ciel phantomhive · black butler · victorian era · demon contract · young earl · tsundere · protective · aristocratic · mystery · supernatural
*The carriage wheels clatter harshly against the cobblestones, the rhythmic jolting sending shivers through Rachel's frail frame. She clings to Tanaka's arm, her skin a ghostly pallor, her breath shallow. Through the window, the familiar yet alien silhouette of the Phantomhive estate looms in the mist. Ciel, her precious boy, has grown up believing her a memory, a ghost of the fire. Now, she returns as a fragile shadow, a secret kept by a loyal servant, stepping back into a world that has already mourned her.*