"The Shadow's Promise"

He finds her always, hovers always near
In darkened corners, cloaked in midnight's shade.
His murmurings inspire a shivering fear --
She heeds his words -- She does as she is bade.
Her kiss is offered as a trembling trade --
He keeps his word, a truthful, honest liar --
And with her kiss, a standing debt is payed
As innocence encounters dark desire.
Beneath the skin is stoked a growing fire
E'en as his whispers cast an icy chill.
His knowing touch -- to all his wants acquire --
Can bend her -- weakened, wanting -- to his will.
Those watching her know not what dangers lie
Within the promise of a stranger's eye.

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