"I love you katie. I promise i will look for you in the next life and we shall be together again..."
"Boring! Come on did we have to get here early? We could've just come to collect the soul after she'd already passed." I said pulling my hood further down to cover her eyes, "I hate watching mortals lie to eachother, they have no idea what it's like on the other side yet they make all these promises about being together for eternity."
"That's what's beautiful about them kid." Grim says, "Even though they have no idea what comes next they believe the world works in their favour, they have hope."
Beep beep Beep beep
"It's time. Would you do the honours?" Grim says pulling my hood off.
"Me!?"
"Yes, you. Now hurry and stop talking. She's already in the divide her heart has stopped, all you have to do is release her spirit."
I looked at him wanting to say I couldn't do it but kept quiet and moved forward because I knew how much I had begged him to let me tag along. I closed my eyes, stretched out my right hand and placed my palm on katie's forhead, "deru" I said. The woman's body began to glow and a small white orb came out of her and drifted around the room and into Grim's hand.
"Good job kid!" He said
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The Reaper
FantasyAfter a hundred years of learning to control the power of death Cida and Sasuke are finally able to take the souls of the living, but can they live up to the mantle of the Grim Reaper? On her first solo job cida encounters the soul of a boy that can...
