Reaper Undone (Deadside Reapers Book 5) by Debbie Cassidy

Author:Debbie Cassidy [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

It was late afternoon by the time we left Aunt Lara’s, and Dayna walked me back to my voralex. The streets here were frostbitten, but the snow was only a thin blanket. It crunched under our boots, satisfyingly loud in the silence. The later afternoon sun painted the world orange and yellow, as if we were looking at it through tinted spectacles. This place where the dead roamed was truly beautiful. There was a serenity and peace about it that touched my soul.

Part of me didn’t want to leave just yet, but I still had to go to the Beyond to check on Uriel. I’d been loath to leave Aunt Lara’s too soon, wanting to spend as much time with her as possible.

I’d already sent Azazel a message not to pick me up. I hadn’t told him about my gift from his mother, though. I wanted to surprise him. Dayna had also sent Sariah, Nox, Freya, and Nix a message to come in so I could reap the souls they’d gathered. I figured if I was making an unscheduled trip to the Beyond, I might as well take a batch of souls with me.

“You’ll need at least an hour with the voralex,” Dayna said. “If you’re not staying the night.”

“I’ll be back tomorrow, and I’ll stay the night then.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about your aunt,” she said. “To be honest, it was a bit of a shock. We aren’t scheduled for an ascension for another six months.”

“I always thought the souls that made it to Deadside were fast-tracked, you know?”

“It’s a common misconception. We do a batch of five every year. The orders for ascensions come from the Beyond, and we’ve had years where no ascension has happened.”

“So, what happens on the day?”

Dayna looked over my shoulder. “The souls go inside your voralex and don’t come back out. I assume the voralex portals them to the Beyond, to ascension.”

Yeah, that sounded all very good, but… “What is ascension? What makes this different from when I take souls to the Beyond in my scythe?”

“From what I’ve surmised, the souls collected by the reapers are recycled and reborn, and the souls sent to Deadside ascend because they’re at the end of their journey. They get to rest, to become one with the divine force.”

“And you believe it?”

Dayna pressed her lips together. “I know this is hard for you because it’s so new, but I’ve been doing this for a long time, even before the humans knew about us. The Beyond has a system, and we reapers are contracted to be the cogs that make sure it works. The only difference now is that humans are aware of our existence and the existence of ghosts.”

We were almost at my house, and I spotted a figure loitering outside the gates.

“Jen?” Dayna called out.

Jen turned to us with a frown. “Hey, Dayna, Fee. Hi.”

“What are you doing out here?” Dayna asked.

“I…” She looked momentarily thrown. “I wanted to stretch my legs, I guess.”

“Are you all right?” Dayna lightly touched her shoulder, but Jen pulled away.

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