Sugar-Coated Spooks

by Screaming Fae

There are many riddles and mysteries in the world, but not all of them are as ominous and ghoulish as these. A collection of Drabbles for Lamia's Weird Prompt Speed Drabble Challenge.

9. Venomous

#9: Venomous - Bellatrix/Alecto

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[Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.]

Alecto hated Bellatrix.

Having grown up within a patriarchal environment, Alecto wasn't used to another woman on the scene. When she joined the Dark Lord's ranks, she had visions of being the First Lady; the vicious, background bitch – the one the Dark Lord would call his most faithful servant.

However, it seemed like Bellatrix got there first – and Alecto despised that. She hated that she was lumbered with her brother most of the time, and was never truly a part of the 'circle'.

Alecto also hated the dreams that woke her in the night.

She hated the ghostly feel of Bellatrix's lips against her skin; palms cascading down Alecto's limbs. Their soft bodies against each other, and the warmth that Bellatrix emitted. She hated the way Bellatrix got into her head, and nothing, nothing Alecto could do would get her out.

It was the dreams that Alecto hated most of all.