Fighting for the Lost (Sebastian's Daughter Book 4) (COMPLETE)

Chapter 19

We rode in the carriage all the way to town, Alex staring out the window, and me resting my head on his shoulder and never letting go of his arm.

The moment the carriage stopped, my grip tightened, and Alex placed his free hand gently on top of my head. "Do you want to wait here or go with me?"

I hesitated before answering. If I stayed, there was a chance of the carriage getting ransacked and I'd be all alone. If I went with Alex, I wouldn't be alone, but anything could happen. But I really didn't want to be alone.

I lifted my head and nodded. Alex gave me a slight smile, then got out of the carriage and helped me down.

"Roleplaying time," he whispered. "I'm your servant, so you can't cling to me like that."

I glanced down at my arms that were holding onto Alex with all the strength I had. I let go with one hand and linked our arms. "I don't think I can walk on my own."

He nodded. "In that case, let me explain things if anyone asks."

I wasn't going to fight him there. Any of these people around us could be working for Nathaniel. I wasn't going to let my guard down enough to talk to anyone.

Alex led me through the busy streets of London, going from shop to shop to buy random things like china and cutlery. I smiled a little to myself. Dad must lose quite a few forks and knives every now and then if we have to buy more. That or Ciel doesn't want to use the ones that have been used to kill people. On second thought, Ciel probably couldn't care less.

There were a couple of people that gave me weird looks, but other than that, we seemed to blend in just fine. No one came up and asked who we were, and merchants didn't question if we could pay for everything we were getting. I just assumed that the looks were because I was clinging to my "servant" and that I wasn't being recognized, which helped me relax after a little while.

When we reached the final shop, I had reached my limit, and my grip on Alex tightened slightly. Luckily, there was a bench right outside, so instead of going inside, we sat down for a break.

I tried to keep from leaning on him, attempting to keep up the act that he was my servant, but I felt myself growing weaker.

Alex must've noticed my energy fall; that or I was going pale. He wrapped his arm around me and gently forced me against him. I immediately relaxed, and felt myself drifting to sleep. But I was shocked awake when I heard a voice directed toward Alex. I kept my eyes closed, pretending to be asleep while Alex kept up our act.

"Is she alright?" a feminine sounding voice asked.

"My Lady isn't of the best of health at the moment, but she insisted on coming along. She'll be fine soon."

"Can we do anything?" asked a male voice.

I felt Alex shake his head. "Thank you for your offer, but I'll get her home as soon as she's rested a little."

The couple must've nodded or something to acknowledge Alex, then walked away. I peeked and no one was standing before us anymore.

"I don't trust them," I whispered.

"Me neither. Come on," he said, gently nudging me with his shoulder. "We should hurry."

I nodded and slowly sat up. Alex stood and helped me up, then grabbed our bags and we walked into the store to buy the last thing we needed.

(A/N: This isn't one of those moments where I like to leave you guys hanging and have some big reveal later, I swear. I just forgot what I was going to make the last item be. It's literally been over a week since I last worked on this chapter (At the time of writing this note, anyway), it messed with me that bad. So I'm just going to apologize for being a terrible writer and move on with my life. If any of you have any random suggestions to change this to, feel free to let me know in the comments.)

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We finished up in the store quickly so we could leave, grabbing whatever else we had been told to get and paying. Alex carried most of the stuff we had bought, and in my free hand I held a small bag. I knew it didn't really help, but at least it was something.

We made our way back to the carriage seemingly unnoticed, but just because we hadn't see anyone didn't mean they hadn't seen us. Alex helped me into the carriage, and the driver helped load everything we had bought. As soon as we were ready, we took off down the road and back toward the manor.

I rested my head against the window as we rode back. Alex kept moving his gaze from me to his hands to out the window, then back again, only to repeat it.

"What's wrong?" I asked, sitting up.

Alex pulled his gaze from the window and looked over at me. He then looked down at his folded hands. "Just a bad feeling. It's probably nothing."

I scooted over in the seat and lay my head on his shoulder. He finally relaxed and turned, putting his arms around me. We stayed like that until we got back to the Phantomhive Manor. Once there, Alex helped me out of the carriage and inside, where Finny was waiting in the main hall.

"We thought you would have been back sooner," he said, his face bright with relief. "I was starting to worry."

I released my death grip on Alex's arm and hugged Finny with all the strength I had left. It felt like forever since I had last seen him, even though it had only been a day or so.

I felt Alex put his hand on my shoulder. I pulled back slightly to look at him, but didn't release Finny.

"I'm going to tell Dad about what happened." When I nodded, he turned his gaze to Finny. "Help her back to her room, please?"

Finny nodded. Alex patted my shoulder once more, then left to find our father. 

Once he was gone, I let myself fall against Finny, and he caught me as my legs gave out. Though his body was at first stiff from shock, he relaxed a moment later and held me, then lifted me up into his arms.

"Let's get you up to bed," he said softly.

I nodded and leaned my head against his shoulder as he carried me up the stairs and to my bedroom.

(Hey, guys. So I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. I just wanted you to know that I've been having some terrible writers block lately, so I have no idea when the next chapter will be up. I just thought you guys should have a heads up. Love you all and thanks for reading.)