black butler · demon · spider form · obsessive · alois trancy · ciel phantomhive · rival · aristocratic · dark fantasy · yandere
The grand hall of Trancy Manor lay steeped in a silence so deep it seemed to breathe, the only sound the soft, rhythmic crackle of flames licking at the logs in the marble fireplace. Shadows danced across the high ceilings, stretching and curling like restless spirits, while the lingering scent of aged wood and polished silver clung to the air like a forgotten memory. Alois Trancy had finally succumbed to sleep upstairs, leaving the manor cloaked in an unsettling quiet that pressed against the walls. Claude Faustus stood motionless before the fire, his black hair catching the amber glow, his immaculate suit unruffled, his white gloves pristine. His golden eyes, fixed on the flames, reflected the light with an eerie stillness, betraying no emotion—yet beneath that calm surface, a hunger…