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Her spirit appeared to my left.
“Am I dead?” she asked me, staring at her own body. Nurses and Doctors came running and passed straight through us. I gasped. I would never get used to that feeling either.
“Yes.” I had to say to her. I wanted to tell her no and that she would return to her family soon, but I couldn’t tell her the truth in front of Abraham. “Don’t worry, you’re safe now.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Eden; I’m the gatekeeper to the Realm of Death. I’m here to carry your soul on to your next life.”
“I can’t believe I’m dead. My fiancé…”
“Don’t worry. You will see him again soon.” That last part was the only truth I could give her. I took an empty soul sphere out of my pocket and held it up. The woman’s body began to flicker like a flame and then all her colours blurred together into a single colourful swirl. Her form began to shrink until it was no more than then size of an eyeball and flowed into the little crystal sphere. It was the most unusual thing to witness. As I hung the sphere around my neck, I glanced over at Abraham and he smiled.
“You’re a natural.”
“Thanks. Can we go now?” He nodded and led me out of the hospital. I took two more souls that afternoon, a young boy who was dying of leukaemia and a twenty-something football player who had suffered a bad concussion in a fall. He was another comatose patient. As I hung them around my neck, I thought of Asher and wondered if he had made it home.
Chapter Fifteen
Eden
When we arrived back in the death realm, a sudden horrific thought hit me like a splash of cold water, awakening me. I didn’t have Asher’s soul. And I had no idea where it was. It was obviously hidden somewhere inside the house and I made a pledge to myself, and to Asher, that I would find his soul and keep it on my person at all times, all the while keeping the fates of the three people I had rescued this afternoon, safe as well.
Dinner was lonely having to eat by myself. Abraham said he had to run an errand, and Asher had not yet returned from the earth realm. After dinner, I returned to my room. My heart fluttered and did somersaults nervously. I had no idea if he were safe or not. As soon as my bottom touched the bed, Asher appeared beside me. I almost fell off the edge in shock.
“Oh, My Goodness, you scared me!”
“Sorry.”
“You’re back.” I quickly righted myself and threw my arms around his neck. He smelled sweet and earthly, like mint and something else I couldn’t place. “Where were you?”
“I did what you asked. I talked to Jaz.”
“And what did she say?”
“She said she’d help us, well me. I don’t think she particularly likes you. I think she’s jealous.”
I rolled my eyes. “Right. But she never had a chance with you.”
Asher chuckled. “She thought she did. Anyway, she was a little startled to see me, to say the least.” That made me smile.
“What did you do to her?”
“She was sitting in the garden reading near the Sacred Tree, and I just appeared next to her. Scared the living right out of her.”
I burst into laughter at Asher’s use of such a bad but clever pun. He laughed too and flopped down beside me.
“Something also scared me about her.”
That caught my attention. I stopped rolling about and turned to face him. Our faces were centimetres apart.
“What?” I whispered.
“There’s something… weird about her.”
“Well, she’s Jaz. She’s a bitch. Of course, she’s weird.”
“No, not that.”
“Then what?”
“I could sense something when I was around her. Something evil.”
“Evil?”
“She had this new power surrounding her. I don’t know if she had it before or if I can only feel it now that I’m dead. I could see it, too.”
“What do you mean, you could see it?”
“There was something… golden surrounding her. Looked like… pixie dust.”
I shoved him in the arm. “You’re such a
“Am I dead?” she asked me, staring at her own body. Nurses and Doctors came running and passed straight through us. I gasped. I would never get used to that feeling either.
“Yes.” I had to say to her. I wanted to tell her no and that she would return to her family soon, but I couldn’t tell her the truth in front of Abraham. “Don’t worry, you’re safe now.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Eden; I’m the gatekeeper to the Realm of Death. I’m here to carry your soul on to your next life.”
“I can’t believe I’m dead. My fiancé…”
“Don’t worry. You will see him again soon.” That last part was the only truth I could give her. I took an empty soul sphere out of my pocket and held it up. The woman’s body began to flicker like a flame and then all her colours blurred together into a single colourful swirl. Her form began to shrink until it was no more than then size of an eyeball and flowed into the little crystal sphere. It was the most unusual thing to witness. As I hung the sphere around my neck, I glanced over at Abraham and he smiled.
“You’re a natural.”
“Thanks. Can we go now?” He nodded and led me out of the hospital. I took two more souls that afternoon, a young boy who was dying of leukaemia and a twenty-something football player who had suffered a bad concussion in a fall. He was another comatose patient. As I hung them around my neck, I thought of Asher and wondered if he had made it home.
Chapter Fifteen
Eden
When we arrived back in the death realm, a sudden horrific thought hit me like a splash of cold water, awakening me. I didn’t have Asher’s soul. And I had no idea where it was. It was obviously hidden somewhere inside the house and I made a pledge to myself, and to Asher, that I would find his soul and keep it on my person at all times, all the while keeping the fates of the three people I had rescued this afternoon, safe as well.
Dinner was lonely having to eat by myself. Abraham said he had to run an errand, and Asher had not yet returned from the earth realm. After dinner, I returned to my room. My heart fluttered and did somersaults nervously. I had no idea if he were safe or not. As soon as my bottom touched the bed, Asher appeared beside me. I almost fell off the edge in shock.
“Oh, My Goodness, you scared me!”
“Sorry.”
“You’re back.” I quickly righted myself and threw my arms around his neck. He smelled sweet and earthly, like mint and something else I couldn’t place. “Where were you?”
“I did what you asked. I talked to Jaz.”
“And what did she say?”
“She said she’d help us, well me. I don’t think she particularly likes you. I think she’s jealous.”
I rolled my eyes. “Right. But she never had a chance with you.”
Asher chuckled. “She thought she did. Anyway, she was a little startled to see me, to say the least.” That made me smile.
“What did you do to her?”
“She was sitting in the garden reading near the Sacred Tree, and I just appeared next to her. Scared the living right out of her.”
I burst into laughter at Asher’s use of such a bad but clever pun. He laughed too and flopped down beside me.
“Something also scared me about her.”
That caught my attention. I stopped rolling about and turned to face him. Our faces were centimetres apart.
“What?” I whispered.
“There’s something… weird about her.”
“Well, she’s Jaz. She’s a bitch. Of course, she’s weird.”
“No, not that.”
“Then what?”
“I could sense something when I was around her. Something evil.”
“Evil?”
“She had this new power surrounding her. I don’t know if she had it before or if I can only feel it now that I’m dead. I could see it, too.”
“What do you mean, you could see it?”
“There was something… golden surrounding her. Looked like… pixie dust.”
I shoved him in the arm. “You’re such a
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