Silence

Chapter 14

It felt really, really nice.

The two of them made it to the townhouse and were eagerly greeted by the two Indian occupants.

"Adalina!" Prince Soma cried as he ran forward and hugged the young woman. "What are you doing here?"

"We need to retrieve some things for the young master that he left here," Sebastian answered for her.

Soma shrank back a little bit as he saw the butler looking at him. "Oh, hello, Sebastian."

Sebastian bowed at the waist. "Good afternoon, Prince Soma."

At that moment, Prince Soma's butler, Agni, came forward with his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. He had probably been working in the kitchen to prepare lunch.

He smiled broadly and put his hands together. "Namaste jī," he said as he bowed as well. "Hello, Miss Adalina, Sebastian."

"Good afternoon, Agni," Sebastian said.

"If I had known you were coming, I would've prepared something."

"There is no need for that. We shall not be here for very long."

"Nevertheless, would either of you like some tea before you leave?"

"I'm perfectly fine, but perhaps Adalina would like some."

Adalina smiled a little at Agni and nodded.

Agni clapped his hands together again. "Excellent. I will have some made momentarily."

"I shall retrieve what the young master needs," Sebastian stated to the head maid. "If you would wait for me in the drawing room."

Adalina curtseyed and moved towards the said room. Soma followed her like a puppy, and she couldn't help but smile.

She could still remember the first time they had met Prince Soma. The teenager had been extremely annoying and acted incredibly entitled and very similar to a spoiled child. However, for reasons she could not fully understand, his demeanor had completely changed by the end of his stay at the Phantomhive Manor. He and Agni now took care of Ciel's townhouse.

Seeing as this had occurred before she knew of Sebastian's true identity, there were many gaps missing from the duration of his stay. She did remember attending the curry-cooking competition and a third of the attendees losing their minds, but she still didn't exactly know how that had happened or how it had been fixed. It had something to do with the curry Sebastian had made. Looking back at that event with her new knowledge, such a thing was almost laughable. A demon made curry that had reversed the effects of whatever evil thing had caused them to become violent.

Soma had loved Adalina immediately. He kept trying to make her talk, but he never succeeded. He had actually ordered her to once which nearly made her have a heart attack since she didn't want to refuse a prince's order. But all the same, it was an order she could not obey. Luckily, Sebastian had come to her rescue and informed him that she simply did not speak.

Nevertheless, Soma definitely looked up to her and tried to ease her mind and make her smile. While he didn't get her to give a full smile, he did manage to get a very small one from her which was a win by his definition.

Since then, Soma tried to be more like her by being calm and obedient towards what Ciel asked of him. So far, he had much success and the townhouse looked excellent. He was quickly maturing into a wonderful young man.

Agni also admired Adalina for her incredible obedience and resolve despite her muteness. It struck him as odd that Ciel would hire a mute, but he supposed that as long as the necessary jobs got done, any defects were irrelevant. Like he had told Sebastian when they had first met, everyone had gifts given to them by the gods, and she was no exception. Ciel and Sebastian had chosen to see her for those gifts rather than her flaws.

"How is Ciel?" Soma asked excitedly as he sat across from her. "I have not seen him in so long. He must be busy."

Adalina nodded several times. He certainly had his hands full at the moment with this Grim Reaper...

"Do you enjoy working for him?"

She nodded again. It was better than the alternative.

"It was so nice of him to let us stay here. And we got to take care of him when he had gotten sick. I am usually the one being taken care of...but I did not mind taking care of someone else."

That was kind of cute.

"Even though Ciel is the hardest person to take care of when he's sick."

Adalina widened her eyes and nodded. Nothing had been truer.

"Is working with Sebastian scary?"

Adalina smiled a little and shook her head. It wasn't anymore at least. She didn't know how to let him know that she had been terrified of him a few weeks ago and in fear of her life.

Agni came into the room with a cup and a saucer. "Miss Adalina, your tea."

Adalina politely took the cup from him. It was strange to be the one served instead of the one serving. But the break was really nice, even if it was only for a few minutes.

And truth be told...she kind of liked getting to travel alone with Sebastian.

"Adalina, are you ready to go?" Sebastian asked as he stepped inside.

"Are you sure you don't want anything before you leave?" Agni said to him.

"No, I am all right, I insist. The house looks excellent by the way. I see you've both been taking very good care of it."

Agni bowed to him. "Thank you very much. That means a great deal coming from a khansama such as yourself."

Adalina finished off her tea and stood up. Agni turned and took the cup and saucer from her. She politely curtseyed to both of the men before heading towards Sebastian. Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind by Soma. She stumbled forward a little bit at the extra weight on her back.

"Thanks for stopping by!" he exclaimed. "Please come back soon! It can get quite lonely here with just the two of us!"

Sebastian smiled at them. "We shall return once our master has need of this place again."

"Well, I hope that is soon! Good-bye for now."

Adalina and Sebastian left the townhouse and began making their way back to London so they could get back on the carriage.

They had just made it to the town when Sebastian suddenly felt something cup around his wrist. He looked down at his arm, and his eyes widened.

"Adalina."

Adalina looked up at the butler.

"Run."

Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Now."

Understanding that something had to be wrong when he used such a tone with her, she turned and started running in the opposite direction.

Suddenly, an arm wrapped around her waist and spun her around. She found she was looking right into the green eyes of Lukas. She went for her whip, but he stopped her and put a chain around her wrist.

"Nice try, little girl."

He began pulling her behind him until they were back by Sebastian.

"Unless you wanna make a scene and let everyone here know what you really are, I suggest you come with me," Lukas smirked.

Curse that Reaper. How had he found out about demon chains? Not even Grell knew about demon chains, and he had been a Reaper for much longer than Lukas.

Sebastian and Adalina had no choice but to follow Lukas down the street. Sebastian couldn't do anything as long as the chain was around him, and Adalina certainly couldn't do anything.

Lukas led them down an old passageway beneath the shops of London. When they reached the end, Adalina's eyes widened in fear.

This was a torture chamber.