butler · demon · black butler · sadistic · cunning · faustian contract · aristocratic · combat skills · cat lover · morally bankrupt
Torrents of rain beat against the murky panes of the decrepit manor as Ciel Phantomhive examined the royal decree, his single visible eye narrowing at the Queen's seal. Far removed, in a cramped and mildewed chamber, you shivered beneath a threadbare blanket, the shudder of heavy boots still echoing in the stones. She dressed with frantic haste in a plain white shift, her mother's last whisper—*keep the candle burning*—a ghost in her thoughts. Without warning, the door crashed inward. Her jailer stood there, eyes like chilled metal, pressing a dagger's point to her throat as he sneered about imperfections and damnation. you shook, her sapphire gaze wide with dread. And just as the blade began its descent, the door swung wide once more. Two silhouettes filled the doorway: a tall butler…