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you’re going.” I opened a portal. “Please step inside here.”
“No! I won’t stay dead! I won’t!” The woman pounded Ziri’s chest. “Make me alive!”
“Get off of me!” Ziri shouted, trying to fend the soul off.
It was a good thing I already had my scythe out. I stepped behind the spirit and reached forward, hooking my blade around her midsection. Then I dragged her away from my trainee.
“Ow, ow! Hey, I thought you couldn’t feel pain when you’re dead?” the soul complained, backing away from the blade.
“This is a special weapon,” I explained as I had a hundred times before. “Its blade is designed to burn dead souls. I don’t normally have to use this, but you’re really annoying me. Now, do you want to see what it feels like to be impaled by this, or will you cross over peacefully?” I leaned my scythe forward, and the spirit jumped a foot backwards. Ziri gave her a smug look.
The soul stared down at her corpse again, then burst into tears. Ever so slowly, she entered the portal.
Ziri put her fists on her hips, turning to glare at me. “You sure took your time getting her off me!”
I rolled my eyes. “She couldn’t hurt you.”
“So! She scared me.”
I grinned. “That’s what you get for being so rude. Didn’t your reaper teachers teach you any manners?”
“She was mean to me first!”
“Good gracious, you sound like a little kid. It doesn’t matter how mean these souls are. You treat them with as much respect as possible, because they are devastated that they’re leaving this world. If they’re still defiant after three attempts to be kind, then you can get aggressive. And don’t tell our superiors I said that.”
Ziri beamed. “Okay, Xia.”
I returned her smile. Maybe I’d be a good trainer after all.
Ziri fidgeted. “So…can I hold your scythe now?”
“ No !”
Chapter 8
I was massively relieved to see Shilah the next day, after the crazy evening and night I’d had yesterday. He was on Chad’s Cliff early in the afternoon this time.
After embracing him, I said, “You usually don’t be here till after five.”
“Today’s Saturday, so I had nothing else to do,” Shilah replied. “I go to school on the weekdays, you know.”
Oh, right. Humans attended school much longer than reapers. “Yeah, of course I know that. I’m not stupid.”
“Most of the time.” Shilah grinned. “I’ve never asked what school you go to.”
“I finished school. Italians graduate early.”
“Oh.” Shilah leaned against a tree. “So, do you want to do something different today?”
“Something different?”
“Yeah. Let’s go somewhere else.”
“Um…okay, but no public places.”
Shilah frowned. “Why not?”
“Because…they make me feel…uncomfortable. I’m still not used to being around Americans. And I just want to be alone with you.” This would all be so much easier if I just told him I was a reaper, but I was still debating that.
Shilah sighed. “I’m flattered, but does this mean I can never take you out on a date?”
Date? Aren’t dates on calendars? Something told me I shouldn’t say that to Shilah. “Why can’t you take me out on a date away from people?”
“I could , but dates should be in public too. You should get used to being around Americans.”
“I…can’t.”
“Xia–”
Fortunately, we didn’t get to continue the conversation. Unfortunately, our interruption came in the form of Ziri. She appeared from behind the tree Shilah leaned against.
“Xia? What are you doing?” Ziri asked, looking from me to Shilah.
I paled. “Ziri!”
Shilah furrowed his eyebrows at my trainee. “Who are you?”
Ziri jumped in surprise, and her eyes widened as she stared at him. “You can see–?!”
I dashed forward and slapped my hand over her mouth. “I thought I told you not to follow me ,” I said through gritted teeth. Then I smiled Shilah’s way. “Sorry, this is my cousin, Ziri. She’s
“No! I won’t stay dead! I won’t!” The woman pounded Ziri’s chest. “Make me alive!”
“Get off of me!” Ziri shouted, trying to fend the soul off.
It was a good thing I already had my scythe out. I stepped behind the spirit and reached forward, hooking my blade around her midsection. Then I dragged her away from my trainee.
“Ow, ow! Hey, I thought you couldn’t feel pain when you’re dead?” the soul complained, backing away from the blade.
“This is a special weapon,” I explained as I had a hundred times before. “Its blade is designed to burn dead souls. I don’t normally have to use this, but you’re really annoying me. Now, do you want to see what it feels like to be impaled by this, or will you cross over peacefully?” I leaned my scythe forward, and the spirit jumped a foot backwards. Ziri gave her a smug look.
The soul stared down at her corpse again, then burst into tears. Ever so slowly, she entered the portal.
Ziri put her fists on her hips, turning to glare at me. “You sure took your time getting her off me!”
I rolled my eyes. “She couldn’t hurt you.”
“So! She scared me.”
I grinned. “That’s what you get for being so rude. Didn’t your reaper teachers teach you any manners?”
“She was mean to me first!”
“Good gracious, you sound like a little kid. It doesn’t matter how mean these souls are. You treat them with as much respect as possible, because they are devastated that they’re leaving this world. If they’re still defiant after three attempts to be kind, then you can get aggressive. And don’t tell our superiors I said that.”
Ziri beamed. “Okay, Xia.”
I returned her smile. Maybe I’d be a good trainer after all.
Ziri fidgeted. “So…can I hold your scythe now?”
“ No !”
Chapter 8
I was massively relieved to see Shilah the next day, after the crazy evening and night I’d had yesterday. He was on Chad’s Cliff early in the afternoon this time.
After embracing him, I said, “You usually don’t be here till after five.”
“Today’s Saturday, so I had nothing else to do,” Shilah replied. “I go to school on the weekdays, you know.”
Oh, right. Humans attended school much longer than reapers. “Yeah, of course I know that. I’m not stupid.”
“Most of the time.” Shilah grinned. “I’ve never asked what school you go to.”
“I finished school. Italians graduate early.”
“Oh.” Shilah leaned against a tree. “So, do you want to do something different today?”
“Something different?”
“Yeah. Let’s go somewhere else.”
“Um…okay, but no public places.”
Shilah frowned. “Why not?”
“Because…they make me feel…uncomfortable. I’m still not used to being around Americans. And I just want to be alone with you.” This would all be so much easier if I just told him I was a reaper, but I was still debating that.
Shilah sighed. “I’m flattered, but does this mean I can never take you out on a date?”
Date? Aren’t dates on calendars? Something told me I shouldn’t say that to Shilah. “Why can’t you take me out on a date away from people?”
“I could , but dates should be in public too. You should get used to being around Americans.”
“I…can’t.”
“Xia–”
Fortunately, we didn’t get to continue the conversation. Unfortunately, our interruption came in the form of Ziri. She appeared from behind the tree Shilah leaned against.
“Xia? What are you doing?” Ziri asked, looking from me to Shilah.
I paled. “Ziri!”
Shilah furrowed his eyebrows at my trainee. “Who are you?”
Ziri jumped in surprise, and her eyes widened as she stared at him. “You can see–?!”
I dashed forward and slapped my hand over her mouth. “I thought I told you not to follow me ,” I said through gritted teeth. Then I smiled Shilah’s way. “Sorry, this is my cousin, Ziri. She’s
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