Before Belle had returned home with the tenth Grim, Father Connor had quickly used his horse to gallop and reach the Adams" mansion. To make sure that the other Grim knew trouble was arriving at the doorstep. Unable to take his horse inside as the gates were closed, Father Connor had then tied his horse to the gates, pus.h.i.+ng the latch to step inside and make his way towards the large doors. He knocked the metal around the wood, and one of the doors opened with the butler who carried a lantern in his hand.
"What brings you here at this hour of the night, Father Connor?" asked Lucas seeing how he was breathless. His eyes moved behind the white witcher to look at the white horse that was tied to the gate.
"It is the Grim," Father Connor turned his head to make sure there was no one behind him and whispered, "It is Baltimore. With Miss Adams."
Lucas" eyes narrowed hearing this. In a blink of an eye, he vanished from where he stood to return back in front of Father Connor. Father Connor had never seen anything like this before and he rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn"t looking at empty s.p.a.ces now.
"Where are they?"
"They are supposed to be heading back home," replied Father Connor. Lucas had left Belle to rest after their time outside but he hadn"t expected her to leave the mansion out of the blue for no reason. He gritted his teeth with his eyes still narrowed, "She was in the church when Baltimore arrived."
"I didn"t know Belle and Baltimore were acquainted with each other," stated Lucas.
"They aren"t," Father Connor gave out a sigh to say, "Baltimore took a sudden interest. I am not sure if he was eavesdropping therefore I told Miss Adams to not worry about her brother and go home. Baltimore said he was a doctor and insisted he would help."
Lucas gave it some thought before bowing at the man, "Thank you for relaying the message as quickly as you could. I will take it from here," Father Connor returned the bow and he went back to his horse. Untying it and the witcher left the grounds of the mansion.
Lucas looked at his bird that had perched itself in the tree who flew towards him, "Find Belle and keep an eye on her. There"s Baltimore with her."
"Yes, Master!" the bird flew away.
Baltimore was the Tenth Card who was a whisperer, the ability to persuade people by his words but it didn"t work on the Grims, nor did it work on the dead beings. He was the Grim who had been looking for Lucas for years because of the suspicion he held from being framed over Isabell"s skip of death and soul transfer which went on him.
Baltimore was in contract with the black witches and there were things he had involved himself so deep that it was troublesome to deal with him but the reaper had stuck himself to Belle.
Now about the brother, thought Lucas to himself as he got inside the mansion.
Lucas walked straight to his room at first, seeing it empty he looked up at the ceiling and then went up the stairs to find Barron who was struggling to get himself away from the door as his long ear was stuck in the door.
"Argh!" Barron groaned, trying to reach the handle of the door which was above him. If he moved too much it would result in his ear being torn, "You d.a.m.n door!" He was trying to shake his head, bobbing it up and down to wiggle his way out which was taking time.
Not noticing Lucas who happened to now standing behind him, Barron continued to move his bunny body to crash back against the wall as Lucas had opened the door.
"What was that for?!"
"I thought you needed help."
"Barron doesn"t need help from you. I will move my ears when I decide I want it to be moved from the door!" Barron grumbled for cras.h.i.+ng on the wall. He then stood up dusting himself.
"Is that so? But your ear is already torn-"
"WHAT?!" asked the exaggerated reaper, who quickly climbed up near the window to see his reflection. He moved his rabbit hands up to check his ear and the butler was right, his ear was torn and he could see the thread that came out, "Fix, this."
"Do it yourself. You are the great Grim of Four. I am sure that is the easiest thing for you to do," answered Lucas.
Barron raised both of his hands, "Look at this! Look! Bunny f.u.c.king hands. I cannot hold a thread!" while Barron was complaining, Lucas looked outside the mansion to see if the Belle and the reaper had arrived but they were not in sight yet.
"How about we make a deal," Lucas said, and Barron couldn"t help but give a suspicious look before he was explained with what he had to do. Barron had left Mr. Fluffs behind and had turned to a young boy who was on the bed.
"Why is Baltimore even following Belle?" asked Barron. If the Grim reaper found out that Lucas had a spot towards the girl, he would kill her as revenge.
"Because Father Connor said her vampire brother was sick and we all know, for a vampire to fall sick you need to be on duty."
Barron looked at his hands and touched his face, "So strange to be in a body like a mortal," this was the first time he had ever taken a form who appeared to be part of the living. Barron looked down upon the living because of how stupid they were and they were only turning to be more stupid.
"Baltimore doesn"t know who we are. Just play along and have him out of the mansion."
"Why am I the only one who was stuck in the rabbit suit?!"
"You just happened to pull the shortest stick," and when Lucas said this, both Barron and Lucas heard the gate of the mansion creak.