The Mother who Fed the Dark
"Not all. Choose… or I will."
Fear knotted the eldest child’s stomach. He understood the cruel game the Darkness had designed. One child would be taken, the other spared—perhaps. But the choice was never truly his. Resistance was only another form of torment.
"No!" he shouted, voice cracking. "I… I won’t choose!"
The middle child laughed. The sound was hollow, echoing off the walls, twisting into every shadow. “Then the Darkness will choose for you.”
The shadows surged. Tendrils of darkness shot across the room, wrapping around the youngest child. He screamed, small and sharp, a sound that ripped the eldest child’s chest open. He tried to pull the boy free, but the shadows were cold, heavy,
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