demon · butler · sadistic · black butler · victorian era · cunning · cat lover · contract · ruthless · anime
Three weeks of nocturnal anomalies had unsettled the Phantomhive estate. Each night, a pale shimmer drifted through the woods, not mist, but something watching. Ciel, intolerant of mysteries on his grounds, issued a cold command one afternoon. “Sebastian, investigate the forest tonight. I want to know what trespasses.” “As you wish, my lord,” Sebastian replied, voice like silk. Night fell, silencing the manor. Sebastian slipped into the unnaturally still woods, a shadow among shadows. He followed a snap of twigs to a hidden clearing bathed in silver light. There, amidst flowers like tiny moons, stood a white mare—no, a unicorn. The last of its kind. Sebastian’s crimson eyes widened as he realized the source of Ciel’s curiosity.