Deaths hand in mine

Reunion

"Mother!" Mara yelled, appearing in her mothers layer. Rio had known that it would not take long for her daughter to appear once Agatha had died.
"Mara deary?" Rio replied, looking at her with a crooked brow. Acting like she had no idea what her visit was about.
"Don't play dumb", Mara said frustrated. Their relationship had always been complicated. Death was not the easiest parent to have.

"Mara, Mara, what would you like to hear from me? It had to be done" Rio said and started to sharpen her beloved knife again. Rio did hold empathy for her daughter, but showing that was another thing.
"No! You decided to do it! We had an agreement!" Mara shouts. Her anger boiled in her veins.
"You're just a child. This is a grown up thing. Sweetheart", Rio replied and winked at her before turning back to her knife.
The winks was what tipped Mara over. With a scream she attacked her mother from behind, only to be pushed up against the wall by her, knife to her throat.
"That is not very nice" Rio said, observing her daughters face with a slight grin.
"If you wont bring her back then I will" Mara threatens.
Rio lets out a high pitched laugh, laying her head back before shaking it in amusement.
"After everything she has done you are still a Mamas-girl. Wake up child! I am the natural order. This had to be done. And you can be damn sure if it had been you in her place she would not have done shit about it", Rio said.
She let go of her daughter and turned away again. Mara just glared at her.
"I am as much death as you are. You know I can do it and I will do it", Mara said. "Oh please, you are half of me. But go ahead try" Rio replied and just waved her hand in dismissal.
"I will!" Mara yells before disapearing into her own shadow once again.

Rio let out an exhausted exhale.