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"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

"I suppose there are more of these red flags after that?" Death inquired, her tone filled with a mixture of curiosity and concern.

"Yep," I nodded in affirmation. "A lot more."

The In-Between changed its form to Evangeline's dark room, where the aforementioned girl was sleeping soundly on her bed. However, her supposed-to-be-14-hour beauty sleep was disturbed by an unexpected rapping on the door.

Drowsily, Evangeline of the past sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"What the hell?" She yawned. "What's the purpose of a doorbell if people don't ring it?

"Wow," Death exclaimed. "That knocking must've been so intense for you to hear it even inside your room!"

Yes, even with our large ancestral home, the banging on the door was so loud that it reached the backend-most room in the house: Evangeline's room.

Lazily, she wobbled out of her bed and headed toward her door to stop whoever it was from breaking down her front door.

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