Silence

Chapter 27

Ever since her encounter with the Grim Reapers, Adalina spent much of her time questioning how Sebastian really felt about her. Grell had said that the butler was in love with her, but William explicitly stated that demons don't love. If she was going to choose between the two, she was more willing to believe William.

For the most part, Sebastian hadn't really given any indication that he saw her as anything other than a fellow servant.

She could admit that his demeanor was somewhat different around her, but she always assumed the reason for that was simply because they were the head servants of the household and spent more time in each other's company than they did with the other servants.

But the more she thought about their interactions over the course of the last several months (and she had thought about it a lot), some of his actions did seem to indicate that he felt something towards her, whether it be love or some other emotion demons did feel. On multiple occasions, especially recently, he had gone out of his way to somehow touch her without making her uncomfortable. She didn't think too much of it, but there were times were touching her was not entirely necessary and he did it anyway.

Then there was the whole incident where he had come into her room while she was sleeping and she woke up to her skin tingling.

It was a little intimidating to know he had come to her room while she was unconscious, but she hadn't been scared at the time nor was she too scared about it now. She knew that he had no ill intentions towards her. There really wasn't another explanation for him coming into her room.

If he really did have feelings for her, why hadn't he said anything about them to her? She could understand not mentioning it before because she wouldn't get near him when she recalled he was a demon. But why not later after some of her memories returned?

Adalina walked towards the servant's kitchen for dinner when she passed by a sleeping Sebastian. She did a double take when she realized he had fallen asleep on one of the manor couches. She had never seen him even slightly tired much less sleeping before. She questioned if he even needed to sleep with all his abilities.

Adalina paused and watched him for a moment. If she didn't know any better, she might've thought he was dead by just how completely still his body was. Even his chest didn't move.

As she looked at him, she realized that she had only been thinking about how he felt about her.

But now she began to wonder how she had felt about him prior to her memory loss. Had she had feelings for him as well?

Sure, Sebastian was nice to her and she couldn't deny that he was extremely attractive, but to have feelings for a demon?

Adalina retrieved a blanket and draped it over him. Before she could stop herself, she lightly moved his hair away from his face, getting a good look at his defined features. Her hand lingered on his very cold skin for longer than she would ever admit.

She quietly left his side, not realizing that her heartbeat had sped up just a little bit.

Sebastian opened his eyes and sat up. A small smirk stretched across his face.

When he had sensed Adalina approaching, he became curious. Humans were always most vulnerable when they were sleeping, so he saw no harm in pretending to have that vulnerability for her sake.

Her reaction to his supposed sleep amused him.

Something was stirring in her, even if she didn't know it. Maybe the rest of her memories were attempting to return to her. If that was the case, he wouldn't need to wait much longer to finally be able to be close with her once again.