"Come, child. Take my hand. You have a new life ahead of you, should you choose to take it." Your childhood had been a struggle. A nameless orphan with unnatural abilities, thrown to the harsh streets of London. For three years, you taught yourself to survive. To manipulate and fool, to steal and to kill. You educated yourself with the books of the rich you had stolen from and performed heists and assassinations on the greedy and corrupt. Always hidden on you was a blade. And then you met her. The Queen. She had reached out her hand to you, offered you a place-a new life-protected under her name, and won your loyalty. She gave you a name and title, and you served her dutifully for years. You found a place among the nobles, your past hidden from the public. Then the day came when tragedy struck the Phantomhives. From there, you began a journey of self-discovery as you took on the world with the little guard dog that had become your brother, as well as the butler who'd become his shadow. Cover art was edited by me~ Crossposted on Quotev