The Reaper by S E Rise

Author:S E Rise [Rise, S E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Three

After hovering like a gargoyle outside of her apartment I am called away once again. I am running out of steam. Juggling my personal life with Brin, dealing with Marley and trying to do my job are exhausting me. Not so much physically but mentally. Brin had called to let me know she was home and I had breathed a sigh of relief; not only because she was safe at home but because I could stop…I know this sounds bad but I could stop thinking about her for a bit. It had been a long time since I had cared about someone and I had forgotten how exhausting it was.

The compulsion pulled me to a place I had not been to in a very long time. In the early hours of the morning an orphanage looks far creepier than one could ever imagine. The compulsion was strong and the pains of hell scream up my legs. I was late and this was my reminder.

I stepped forward, stopped at the bottom of the stairs to the entrance and watched as the others began to exit through the doorway. As I said before, Reapers are an unsociable bunch and none bothered to clue me in as to what was happening. I looked for Jillian; a friendly face would be welcome right about now. As the last of them filed out the door and Jillian did not appear I had to assume she would not. I opened the door and followed my compulsion.

Over the many years I have seen such horrors that I am hardly surprised any more. Tonight is one of those nights. The first body I encountered was lying on the stairs; a large ragged gaping wound shown reddish black on the chest of the boy’s pajamas. The boy’s tethered soul crouched in a ball a few steps up and it looked terrified. I waited for him to say something to me; his ethereal eyes darted back and forth in anticipation. Even in death the boy was terrified. I severed the tether of his soul and he ran off into oblivion. Three more bodies awaited me and I started to wonder why the other Reapers had even been here. So far, I had been tasked with the reaping of each body I had come across.

I got my answer as I crossed the threshold of the open door and stepped in to the children’s sleeping quarters. Small beds ran the length of the room, small bodies lie tossed about like bloody little rag dolls. A dozen or more ethereal figures waited for me. The last two had enough courage left in them to point towards the doorway at the far end of the room. No words, just their pointing fingers hovering in accusation. I heard a cackle of laughter as I severed the last child’s soul and I stepped toward the dark shadowed doorway. I saw the silhouette of the woman standing in wait, watching me as I slowly made my way down the line.

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