ash_knight17

Waking up from a nightmare several hours before dawn, Belle fetched a drink of water. 

She paused in front of her kitchen's window when she noticed a lit lantern in front of her mansion's garden. Her butler stood there, shovel in hand. This was no hour to be gardening. 

Curious, she made her way outside, but when she had gotten close enough to see a large and hollow pit next to her eternally-stoic and polite butler, she saw him pick up a rotten body. 

A DEAD BODY!

Her eyes widened fearfully when she saw her handsome butler drop the rotting body into the fresh hole. She asked in horror, "What are you doing?!" 

Surprised to see his young miss awake at this hour, he stared at her with the same expression he had been keeping up for all these years. He had made sure she was asleep before coming here.

"Gardening."

"And the body?!" she looked at him in disbelief.

"Fertilizer," he answered her before picking up the shovel that was on the ground. Belle was now certain something had possessed her butler. Who gardened dead bodies?!

She then heard him ask her, "Want to help me in planting it, Miss Adams?" he gave her a sweet smile.

Note: If you enjoy a book of comedy with light-hearted romance and a gothic background. This book is for you~

Belle Adams' Butler

Even though the man in front of them tried to scare them, Lucas was least bit worried about it. Death was something that could not touch him when he was the manifestation of death. And when it came to Belle, he would always protect her and make sure no harm be brought upon her.

Lucas said, "You don't have to worry about us, kind Sir. We have been cautious about things. Instead, you should worry about yourself. Who knows what will happen in this land. I have been hearing news about witches killing people, and humans who hate vampires." He smiled back at the magistrate to see how the smile on the man's face faltered at Lucas' words.

"I have cleared your doubts about the councilman. You should go get some rest. There's going to be a blizzard soon," the magistrate conveyed the message to them. Lucas and Belle stood up from their chairs, thanking the man, they left the office.

In the dead- Part 1