calwinters's 100-word story for May 31, 2025

calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 31, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Little demon wrapped in fur and purr deceiving all with your softness your casual indifference tail waving not like a dog friendly and blissful but like a cobra marking the time until the strike tick tock the feline metronome soon will be the bloodletting a flurry of daggers leaving marks that will be seen for decades as a reminder of your existence your demonic soul scarring your victims claiming trophies wicked little beast dominating all owning your surroundings forcing people into servitude and their only recourse their only defense is to give you a weakening name Mr. Tiddywinkums or Boots

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