Title: Puppet Master
Author: Jewel Song
Word Count: 174
Warnings: DARK
Challenge #50: Historical AU
The White City glistened with an enchanting, seemingly innocent light. It was an incredible sight; one that she would use to her advantage as long as the fair was present.
It was almost too easy to seduce him into her clutches. He was attracted to her immediately and she wasted no time in inviting him to stay with her while the fair was in town. He fell in love with her, and she pretended (oh, did she pretend) to feel the same way.
She easily became aroused as she imagined him struggling to get out of the soundproof gas room; fighting for his life even as his body failed him. His cries would go unheard. She slightly regretted the fact that she wouldn't get to hear his desperate pleading cries, but the end product was still worth it.
She would strip his torso the skin, leaving him raw, and then sell him to medical schools to be studied, while she was paid handsomely for "contributing to scientific research".
And then she would choose her next victim.
Azula in the role of serial killer H.H. Holmes who used the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Fair in Chicago (aka: The White City) to his advantage as he seduced, married and then tortured women. H.H. Holmes was suspected to be a sociopath; hence my choice of Azula in the role.
Inspired by Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City; an excellent historical fiction novel. Check it out!
: "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Corrad :