Ever feel trapped?
Stiflingly enclosed, in a home that's not a home
Or trapped into another's decisions
Do this; don't do that
And for the love of god at least try to look presentable
That's not decent... I can see your shape
you have your mother's eyes.
No.
My life is my life, and you can't make me live it your way.
I don't care about being the 'Lady of Wheiler house'
I just want to be free.
And all you did is shrink the cage.
Stay here. This home.
This role.
Alice.
Can't you see that I'm suffocating.?
Not to mention, I'm Emily, father
I'm not Alice, for the last time, Alice is dead
Fear not, you'll join her soon.
I'll ensure it, trust me
like I used to trust you.
Because of that night
"Awake, are you? Good. You need to be. We have things to settle between us"
What did I do, to deserve it?
I will spend my life in repentance, if it was indeed, my fault.
Because I had to do something pretty terrible
To warrant you doing something that awful
but you never need a reason.
Barret Wheiler was many things.
Sane not among them.
You took away my innocence
And left me bleeding, crying, broken
In more pain than you've ever felt in your ridiculous little life
But I'll even it out, don't fret.
every tainted pearl in this necklace will take away your ridiculous little life.
I should've ended you earlier.
And Arthur, my love
You were just another nail in the coffin
One of these days, you'll pay for leaving me to die.
Leaving your fiancé to deal with the worst of her existence
Not wise, no, not at all
"It's clear that you've been violated and I-"
I what? I dare you to finish that.
It's just another knot in the noose.
Not to mention "Emily, I wish you well, but this is all too much for me.
I cannot, will not have such things in my life."
So you left me
When I needed some stability
Something to hold onto
Hell, my only family had desecrated me,
I was no longer the same species
And then you left me
Knotting the noose I wove from mother's pearls
The way I will kill him is obvious.
Arthur, I was going to marry you,
I'm going to make you suffer slowly
Make you regret leaving me without a second glance.
Sometinmes good bye is no second chance.
So I embraced the night, and found my first victim.
Seeing the life drain from his eyes was beautiful
It was like paying him back
For every burning look
Every time he manipulated me
Every time he called me Alice
Treated me like Alice
Every kiss
Every time he struck me
Every drop of blood
And all the pain
The life he took away from me
the things he did to me, still not repaid, but the enemy vanquished.
But, Arthur, you'll get yours too
Shadows within shadows, I watch you
And you know, one of these days…
I will make you pay too.
Dedicated to everyone who reviewed on Zoey's version. I love y'all for it. Also to A Spell Uncast, for writing a post Neferet's Curse fic. That was pro.