a/n: a challenge from spockologist-221B:beguile-
221B format as devised by KCS.
Contains spoilers for "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" I appear to be following a "mess with Victorian womenfolk at your peril" theme so far :-)
POV of Miss Kitty Winter, biding her time outside the house of Baron Gruner...
Beguile
Watching from the shadows, I can see him through the window;
Instinctively, I shiver at the profile on display.
Clutching tight my parcel, I observe his every movement,
And regard the day I met him as my darkest, bleakest day.
~0~
I remember the excitement when I captured his attention;
The joy on learning I, alone, had caught his roving eye.
I was blind to his intentions and the depths to which he'd drag me.
I will rue that fateful meeting till the moment when I die.
~0~
I was trapped, before I knew it, in a life of degradation;
An abused, corrupted shadow of the girl I used to be.
I witnessed darker horrors than I ever dreamed existed;
Saw more evil than a human soul was ever meant to see.
~0~
I tried so hard to warn her of his true, repellent nature;
Explaining how I'd learned the harshest lesson, far too late.
He had her in his clutches, and she would not heed my warning;
Which is why I hide in shadows, watching carefully, and wait.
~0~
At last, the opportunity to step out from the shadows,
And act for those he ruined with soft words and cobra smile.
My aim is sure and certain as I throw the burning liquid;
It won't be quite so easy now to flatter and beguile.
~o~