She knew the voice of her charmer, so ravishing, sounded far above her.

It seemed like an angel's, alluring her upward and onward.

She thought she could ascend to him and become an equal.

She surrendered to him a priceless gem, which he proudly garnered as a trophy, with those of other victims, and left her to her fate.

The world seemed full of hateful deceivers and crushing arrogance.