ThreyaMidnight

"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.

Waltz with Death

Fake Death stared at me, his jaw hanging open in a comical display of shock.

"What on earth do you mean, 'Where can I meet your boss'?" He spluttered incredulously. "Are you out of your mind?"

I crossed my arms, frowning deeply, until the skin between my eyebrows creased.

"I'm serious," I said with a tone indicating that I was. "Where can I find them?"

I raised an eyebrow, challenging his reaction. "And why not?"

"You might as well be asking me if God was real!" Fake Death pointed this out.

"I don't care about the existence of God or whatever deity created this world!" I shouted, increasingly getting exasperated with him. "I just have a feeling that Death—my Death," I added in case Fake Death started to assume things. "Is probably where that being is!"

"Why'd you think so? He could be anywhere else!"

This is Real