Narrator's POV

As the clock approached midnight, Sebastian Michaelis made his way through Sphere Music Hall, having just dressed a white hooded cloak and white mask that covered his entire face that he had just stolen off a worshiper he killed in the alley.

The cloak and mask be wore disguised him well as he followed the crowd.

The group of forty cultists soon arrived in a basement were there was a stage containing four empty chaises.

Everyone stood before the stage, clearly waiting for something.

Blavat Sky walked onto the stage, greeting the crowd, "Blessed night, my brothers and sisters, I am so very glad to see you all gathered here again in this night of the eclipse where the stars are at their strongest."

The lavender haired man folded his hands before his chest and looked towards the sky —or rather the ceiling as they were in a basement— as he led the group in prayer to welcome the Star Lords.

Four veiled people walked into the stage and sat on one of the chaises.

A presumably young girl with a maroon veil and a four starred diadem was first.

Next was a grown man with eggplant purple veil with three stars on his diadem.

Next was a woman with a crimson veil with two stars on her diadem.

And finally was a grown man with a sapphire blue veil with just a sole star on his diadem.

Most importantly, the man with the blue veil had something on his lap: or rather someone.

His Young Master was identically dressed as the man but he had no veil, gloves nor diadem.

His blue eye was glazed over, signaling that he was being drugged —judging by his behavior— into submission.

The blunette was like a doll on the man's lap, his face stuck in a blissful expression.

The demon found his master's drugged behavior —nuzzling against the veiled man like a kitten and partially covering his own face with the veil to do what looked like pressing kisses to the man's jaw— hilarious and could not wait to tease and humiliate the boy for it once they returned to the townhouse.

Now that he knew his Young Master was here and could now get him, he needed to think of a way to get him without compromising the plan to stop the cult.

If he just revealed himself now and grabbed him, the cult would likely get spooked and flee to somewhere else to continue their operations and Lady Elizabeth would be taken with them since she was not here.

So what to do?

It seemed fate was against him today since Sebastian noticed Undertaker leaning against the farthest wall staring right at him.

The reaper stared at the demon, his expression practically saying 'do something I dare you'.

Unfortunately, the Butler also knew that if he were to get into a fight with Undertaker right now, he was not sure he would win.

After all, he had never won a fight against him before, always have either lost or come to a draw.

It seemed the luxury of choice had been taken from him, he would have to rescue his master now and hopefully elude the reaper in the chaos.

Sebastian jumped onto the stage and shoved Blavat to the ground as a distraction, grabbing his master off of the blue veiled man's lap snd beginning to run back up the stairs and out of the building.

The demon ran at full speed to elude the reaper, Sphere Music Hall becoming smaller and smaller as he ran towards the townhouse.

***

After hearing about the mass gone wrong, Elizabeth Midford sat at her vanity.

She undid her pigtails and brushed her blonde hair out of their curls back into their natural waves.

The fourteen year old girl then wiped off her pink lipstick and removed her dress and unlaced her corset.

Lizzy removed her shoes and stockings and her chemise and bloomers, standing nude as she opened her dresser and pulled out a pink nightgown as well as white cotton sleeping gloves.

She hummed a bit and out a white silk robe atop her nightgown before slipping on her slippers and leaving the room.

A few moments later she stood outside her fiancé's bedroom and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Ciel allowed, already knowing who it would be

The blonde entered the bedroom snd closed the door behind her, "You called for me, Ciel?"

"Come lay with me." The blunette asked, his left arm connected to the transfusion machine, motioning for her to come towards him with the other, "We are to be husband and wife soon, I desire your company."

Lizzy obediently laid beside him, kissing his cheek, "I am worried about our darling."

"As am I." Ciel agreed, "I long to have him back safely between us, but he needed to do this."

"I understand that, but I still wish it were not so." Lizzy added

The undead teen nodded, "Yes, Astre does not know everything about our plan and has no idea he is being tested. Not only was this to establish an alibi to protect him from the demon, but if he does not attempt to return to us we will know his love was false and we will need to redouble our efforts."

"Is Polaris keeping watch on the townhouse to assist his escape?" The blonde asked, "I do not want him to have any difficulty returning to our arms."

"He is." Ciel assured his consort, "As long as Astre attempts to return to us we will know his love is truth and Polaris will rescue him should his own attempts be unsuccessful."

Lizzy pressed a kiss to the Bitter Rabbit laying between herself and Ciel, "I have faith in Astre, he is a good boy, he will be back."

"And if he is naughty he will be a good boy by the end of me training him." Ciel hummed, "He will be right back to his true submissive self."

With that, the two teens cuddled together and fell asleep, ready to have their precious Astre back...