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**Elias Hawthorne’s Voice**

I watched her first with gentle eyes,

A governess with quiet ties.

Her life, so simple, neat, and small,

Yet in her heart, I felt a call.

Her grace, her smile, they beckoned me,

A mystery I longed to see.

At first, I hid, I followed near,

A shadow lost in quiet fear.

But soon, that fear gave way to need,

A hunger planted like a seed.

Through moonlit streets, behind her back,

I trailed her steps along the track.

No word was spoken, no glance returned,

Yet deep inside, my soul it burned.

I wrote her notes, though she'd never see,

Each mark a sign that she’d be mine, to be.

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**Arabella Sinclair’s Voice**

I walked my days in quiet grace,

A life of order, a gentle pace.

Yet something stirred, I couldn't tell,

A whisper faint, a silent bell.

Each step I took, I felt a gaze,

A creeping chill, a shadow's haze.

Footsteps echoed, but none I knew,

A presence dark, yet out of view.

And then, the notes, so strange, so near,

Each one a spark that fed my fear.

Was I hunted, or was it doubt?

A restless mind I couldn’t shut out.

But still I went, the world I knew,

Until the day I walked it through,

And came to stand before the door,

My heart a storm, a silent roar.

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**The Moment of Truth**

He opened wide the heavy door,

A smile, a look I’d seen before.

"I knew you'd come," he whispered low,

"Now there’s no place left to go."

“What do you want?” my voice a strain,

As dread coursed through my veins, my brain.

He smiled again, a twisted plea,

“I want you here, with me, always—

No more fear, no more delays.”

The room was dark, the air was thick,

With letters stacked, a cruel trick.

“You see, my dear, we were meant to be,"

His voice a soft and twisted plea.

My heart it trembled, but no sound,

For in his eyes, my will was bound.

I stayed, I stood, though fear did rise,

A captive heart, I closed my eyes.

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**Elias Hawthorne’s Final Words**

In shadows deep, my love is found,

Arabella’s soul, unwound.

She is mine now, this game is done—

Her heart my prize, my love won.

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Two lives, now lost, one bound, one scarred,

One bound by love, the other marred.

In silent whispers, in shadows deep,

A love that twisted, a promise to keep.