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

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: Verbal abuse, physical abuse, mention of blackmailing. Please be warned.

"𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆. 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 @ 𝑪𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 1-5 𝒑𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

With an almost exaggerated sigh, Evangeline tapped 'sent' and leaned her back on the chair's backrest.

On the seat directly in front of Evangeline, Sunshine was typing on her laptop. But upon hearing her best friend's groan, she stopped momentarily and peered over Evangeline.

"What seems to be the problem, love?" Sunshine asked concernedly.

"Your boyfriend?" She guessed with a pitying look.

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