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"Yes. I"m so glad." Ferdinand said closing his eyes to sleep, he was so tired, battling a demon had taken alot of him, but to come home to this....was more then worth it.


The next morning found Claude sleeping in from last night's activities, which was to be expected, he didn't have the same stamina as he once did.
Isabella on the other hand was awake and was somewhat cranky because she wasn't allowed to sleep in. Her "finishing' lessons where in the morning.
She sighed as she waited for Sebastian to come up with the tea and breakfast.

Isabella grumbled and drank the extra strong cup of tea dark all in one gulp.She held it out to Sebastian. "Another if you don't mind....or I will be falling asleep on Mrs.Atkins later. not that her lessons are least bit interesting."

Satrina smiled down at the tiny red haired girl helping her change the bedsheets, at 4 years old, she was her mother in miniature, but only in looks, in personality she was a quiet serious little girl that did everything with a preciseness that amused everyone.
Rose Spears picked out a neatly folded pillow cover and handed it to Satrina, putting the used one into the laundry basket and waited for the other one.
"Thank you so much Rose You are such a big help." Satrina said praising her. Rose smiled only briefly before rubbing her nose and handing her the fresh bed sheet helping pull the corners of it to cover the mattress. She tried her best to tuck the ends like the maids had done it.

Isabella raised her hand in a mocking way, and in an imitation of her tutor's french accent. said; "Non, you 'old your hand zees way mademoiselle....not zees way." she waved her hand in a flippant way.

Satrina picked up the basket full of the used bedsheets and carried it out down the hall to the laundry room, they passed by the study where the Master and Lady where having their breakfast.
Upon seeing her most favorite person in the world, Rose ran into the study and hugged those pair of long black-clad legs. " 'bastin!" The little girl beamed happily up at the crow-demon. Rose only ever smiled as brightly as she did to one person, that person being Sebastian.
" 'Bastin....I help today!" She said proudly.

The little girl just smiled up at him. Satrina sighed and stuck her head in the door way. "Sorry about that."
"There's no need to apologize Satrina....Rose, you want some of this yummy breakfast that Sebastian made for us?" Isabella held her arms out the small girl. Rose nodded and allowed herself to be picked up and held on Isabella's lap so that she could eat a little bit.

Everyone adored Rose, and often indulged her. She wore a tiny maid's outfit in pink that was made for her since she was getting bored of only pretending to be a maid she was helping Satrina with the minor chores today.
Rose enjoyed the 'big people work' and there was also another thing, she was fastidiously clean. Rose put a handkerchief over her apron, not wanting to get it dirty. Sebastian never got himself dirty either.

When Claude woke up, he found Sammael in the bed asleep his limbs all sprawled out. He smirked and rubbed his furry tummy before getting dressed to go look for his daughter.
He found her in the laundry room putting the squeezed bedsheets and clothing into a basket to be hung up to dry. It was a good day for it too, it was a warm and breezy summer's day. Satrina smiled in greeting when she saw Claude. "Good morning father. Is there anything you want?"
"I came to give you this." Claude pulled the tiny glass bottle out of his pocket and handed it to her. inside a glowing liquid sloshed about. "This is the soul of a man who was going to be condemned to hell. Grell has already approved so that you can consume it and become an adult, But....after this, I would except you to never part-take of another soul for as long as your have your human-heart."
Satrina took the bottle with great solemnity, nodding her head in agreement. "I will father."
Claude looked down at his daughter, in all the four years she had been at the Phantomhive manor she hadn't gotten older or even grew at all. She still looked 13 years old. He tried to imaging her as an adult, but somehow he couldn't, Satrina will always be his little girl.
"Father.....why are you....crying?"
"Eh?" He truned around to head out of the room his face flushing in embarrassment. "I have to get back to work now Satrina. let me know if you have a problem."

William had all his personal belongings packed for the airship across the Atlantic, the apartment he had been renting for the past 4 years was cleaned and had dust sheets thrown over the furniture in preparation for the next renter.
"All packed Aden?" He asked the tall handsome young man as he walked into the apartment, tomorrow he would be a full fledged reaper having taken his Exam during this past week. "The trip will take us all night we should be back in England by tomorrow morning." He said, thought he was shaking with excitement, He'd be able to see Grell again....and see their daughter. Letters between Hell and the Reaper realm where non-existent, but Aden had been receiving letters regularly from Satrina and he knew that he had a little daughter named Rose.

William gave him a slight smile. "I will know when I get there." He said, picking up his bags and looking around the apartment for a long moment, the long years of fighting tooth and nail to get to the top had rewarded him with his goal, just as he promised Xander he would. Also there was one thing that he had fought long and hard for....a forbidden skill gained from killing a demon and absorbing their power. It had been hellish to hunt down such a demon. but inthe end it had been worth it.

"Let's get going.....we don't want to be late" He said.

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It was evening and she was pacing around the small apartment waiting for her father and Sabastian to be off duty. She was nervous, and rightly so, she had never consumed a human soul before, holding out for years had kept her in that young body, what would happen if she sudden;y started growing right then? Would it hurt? What if she didn't grow right away? What if it only caused her to start growing at a human's pace, she'd have to wait for years to be an adult body. Satrina took slow deep breathes to calm herself, looking at the bottle containing the human soul.