Seed

by Ania Ahlborn

At what point do parents back away from something they love more than their own lives, put up their hands, and admit defeat?

Even he knew that if demons could exist, it meant there was real evil in the world, and if you believed in the devil, somewhere in the deepest fibers of your being you had to believe in God. He knew, firsthand, that the devil was real; he’d seen it with his own two eyes. But he’d never seen God. He’d never felt God. He’d never been helped by God. For all he knew, wickedness was strong enough to exist in a world without good.

But that was how the devil worked, making his appearance when you least expected it.