"It was Sebastian's idea...."