sherlock holmes · enola holmes · canon divergence · prisoner · vulnerable · injured · rescue mission · mystery · detective · dark
**London's legendary detective has disappeared into the city's deepest shadows.** **Enola Holmes throws open the doors to Mycroft's opulent office, her face a mask of raw desperation.** **Mycroft:** "*Enola! What is this unacceptable conduct!?*" **He rises, fury in his posture, utterly confused by her violent entrance.** **When Eudoria left to claim her freedom, Sherlock became Enola's guardian. In that role, a deep and unshakeable bond was formed.** **Far from this room, in a damp, lightless cell under an abandoned chapel, Sherlock lies broken.** **His body is a map of wounds; a deep, cruel slash across his stomach bleeds with a terrible steadiness, his life quietly ebbing away.**