Black Butler: Demons in our Hearts

Chapter 10: During the Investigation

“Are you ready yet?” Sebastian waited impatiently for Kat to appear, they really had to be going or they would be at this all night.

Not a prospect that appealed to him.

Tonight would be the night that the mad man abducting the young women off the streets would end; everything had been put into an agreed, grudgingly on Sebastian’s part, plan of action.

“I’m here, are you ready?” Kat appeared in a swirl of blue skirts, her “costume” for the evening.

She does clean up rather well, Clearing his throat he turned away, “Of course I’m ready, come along.”

He could hear the fabric rustling as she fairly ran to catch up, he called over his shoulder, “I do hope you know that real young ladies don’t run like that.”

“I hope you know that what I was doing shouldn’t be considered running, in these death contraptions, it should be considered attempted suicide.” She mumbled a curse about mad shoe smiths and idiotic women.

“I don’t believe that is very ladylike either.”

She cursed even more fluently, saying something that would make a hardened sailor blush and Sebastian smiled, maybe tonight wouldn’t be so bad after all.

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Maybe tonight would be the worst night of all, her feet aching Kat yelled curses mentally each time the carriage hit a rut in the road. She had a feeling that Sebastian was doing it on purpose, not his fault she supposed; she was the one who had told him she sometimes got sick while riding in carriages, knowing that he hadn’t been for this plan from the start.

And if she did get sick, it would be enough for him to call it off, and they’d be going back home, empty-handed.

I don’t know why he’s so against it though, it is a very simple plan. I, posing as a young lady, will walk about London on the less…savory streets to try and attempt to draw our prey into the light. Sebastian will tail me at a distance to make sure nothing goes wrong. It’s actually very simple.

Which is why it confused her to no end, why it bothered him, he should have no problem with it surely.

They hit another rut in the road, making Kat’s head bounce painfully off the side panel. She massaged the area gently, directing a hostile glare in Sebastian’s direction; he would pay for that later.

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Sebastian checked his watch, a quarter to midnight and nothing. “Kat, I believe we should call it a night.” He said quietly, but Kat, who was ten feet ahead of him, replied easily, “Are you sure? The really bad guys don’t come out into after midnight.”

“You’re right on that one, honey. Want to come to my place? It’s dangerous for a pretty little thing like you to be out here.” A drunk who had stumbled out of a bar leered at Kat, making Sebastian’s blood boil. Before he could stop himself he rapidly closed the distance between himself and Kat, and draped his arm possessively over her shoulders, “I am sorry my dear man, but I believe she will have to politely decline.” His demon powers surged as he saw a spark of defiance in the man’s eyes. Go ahead, try it, I will disembowel you within seconds.

The man seemed to sense his precarious position and backed down, stumbling back into the bar.

“Well, that was rather heroic of you.” Sebastian looked down startled at a Kat who grinned up at him, “If you aren’t careful people might think you like me or something.”