Behind the shadows

Clarke Pheonix's back story. In the 19th century nobles don't seem to have much luck, Ciel's parents are killed in a fire, the Earl Trancy mysteriously dies and then there is Clarke. Her mother died when she was young, her farther (an earl obsessed with his research on ghosts and demons) befriends the Vincent Phantomhive but doesn't realize his daughter is suffering at the hand of his new wife. And he doesn't see his daughter's tenth birthday, he's already dead. The bullet in his brain from the gun held in his wife's hands. He doesn't see as Clarke screams, he doesn't see his friend's (Vincent Phantomhive) mansion burn down. He is beyond suffering and doesn't see those he love be tortued or torments or die.

Credit to @NadiaAndLuna for helping me edit my work. xx