The Mother who Fed the Dark
The youngest remained calm, serene, watching, unyielding, untouchable.
Sipho felt the Hunger pulse violently, pressing against him from within and without. The first choice had been made. Blood, pain, fear, and defiance hung in the clearing, thick as fog. One child bore the first permanent mark of the Hunger’s demand. One had resisted. And one… stood poised, untouched, a threat, a spark, a possibility beyond the Darkness itself.
He stepped back into the shadows, letting the forest reclaim him. The Hunger hummed, satisfied yet impatient. The first decision was made—but the cycle was far from over.
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