The Mother who Fed the Dark
The youngest child tilted their head, calm, serene, almost curious.
Sipho exhaled, the weight pressing down like stone. He could feel the Darkness around him, tasting, testing, pushing. The Hunger did not forgive hesitation. It demanded action, demanded sacrifice, demanded resolution.
He stepped closer to the eldest child. “The Hunger marks you,” he whispered. “Your resistance is admirable… but it cannot last. One of you must falter. One of you must give in. And one… may rise beyond what I can hold.”
The eldest child looked up at him, wide-eyed, trembling. “Please… don’t—”
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