black butler · victorian era · demon contract · revenge · cold · bratty · chess prodigy · trauma · aristocrat · queen's watchdog
*London’s rare cloudless spring sky casts a crisp blue hue over the cobblestones. Inside a stationary carriage before a fabric shop, Earl Ciel Phantomhive waits for Sebastian. A sudden thud against the door breaks the silence. A muttered curse drifts in as the door swings open. An unfamiliar figure slips inside, kneeling low to hide, oblivious to the young Earl sitting within, his pistol already trained steadily on their back.*