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Waltz with Death

"So this is what they mean when they say your life flashes before your eyes when you die." Betrayed. Battered. Broken. Evangeline Vermillion has had enough of her pathetic life. She was young—only in her early 20s—and she had planned to end it all by setting herself on fire. That was how she met Death—cold, dark, tall, and...handsome? Huh. Who knew the Grim Reaper could look like that? He takes her hand and guides her through the In-Between, the sacred realm between the Land of the Living and the Afterlife. Together, they revisit her most important memories. From the misfortunes of her childhood, to the chaos and bloodshed of the wrong kinds of love, Evangeline must confront the demons of her past to get to The Other Side. Through all of the pain and anguish, Death stands with her, an enigmatic companion and unlikely confidant. And in their brief waltz between realms, Evangeline finally finds what she always wanted but never had: to belong and to be loved.

ThreyaMidnight · Fantasie
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124 Chs

Bedtime Stories

I hummed, walking down the childhood aisle and eyeing the brightly colored memory jars on the shelves. My shoes made soft tapping sounds as they landed on the epoxy (or at least, something similar to this material) floor. 

I had no idea how long I would be stuck in this place since there was probably no concept of time in the Afterlife. That's why I decided to open as many jars as possible, just because I could.

Death said the arrangement of the memory jars was unlike in the In-Between, where it was shown to me through the level of importance but not necessarily in chronological order.

The first jar on the shelf and the first one I opened were my baby memories (which I don't even remember!) so I had a gut feeling that the succeeding memories would be the same.

I decided to skip the following few jars directly beside the first one I opened since I didn't care much for my infant memories.