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Melody’s P.O.V
Ugh, body feels so sore. What happened to me? I fluttered my eyes open to see a white colored ceiling above me. I’m inside? I started to sit up, wincing a bit due to the pain in my upper body. I noticed that my black coat and grey shirt were gone. I also noticed that I was bandaged from my upper chest (hiding my modesty) to my waist. However, the claw-like scars that marked both sides of my body were not covered. Now what happened to me…oh wait now I remember…fucking Miranda. I now remember what happened. That bitch, Miranda attacked us and stabbed us and…oh wait Logan! I quickly scanned the room to check if he was here with me. I sighed with relief when I saw him lying in the bed on the other side of the tan-colored wall. I could sense that he was breathing normally. Probably still asleep.
I swung my legs over to the side to the bed and stood up. I shivered a bit when my bare feet touched the cool, wooden floors. I walked over to Logan’s bed to see if he was in any better condition than I was. I was wrong. He was bandaged from his left side to his entire upper and lower body, only leaving a bit of his chest noticeable. I started to feel bad that I caused this to him. But I pushed that thought aside when I noticed something on the right side of his chest. He had a tattoo of a demon mark. Not just any demon though, it was Sebastian’s I was sure of it. My fingers gently caressed the mark, feeling it on his smooth skin. I stopped when Logan began to stir. His eyes slowly opened as he groaned due to the pain.
“M-Melody”, he said in a raspy voice, as he tried to sit up. I tried to help, but he refused as he slowly sat up leaning on the headboard. “Mel, you okay?” he asked me.
“Yeah, I’m fine. How about you? You look in pain”, I told him with concern etched in my eyes.
“I-I’m okay, just a little sore”, he said as he held his shoulder, as if trying to make the pain go away. My eyes drifted towards his tattoo again as I looked at it more closely. It looked more detailed with him sitting up as opposed to lying down. I guess Logan caught me staring when he called out to me. “Melody? Are you okay, you’ve been staring at for a while now?”
“O-Oh, well”, I started, a bit awkwardly if I might add, “I-I just noticed that your tattoo on your chest is similar to Sebastian’s demon mark. Why would you have a tattoo of his mark on your chest if you hate him?” I guess my question surprised him a bit as he gave me a shocked look. He quickly regained his composure, as he gave me his explanation.
“It’s sort of a long story, but I’ll tell you anyway. Not only that I have Sebastian’s, but I also have Claude’s mark on the upper left of my back. The reason for having them is that…I’m not ashamed. I’m not ashamed that I’m half-demon. They show that I don’t care what others think of me…I know who and what I am. And nothing will ever change that”, he told me slowly. I nodded out of respect. I always knew that he had a strong demon side, but I never knew how proud he was of it. Well I guess proud enough to get tattoos to remind him, I thought to myself. After a while of silence, Logan gave me a strange look and pointed at my collarbone. “How about you? What do those birds represent? ” I got confused for a second, and then I realized what he was talking about. I looked down at my collarbone and gently touched the two black and blue colored birds. I have a third one on my chest, but it’s being covered by the bandages. I took a deep breath and looked back at Logan.
“These birds…there’s actually three of them, but the bandages are coving the third one”, I told him, “they’re in memory of my brother, sister and my mother. It makes me remember that even though they’re not with me physically anymore, they’re always with me”. After I was done explaining, he nodded at me and gave me a small smile.
“That’s sweet Melody. Now…where the hell are we?” he said as he looked around the room. Before I could say anything, the sound of a soft snore caught both of our attention. We both turned our heads in the direction of the sound and we couldn’t believe what we saw. It was Hector…he was okay! I mentally sighed with relief knowing that he was fine. Maybe he knew where we were. He probably knew, I mean he probably brought us here. We needed to wake him up. I walked up to him and tried as I called out to him.
“Hector. Hector wake up!”
“Five more minutes, mom”, he said in a tired voice. God, he really is a heavy sleeper. And why does he always think I’m his mom?!
“I got this Mel”, Logan said as he tried to get out of the bed. He struggled for a bit, but I saw the look in his eyes telling me “I don’t need your help. I’m fine”. Once he was standing he walked over to the sleeping blonde; holding his left side. Once he was in front on him, Logan kicked him out of his chair, which caused Hector to land face first on the floor.
“Logan!”
“What, he wasn’t going to wake up any sooner”, Logan told me with a bored look on his face.
“Ouch, why does this always happen”, we heard Hector say, his face still on the floor. The blonde pushed himself up from his position and stood up. He realized that we were awake and standing in front of him. He stared at them wide-eyed, relief washing over him. “Logan, Melody…y-you’re, you’re okay?” We nodded at the blonde, giving him a reassuring smile. Hector gave them a wide smile as he gently hugged us, making sure that he didn’t hurt our wounds. “You’re okay. You’re really okay. I was so worried. I-I thought…”, he told them his voice trembling towards the end. We looked at our friend, seeing that he had tears at the corners of his eyes. Logan placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder as I gave him a warm smile.
“Hector, it’s okay now. We’re both going to be fine”, I told him in a sweet tone.
“Yeah, if it wasn’t for you we’d be probably be dead. You really saved us bro”, Logan told him, causing Hector to blush a little. He rubbed his head bashfully, trying to calm himself.
“W-Well, it wasn’t all me you know”.
“Well, who else helped yo-“, before I could finish my sentence, I was tackled by a familiar pink haired servant.
“MELODY, I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE OKAY!”, wept the servant boy as he tightly held my bandaged body.
“C-Cha-arlie! S-Still r-rec-covering h-here”, I said between breaths. Realizing what he was doing, Charlie let go of me and gave me a look full of guilt.
“I-I’m sorry, it’s just…”, he began as tears fell onto his checks. “I-I was so worried a-and-“
“Charlie, it’s okay”, Logan told him as he put a reassuring hand on his shoulder, “we’re okay now. Thanks to you mending our wounds we’re both okay now”.
“I didn’t help your wounds though”, he told Logan with slight confusion in his eyes. I also gave him a dumbfounded look from what the servant told him. Logan stayed in his confused dazed for a bit until he found the words to reply back.
“Wait a second. If you didn’t help our wounds then who-“ before he could finish, I let out fearful gasp, realizing that something was missing. The males looked at me, has I held a shocked look on my face as I touched my chest. “Melody what’s wrong?”
“My necklace, it’s gone!”
“Your necklace?” the blonde asked in a curious voice.
“My father’s ring. I-I always wear it on a silver chain around my neck. But now it’s gone!” We were quiet for a while, thinking of where it could have ended up. The silence was broken when Charlie spoke up.
“Wait was the ring black with a red stone on it?” he asked. I nodded to the boy as he grabbed something from his pants pocket. He took out a small black box and gave it to me. I hesitantly took it and opened it. My eyes were filled with both shock and relief with what I was seeing. My necklace was there and it didn’t seem to have any damage on it. I looked back at the boy with curiosity in my eyes. “I took it off of you when we brought you here. I didn’t want you to lose it or get it damaged”, he told me explaining why he had it. I placed the necklace back around my neck and looked at the boy with much gratitude.
“Charlie…thank you so much. This means so much”.
“That necklace means a lot doesn’t”, Logan asked noticing how I adored it. I nodded as I gave out my explanation.
“Remember how I told you that I was a bastard’s child”. He nodded as I continued, “This was my birth father’s ring. It has his last name engraved on it, but I could never make it out. But when I do, that’s the name I’ll use. It’s the main reason why I don’t go under Trancy, because it’s not my true name.”
“Hey, Mel. Let me take a look at the engraving”, Logan asked. I complied as I took off my necklace and gave it to the raven haired male. He took it into his hands and gentle checked the engraving to see if he could make out the lettering. After a couple of minutes of staring at the ring, he gave it back to me and let out a sigh. “Well, it definitely is hard to read. But I was able to make out an “M” and an “S””, he told me as he gave me back the ring. I took it back and placed it around my neck again.
“Well, at least that’s better than nothing”, I told him. We all nodded and looked at the servant boy with a curious gaze.
“So, Charlie”, the raven haired boy started, “since you didn’t mend our injuries, who did?” The boy opened his mouth to answer, but a feminine one filled the room.
“Oh, I didn’t expect you two to be up. But I can see that you both seem to be alright”. My eyes widened when I heard that voice. I never thought that I would hear that voice again. I looked towards the door and I couldn’t believe what I saw. In the middle of the doorway was a woman probably in her mid-twenties. Her skin was tan and her lavender colored hair was neatly in a bun (which amazed me since she had really long hair). She was wearing a dark grey blazer with a matching skirt and a pair of black heals. I also noticed that she was holding some clothing and was smiling at us. I couldn’t help but smile back at the woman who helped take care of my brother back when I was still human. She tilted her head, her smile still on her face and said, “How are you both feeling this morning?”
“Hannah”, I barely whispered, but I guess she heard me because her smile widened.
“So you remember me Melody”.
“Of course I do! How could I not, you took care of my brother and kept my sister’s soul safe”. I looked at the guys seeing that they both had a semi-confused gaze. Reacting to this I decided to explain, “guys I want you to meet someone. This is Hannah Annafellows.” The boys looked at the woman and gave her a smile.
“Nice to meet you”, they both said. Soon after, Logan noticed that there was someone behind her and tilted his head to try to get a better view of the person.
“Logan what are you looking at”, I said noticing him. He pointed towards Hannah and I saw that someone was behind Hannah. It appeared to be a girl, no older than eight years old. She had curly brown shoulder length hair and was wearing a light blue dress with bows and lace on it. The girl hid behind Hannah’s leg, her large greyish-blue eyes looked at us with much shyness and caution. Noticing this Hannah gave the girl a reassuring smile and nudged her forward.
“It’s alright”, she told the child, “they don’t mean any harm”.
“Hannah who is that”, I asked in a hushed tone.
“This is Lady Madeline George”, Hannah began as she gently pushed the girl in front of her. “She is the Lord’s young daughter and…and I’m also contracted to her”. It kind of shocked me and I almost didn’t believe her, but then I saw her mark. Madeline turned her back at us and moved her hair to show us her neck and Hannah’s demon mark was there. I wanted to ask why she did it, but I knew it wasn’t my place to ask now. Once the girl turned back around, I took out my hand to introduce myself.
“Nice to meet you Madeline. I’m Melody and those two are Logan and Hector”, I told her as I pointed to the guys. She nodded and shook my hand, then retreated back behind Hannah’s leg. I smiled at Hannah and gave out a small chuckle. “I can tell that she’s not used to social interactions”.
“Yes indeed, she can be very shy when she meets new people”, she told us as she gave me and Logan some clothes. “Now, how about you both get dressed and when you’re ready I’ll show you to the dining room and have you meet the Lord”. With that said she, Madeline and Charlie left the room and shut the door so we would have some privacy.
I looked at the clothes that she gave me. Nothing special, just a regular grey tank top and a pair of black pants. I turned towards Logan and blushed seeing that he was already changing. “L-Logan!”
“What?”, he said when he completely took off his pants and was only wearing his navy blue boxers.
“Y-You could have told me that you were ch-hanging”, I told him as I covered my eyes. I could tell that he rolled his eyes at me as he continued to dress himself. I could hear him grunt out of discomfort, probably since he was still in-pain. After a while, Logan spoke up.
“Okay, you can look now”. I slowly opened my eyes and was happy to see that he was fully dressed. His clothes were similar to mine except he was wearing a navy blue V-neck and he was wearing his grey beanie hat. After few seconds he and Hector turned their backs to me. I got confused but then realized what they were doing. I slowly took of the clothes I was currently wearing and put the new ones on. Once I was done, I patted off the dust and got the guys attention.
“Okay guys, you can look”, I told them as they turned back around. Once we were done, we all headed to the door and went to the hallway where Hannah, Charlie and Madeline waited. After a few moments, Hannah started to lead us to the dining hall where we were to meet the Lord of the house.
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We walked down the halls of the home and let me tell you, this place is incredible! The walls are adorned with pieces of artwork, expensive drapery and wall paper and so much more. It sort of reminded of my of the old Phantomhive manor, except it was more modernized. After a while of walking through the halls, I felt someone tap my shoulder. I turned to Charlie, who had a conflicted look on his face. “What is it Charlie?”
“W-Well, I was wondering”, he started has he rubbed his head, “those scars around your lower waist. Where did you get those?”
“Yeah Melody, where did you get those?” Logan piped in. I was kind of shocked. I didn’t expect them to question me about this.
“Uh! I-I didn’t m-mean to pry”, he said noticing my reaction, “you don’t have to answer if it’s-“
“It’s okay guys”, I told them, “let’s just say that they’re a little souvenir from Angela”. They nodded and didn’t press any further. We continued walking until we reached to white doors. Hannah grabbed one of the handles and opened to door to what I assumed was the dining room. Now we’ll know who this Lord is.
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Hannah opened the door to the dining room, to where the Lord of the house was currently reading a newspaper. He appeared to be in his late thirties, maybe in his early forties. His dark brown hair was slicked back and his light grey eyes were framed by thin-rimmed glasses. His facial features were very well defined, similar to those of Daniel Craig, and held some stubble. He hadn’t noticed the teens or his servants since he was too engrossed with the paper.
“Pardon me my lord”, the woman spoke up gaining the man’s attention. He set his paper down to and turned his attention to the group in front of him. “I wanted to introduce you to our guests”. The older man stood up from his seat and walked towards the group in a swift manner. Once he was in front of them, the teens introduced themselves as they shook his hand.
“H-Hector McHenry.”
“Logan Michaelis.”
“Melody…just Melody”. He nodded to them as he shook the girl’s hand. He let go of her hand as he introduced himself.
“A pleasure to meet you all”, he started in a deep voice, “I am Alfred George, head of this household. Would all of you care for some breakfast?” The teens nodded as they headed towards the large dining table with the master and his daughter in tow. Charlie pulled out each chair for each of them as Hannah did the same with her Lord and young Lady. They all sat down in silence for a while until the Lord spoke up again. “So, I’ve heard you both had quiet an accident”, he said, trying to make conversation.
“As in “accident”, you mean that we almost died of a major attack, then yes”, Logan replied as he took a sip of his water. “How long were me and Melody out for anyway?”
“For about three days”, Hannah told him, earning a shocked look from both of the ravenettes. “I was quiet impressed actually, I expected you to stay like that for at least a week or so”. They nodded to the demoness’ response and continued their conversation.
“So might I ask what caused you both to get yourselves in that situation”, the Lord asked to Melody and Logan.
“Well we didn’t expect to get attacked, but….someone ambushed us”, Melody told him, not really sure if she should tell him a demon did it.
“Oh really, are you sure that a demon didn’t do it?” The teens were surprised from what the Lord said. Noticing their shocked expressions, Lord George began to explain himself. “I am aware that you and Mr. Michaelis are both half-demons. I am also aware that Miss. Hannah and Charlie are demons as well”. The trio gave the Lord a perplexed look and started to question him.
“How did you know that Logan and Melody were demons”, the blonde asked him.
“Not only my daughter, but I myself am contracted to a demon. I would show you my mark, but it would be considered rude for a host to show his bare chest at his guests”, he told them with a slight chuckle towards the end. “Once you and Charlie brought your friends here, they were both able to detect that they at least were part demon”. The teens were shocked with what the lord told him. However, now a new question lingered in their minds. Who was he contracted to?
“If you don’t mind me asking, who are you contracted to?” Logan asked. Before the older man could answer him, the sound of the door opening caught his attention. He quickly glanced at the door and back at the teen as he gave his answer.
“Well you can meet him. He’s bringing our breakfast”, he told the teens, gesturing to the door. The trio looked in the direction and they went wide eyed. About a few feet away, was a tall man who appeared to be in his mid-twenties wearing a butler’s uniform. His skin was ghostly pale and dark raven locks framed his slim, handsome face. However, his most distinguishing feature was his rusted red colored eyes.
Seeing this man made Logan seethe with rage and Melody…she didn’t know how to feel. True this man did leave her all alone and didn’t even care to search for her. She was furious with him! However, underneath all of that anger was a bit of relief. Relief that he was okay and that after so many years she found him. The teens continued to stare at the demonic butler as he rolled a silver cart with their food on it. The butler placed he plates in front of his master before he reached the teens. Once he reached Melody, she saw that his eyes held some relief but she didn’t know why. She gave him a silent “thank you” as he moved to Logan. As he reached the raven haired boy, Logan let out a low growl as he clenched his teeth. He was right there. Sebastian fucking Michaelis was right in front of him and he was sitting there like an idiot. Without thinking twice, Logan grabbed the closes plate and wacked it into the butler’s face. His sudden action caused the rest to look at the teen with a surprised gaze.
“Logan!” Melody exclaimed as she stood out of her seat. Logan didn’t notice that the others were upset, he just staring at the bastard, who was on one knee, holding his check and….chuckling?
Why the hell is he laughing! Sebastian looked back at the teen, unaffected by what had happened and give him a smirk.
“My, I didn’t expect that you would use a bread plate. I expected you to use a knife or a fork?”, he said with a closed eyed smile, that only made Logan want to kill him more.
“Why you fucking son of-“
“Logan what it the meaning of this”, Lord George exclaimed as he stood from his seat.
“Well Lord George, your butler or I should say bastard here, is my father and I want to beat him to a fucking bloody pulp”, Logan told him with much venom in his tone.
“What! Logan you can’t be serious?!” the blonde piped in.
“Yeah, you’re still recovering. You can’t fight”, Melody said, trying to calm him down.
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Logan was shaking with rage, not wanting to listen to his friend’s comments. He waited for the butler’s reply as he watched him stand back up. “Well Sebastian, you want fight me?” The butler stayed quiet for a while before he let out a sigh.
“Very well. We shall have this fight in the garden. If we do this now, it wouldn’t further delay my lord’s schedule”, he said as he looked at his pocket watch, “please follow me”.
He hasn’t changed a bit, Melody thought to herself as she and the group were lead to the garden. Once they arrived, Logan and Sebastian stepped onto the “battle field” a few feet away from each other.
“The rules are simple, whoever pins the other for at least five seconds is the victor. Weapons can be used but, I prefer hand to hand combat to make it fair”, Sebastian explain with a closed eyed smile.
“That’s fine with me”, Logan said has he got into a fighting position, “can we get this thing started…butler?”
“Indeed”, with that said, the too demons started their fight. Logan threw some punches and kicks, but Sebastian kept dodging. As their fight continued, Melody noticed something. She knew Sebastian well enough to know that he wasn’t fighting like he normally does. It seemed that he was fighting at a lower level than he usually does.
Is he going easy on Logan?, she thought as she watched the males fight. After about twenty minutes since the fight began, Sebastian grabbed one of Logan’s punches and gave him a bored look.
“I’m sorry to interrupt, but I’m afraid that this fight will have to end in a draw”, he told the teen as he let go of the fist, “I hadn’t expected for this fight to last this long so I’m behind schedule. You and your friends are welcome to stay tonight. Now if you will excuse me”. With that said the butler left; along with his master, leaving the teen tired and stunned. Seeing their friend like this, Melody and Hector walked up to him.
“Hey you okay Logan?” the blonde asked.
“You feel any better, after finally being able to fight Sebastian?” Melody asked him. Logan stayed quiet for a while until he let out a shaky breathe.
“I-I don’t know. I don’t know how I feel. I-I guess I never thought I’d make it this far. You know finding Sebastian or anything”. The two nodded at what he said.
“Come on guys”, Melody said after a while, “let’s go back inside”. The boys nodded as they followed the girl back into the giant manor. Once they got back into the home, Melody wanted to ask Logan something. “Logan, can you do me a favor?”
“Uh, sure. What’s the favor?” he asked with a shrug.
“I know that you and Sebastian aren’t seeing eye to eye right now but, can you at least try to get along with him. Even if you’re faking it, just please. For me?” What she asked him surprised Logan a bit. But he let out a huff and answered her question.
“I’ll try, but no promises. Okay?” With that said the teens went back into the dining area.
Melody’s P.O.V.
Man this day was…exciting in a way. I met the Lord, we found Sebastian, Logan had a temper-tantrum and fought Sebastian. A day like that would tire anyone out. Anyway, it’s like 3 in the morning and I couldn’t sleep. I stared at the ceiling aimlessly, trying to put my mind at ease. To my dismay, it wasn’t working. Maybe a glass of water could help? I thought to myself. I sat up and swung my legs off of the bed. I noticed that Logan wasn’t in the bed across mine.
Oh and in case you’re wondering, Logan, Hector and I are staying in the room where me and Logan were originally in. We decided that Hector and Logan would share his bed and I would keep my bed. I was able to see that Hector was sleeping soundly when I was walking towards the door. I went to into the hallway and began to walk to the kitchen. After about an hour of getting lost, I found the door that hopefully lead to the kitchen. I opened the door causing it to make an eerie creaking sound. Once the door was fully open, I noticed that the lights were on. I stepped inside and heard running water. I followed the sound and I saw Sebastian cleaning some dishes and silverware. I guess he didn’t notice me…but I was wrong when he turned his head to me.
“Oh, Melody. What are you doing up this late?” he asked me.
“I-I couldn’t sleep. A-and I thought that a glass of water would help”.
“How about I make you some tea instead?” he asked me with a more sincere smile on his face. I nodded as I took a seat at a nearby chair and table. After a few minutes, he poured some tea into a cup and placed it on the table in front of me. I took it into my hands and quickly took a smell of it. It smelt familiar, but it probably my imagination. I took a sip of it and I was shocked to find out that he made me Earl Grey. I placed the cup down as I gave him a shocked look.
“You remembered that I liked Earl Grey tea”, I told him.
“Well of course, it is your favorite after all”, he told me with a chuckle. We quiet for a while with the exception of me sipping my tea. When I finished my tea, Sebastian took it and placed it into the sink. I stood up from my seat, ready to leave, but Sebastian caught my attention. “Before you go, may I say something?” I nodded, allowing him to tell me what he wanted to say. What surprised me was that he knelt down and hung his low. “Melody, please give me this moment to express how sorry I am. I’m sorry for leaving you behind in Hell, for not searching for you as much as I wished to and for leaving all alone for so many years. I know what I did to you was unforgiveable, but I do hope that you can accept my apology. And if not you have every right not to”. To say that I was shocked was an understatement. I couldn’t believe what I just heard. Sebastian apologized. The heartless demon butler actually apologized! I guess I never really knew how much he actually cared for me, or at all for that matter. Without a second thought, I quickly wrapped my arms around him and placed my head into his chest. I guess he wasn’t expecting that and questioned it.
“M-Melody?”
“Sebastian, you don’t need to apologize”, I told him as I looked at him. “To be honest I wanted to hate you for what you did, but I couldn’t. I guess that’s because I was relieved that you were okay and that I’ve finally found you. I really missed you Sebastian”. He was quiet for a while, but then he held me back.
“I’ve missed you too Melody”, he whispered to me. We stayed like that for a while, just happy seeing each other again. Sebastian was the first to let go and I saw that he was now standing. He gave me his hand and I took it so that he would help me stand. Once we were both standing Sebastian spoke up.
“Oh, I’ve meaning to ask you. How did you become acquainted with my son, Logan?”
“It’s sort of a long story, but something led me to New York. And I decided to join the high school to try to take my mind off of some things. Later I realized that he was in one of my classes. We sort of had a rocky start, but after a while we really became good friends. I’ve even became good friends with Hector”, I explained. He nodded as he replied back.
“I’m happy to hear that you both we’re able to meet. I feel like you would be a good influence to him”, he said with a smile, “it’s getting rather late. You should get back to bed and get some rest”. I nodded and made my way to leave, but not before I had to ask him something.
“Hey Sebastian”, I said as he turned to my direction, “can you do me a favor and try to get along with Logan and show that you care for him?” He smiled as he knelt down with his hand over his heart.
“Yes, my Lady”.
“You really haven’t changed a bit”, I said as I left the kitchen. I started to walk back to my room, but realized something. I got lost in little as 5 seconds.
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Logan’s P.O.V.
Ugh…well this day was shit-tastic. Well I guess it wasn’t a total lose. We found Sebastian and I was able to fight him. Now you might think that I might be happy with this. Well you’re sadly mistaken. For some reason I feel shitty about the entire situation. And I don’t fucking know why! Anyway, due to my mind being a giant shitty mess, I couldn’t sleep. I decided to walk around the manor and let me tell you, you can easily get lost if you make a wrong turn.
After walking around for a few hours, I stumbled upon to giant oak doors. Must be the Lord’s study. I should probably apologize to him for my behavior from earlier. I knocked on the doors and waited a few minutes before entering. After hearing a muffled enter, I entered the room to see the man at his desk doing paper work. He looked up and I saw that he was a bit surprised to see me.
“Logan, what are doing up this late?” he asked me.
“I-I couldn’t sleep a-and I wanted to apologize for my behavior this morning. I shouldn’t have reacted like that or break your fine china”, I said in a regretful tone.
“It’s alright. I’ve probably would have reacted the same way if my father abandoned me and I saw him the first time”. I could tell that he was trying to make me feel better and I appreciated it. We stayed quiet for a while, but then I asked him something.
“Lord George, may I ask you something?” He nodded allowing me to say what I wanted. “Would you allow me to work at the manor from time to time or whenever you need me? I would anything that you ask and I would accompany you on your detective cases if you allow it.” His eyes widened at my request, but he was still quiet. After a few moments he replied back.
“Before I give you my answer, tell me why you wish to work here.”
“I want to keep an eye on Sebastian and make sure he doesn’t slack off”. He chuckled at my joke as we continued to talk.
“Alright, you’ll start next week. Now get some sleep”. After that was said, I made my way to leave. But before I could, I heard a knock at the door. I opened it and was surprised to see a tired Melody.
“Uh, hey Melody. What are you doing here?” I asked.
“I was heading back to my room, but I got lost. What’s going on here?”
“I was just talking to Lord George and asked him if I can work here. I start next week.” She stayed quiet as she looked back to Lord George.
“Excuse me”, she started, gaining his attention, “may I also work here from time to time?” He let out a sigh before he answered.
“Fine, and if Mr. McHenry wants to work here also, he’s allowed. Now please, both of you go to bed”. We nodded as we left his office. We walked back to our room and hoped that we would get some sleep before morning came.
