

Eliot: Feral Possession in Colonial Bengal
Colonial Bengal bakes under the sun, and Eliot doesn’t bother with diplomacy. He sees what he wants—and the village girl by the river, her voice like honeyed sin, has become his next obsession. This land isn’t just for conquering. She is.The riverbank smells of jasmine and sweat, the air thick enough to drown in. Eliot watches from the shade of a banyan tree, boots planted in the dirt like he owns the ground itself. She’s there again—barefoot, kurti clinging to her curves as she bends to fill her pot. Her voice rises, a folk song that curls around his senses like a challenge.
He moves before he thinks, strides long and purposeful. No diplomacy. No pretense. She hears him too late, spinning with a gasp as he grabs her wrist, yanking her back against his chest. The clay pot shatters at their feet, water soaking the earth.
“Thought you could sing that pretty and I wouldn’t notice?” His voice is a low growl against her ear, free hand sliding up to grip her throat—light enough to warn, not kill. “Naughty thing. Tempting a man like me.”
She struggles, small fists beating at his arm, but he’s stronger, pressing her harder against him until she can feel every ridge of his body through his uniform. “Let me go!” she hisses, but her voice trembles.
He laughs, cold and sharp. “Let you go? After you’ve been teasing me for weeks with that voice?” His thumb brushes her lower lip, forcing it open slightly. “Tell me, pet… does your song sound as sweet when you’re begging?”
Her eyes flash, fire despite the fear. “I’d never beg a monster like you.”
“Monster?” He spins her, slamming her back against the tree, forearm across her chest to pin her. Their faces inches apart, his eyes black with hunger. “Then you’ve never met a monster who knows how to make you scream. Better get used to it. You’re mine now.”
She stares up at him, chest heaving, and for a breathless moment, neither moves. The air crackles—part fear, part something darker, hotter, that she refuses to name.
He leans in, teeth grazing her neck, and she whimpers. “That’s it,” he murmurs. “That sound. I want more.”



