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

The In-Between transformed into a branch of Happy Hornets in Andromeda Mall, conveniently located just a few stores away from Juan's Cheesecake.

"Why didn't we just walk to get there?" I frowned.

Happy Hornets was like any family fast-food chain: its interior design mainly catered to children's eyes. The seating area was of the color palette of yellow and red, the colors which were said to be stimulating the appetite. The walls of the chain were decorated with illustrations of happy hornets buzzing around the cartoon versions of their menu.

While their menu, per se, wasn't necessarily good or bad, it was just typical food in a fast food chain, consisting of fries, burgers, ice creams, and the like. It was a hit or miss, to be honest. But the lackluster quality of the food is greatly defeated by the childhood memories it brought to everyone who dined there.

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