Author's note: Written for Inkfire's challenge #48 on xoxLewrahxox Bellatrix Lestrange: The Dark Lord's Most Faithful Forum.
114 words
I heard many people saying that a lady should not bother her lovely head with politics. This is completely wrong, because all my life I have been used by my father and brother to further their own political goals. After all, I was named Lucretia for a reason. Unlike the Borgias, we don't use poison to achieve what we want. We use a weapon which can be deadly : my beauty.
Men are so weak: they fall in love with me so easily and all I have to do is to give them a little attention. I 've always had a reputation for being innocent and sweet and I work very hard to maintain that reputation.