AU: Shattered Apocalypse, thank you very, very much for beta-reading my story, and the support you gave me.

Dear reader, originally, I've intended for this story to have a few more chapters but due to personal problems, there's no way it can happen. However, let me assure you, I haven't made any changes to the original plot, so the ending you have read was planned right from the start. Again, thanks for all the reviews and messages I got from you.

But who protects me

From the me

Who is most terrible?

The body, beautifully nested on the flowerbed, amongst the leaves, roses, and vines, was completely still. Perhaps one would call it 'peaceful', if not for the fact that it was covered in blood, the redness completely dyeing the otherwise colorless nightshirt in horrific contrast. The revealed milky colored thighs, pale wrists, face, and even the bluish-tinted hair were coated in the half-dried liquid. It would be perfectly easy to say that this body had been, in fact, 'massacred' by someone, brutally and viciously killed in the most painful way, merely to create more mess. However, it looked as if someone took great care into placing the body in such a way, with all the limbs gently arranged, the head resting on the soft white petals, as flowers surrounded everything in an almost beautiful scenery. Yes… If not for the blood.

"They did not, Ciel." A voice spoke, accompanying the sound of footsteps, inhumanely, unnaturally loud.