Momstrosity

They were her whole life.

She leaned down to kiss them on their foreheads and hefted a sigh that could only be felt by the deeply contented.

This was what she was put on earth to do.

Now that they slept, she could finally work. She went down to the basement.

Then she went lower. It was dank and dark. It was a place to hide.

She laid on the bed facing the webcam and turned it on. The man in control started speaking dirty to her immediately, telling her what to do. She did her job.

Then he started getting mean. It was ok, sometimes they did that, that’s why she made sure this was private.

He started speaking more personally to her. He told her about the tree at the park up the street. It made her shiver, but he was also her biggest client. She could hold on, just a little longer.

Then he sent the picture. And she let loose on him. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, the flash of black was missed by everyone left on the stream.

It was like he had never existed. She remembered, and that’s all that mattered.

Sometimes she felt the souls she devoured shift within her. A flash of her menace and they calmed down again.

Her children upstairs really were her world. She would do anything for them.