Death Is My Frenemy (Book Three)

Chapter 20: Miss Death

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I had reached up and laced my arms around Death's neck so quickly that he hadn't had any time to react. I grabbed onto the back of cloak with both hands and scrunched up the thick material in my hands as I sobbed.

 Dead bodies. What are you? How could you do that to someone? My flooded thoughts mixed with my tears and soaked Death's chestThe warmth of Death's body was plenty more than I needed. He supplied a warmth I would never get from another.

His abdominals flexed as I pressed myself closer to him. My stomach tingled with our closeness. I wanted him to hold onto me, and I knew that Death was aware I was supposed to be held during such a traumatic event, yet he didn't even attempt to soothe me. His hands ended up  settling stiffly on my lower back.

He was as bitter as ever. "Stop crying." 

I sobbed louder. "No...No...No....No..."

"Faith!"

I was having trouble breathing I was sobbing so loud.

Death grabbed both sides of my face with his large gloved hands. "Devil's horns, Faith, snap out of this! Take deep breaths, you will no longer continue this panic attack. Everything is fine." He wasn't being comforting in the slightest.

"I killed them," I murmured, staring into his cloak as if it was the perfect shield. "I killed them...I killed them and I don't even remember? Oh Lord, I killed someone. I killed two people!"

My hopes for him softening since we had met was a fantasy. Any hope I had for my life recovering was gone. "You were going through the same withdrawals I go through when I haven't fed. The two girls' souls were ready to be harvested. You didn't even kill them, I did. You could barely stand. If anything, you tried to kill me," Death tried to explain. "It might have been the Unknown triggered a transition in your body. Then again, this might have happened even if you were on earth..."

"What do you mean ready to be harvested? They were innocent girls and now they are dead!" I burst out.

"Believe me, if they come to Devin & Son, they are no longer innocent."

 I turned over my shoulder towards the couch the dead bodies lay on. They were gone. "Where did they go? Where did you put them? Will their family recover their bodies? What happens to their bodies?" My voice was a shrill of fear. I pushed away from Death. "I want to see the bodies!"

Death tried to pull me back in. "Faith--"

"NO!" I shrieked at the top of my lungs. Death instantly let go. I stumbled over the coffee, falling straight into the stupid thick carpet of the office. I rolled over and crab walked away as he glided towards me. "Get away from me!  I figured you didn't give a shit about me a while ago. But this is low, even for you! You should have let me die! You should have just let me die in peace!"

All you do is use me. Your redemption girl is alive. I'm such a fool....

The room spun as I leaped up from off the ground and ran for the door. My moist palms slipped along the knob as I tried to open it. I beat my fists against the door. The power of my knock made the door vibrate which such a force, I stared down at my fist in awe.

"Don't bother, I hid the key." Death suddenly appeared next to me. "You're not leaving this room until you and I have a chat."

 I skirted away from the door with a low hiss, hiding like a child behind David's large desk chair. I put my hand on my mouth in both astonishment and nausea. "I just hissed at you! I just hissed! Holy crud I have to get as far away from here as possible...not safe here....not safe...."