Demigod by Sam Ryder

Author:Sam Ryder [Ryder, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-16T06:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER

“Vrill?” The woman’s voice was deep and raspy, thought she still looked young, like she could be Vrill’s slightly older sister rather than mother. There was an obvious resemblance between the two women, from their high cheekbones and flawless features to their deep and soul-piercing eyes.

I had to admit, she was unbelievably hot—easily achieving MILF-status—so it was obvious where Vrill got her good looks.

“Is it really you?” Vrill’s mother said. “Where—I don’t understand. Where have you been?”

“I—” I could hear the emotion in Vrill’s voice due to the reunion. She was having trouble getting the words out. I suddenly felt awkward at being here for this. This was a moment between a daughter and a mother. Something private. Something we were intruding on and— “I left because I couldn’t stand this life anymore, Mother. I couldn’t handle your fake, plastered-on smile, the lies spilling off your lips, the way you tried to patronize and minimalize my feelings like they were the silly anxieties of an adolescent. I couldn’t take anymore of any of it.”

Whoa. Vrill’s outburst was as unexpected as it was unlike her. Then again, how quickly I’d forgotten how downtrodden I’d been before Eve found me. That’s why we all started at Level 1, Outcast. Because Eve had preyed on those who were unhappy, depressed even.

Vrill’s mother just blinked, looking uncertain as to how to react. Then she did this thing where the flash of emotion, of pain, that had crept across her face, vanished. It was like a magician’s act—now you see it, now you don’t!—except she was a master of making her expression look neutral. “I’m certain I don’t know what you mean, Vrill,” she said. “I always tried to help you adapt to your changing role in our community, but you were…resistant.”

Vrill shook her head, and though I could tell she was angry, it was a different kind of anger to that which I’d experienced when she’d faced off against the Three and Eve for the first time in years. It was more of a resigned kind of anger. Resigned to that which she could not change. “I shouldn’t have come here,” Vrill said, turning away and gesturing to us that we were leaving.

“Wait.” The single word was like a force of nature, stopping Vrill dead in her tracks. She didn’t turn around, just breathing as she waited for her mother to speak. I hadn’t turned away from her mother, and I watched the woman I hadn’t even been introduced to yet. I could see the indecision on her face. No, that wasn’t it. Her heart seemed to finally open up, and it was so full of emotions that I could barely make out any of them. Was that regret I spotted? Sadness? Elation at seeing her daughter clouded by a past from which recovery seemed almost impossible? I didn’t know anything about their relationship and yet I knew that swirling around its core was an unconditional love that had no bounds, a love that had perhaps been chained for far too long.

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