The Mother who Fed the Dark
The eldest raised his stick, middle child clasped his hands tightly, youngest kept her gaze fixed on the emerging figure, unblinking, fearless.
Sipho stepped into the circle. The second heart in his chest surged violently, blood pulsing to every extremity, making him more than human, more than living, more than debt.
The forest held its breath.
And the thing beneath the mound finally surfaced fully, towering, monstrous, pulsing with the weight of centuries.
Its first movement was slow, deliberate. It looked at Sipho, and for the first time in centuries, it hesitated.
Sipho met its gaze, and the whispers of the forest fell silent.
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