Quest for the Lost--Sebastian's Daughter Sequel (A Black Butler Fanfic) COMPLETE

Chapter 21

When I awoke the next morning, my father and Maria had already left, Finny was sitting beside me, and Alex was nowhere to be seen.

I rubbed my eyes, then looked at Finny. "Where's Alex?" I asked him groggily.

I heard the whoosh of wings before the answer. "Just out patrolling the area," Alex answered as he landed flawlessly. "Afternoon, lovely."

"Afternoon?"

Alex nodded. "The rest of us woke at dawn. Your father told us not to wake you. I wouldn't have anyway, though. You're sick and injured. Waking you would've been rude."

"I'm not sick," I corrected. "I'm dying. There's a difference."

Finny didn't seem too happy with me, and Alex gave a forced smile. I was trying to make this easier on everyone else. I'd accepted it. They needed to as well.

"Anyway," Alex said, " we seem to be in the clear for a while. There aren't any hikers in the woods like usual, so no one should find us."

"That's good."

Finny stood. "It's getting colder. I'll go find some firewood or something."

"Alright," I smiled at him.

He smiled back, then went off into the woods.

Alex walked over and sat next to me. "So, how are you feeling?"

I sighed. "I don't think I'll ever be any better."

"Sure you will," Alex said. "Once they find your mom, they're bringing her here to you, right? And then she can help you save your angel side." He then looked down at his hands, smiling. "Wow. I lived without both my parents from the age of nine, and I haven't needed anything from anyone else. So why do you?"

"What happened to your parents?" I asked.

"They died in a shooting, protecting me," Alex replied, his smile fading for a moment. Then he looked at me cheerfully. "But that was in the past. Now we focus on rescuing your mom and your life."

"I guess," was all I could think to say.

"Hey, don't dwell on the past. I'm over it. It was almost eight years ago."

"You're sixteen?"

"Yup."

"I'll be sixteen soon, if I'm not already. I lost track of the date forever ago."

"I believe it is the fifth of December."

I was shocked. "Well, then tomorrow is my birthday."

"Cool," he smiled.

The winter wind blew, and I shivered. "Very much so, actually."

Alex chuckled, then grabbed a blanket from the stack of supplies he'd bought apparently the previous night. He wrapped it around me, carefully avoiding my wings, then stood back.

"Better?"

I nodded. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

I smiled, and that's when Finny returned with firewood.

"You guys should really keep your voices down. I could hear you about half a kilometer away!"

Oops, I thought. I'd felt safe with Alex, and didn't even think about my current situation. What was wrong with me? I was always worried when I was with Finny. I thought I liked and trusted him, not Alex. Maybe it was just something to do with us being the same.

Finny started the fire, and I instantly felt better. Smoke might give away locations, but for now I was warm and happy, and I felt like nothing could happen to me.

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Third Person POV:

"Sebastian, why are we out shopping at a time like this? I though we were going to.... um..... help your friend?"

Maria changed her sentence because she noticed she was inside a store, surrounded by normal people who didn't even know angels, demons, and half breeds existed.

Sebastian sighed. "Because, Maria, tomorrow is Selena's birthday. She'll be sixteen, and I want to get her something nice. You're here to help me."

"Why me?"

"Because you are a woman and I'm shopping for a girl. Help me find something."

Maria lowered her voice to a whisper. "But I thought we were going to steal Angelica back today!"

"We were," Sebastian said.

"Well then why aren't we?"

Sebastian sighed again, then turned his attention from the shelves to Maria. "Allow me to make everything become clear. Christopher went back to his lab yesterday and boosted up his defenses. Therefore, the lab is too heavily guarded and we..... well, you..... wouldn't make it inside."

"And why wouldn't I?" Maria asked.

Sebastian stared straight into Maria's eyes, then let his own flash blood red for just a moment, before he turned back to the shelves.

Maria gulped, cleared her throat, then asked. "So what does Selena like?"

(A/N: Sorry this one is shorter than usual. This story is nearing the end, and if I had kept going, this would've been a chapter maybe three thousand words long or more. I didn't want to burden you with a humongous chapter, so here's one that's just a few hundreds words shorter than usual. Sorry again! Love you all!)