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Prologue

My life has becoels and Reapers That’s it I go to school, come home, read, and then fall asleep in the silence ofsensation of death omens that I’ve felt that day When I shut my eyes, I see the faces of the dead I saw—my curse, my weakness, my torture

Today was a rough day because I saw Asher, or so I thought, but when I went up to hiuy with black hair who looked like hi out Asher’s name, he looked at me like I was a lunatic, especially when he realized I was Ember Rose Edwards, toeirdo that everyone believes is a murderer

I ended up leaving school early and going ho that will give me a clue as to what the hell my purpose is What I face in the future if I beco Hoill knohen I aet rid of the Anaether to eli me

I’ve beco the insanity byin ways I haven’t thought were possible I black out sometimes Hear voices See death And the worst part is, I have no one

I stop writing as the painful truth throbs in e I just filled up with prettyso repetitive ” Deciding I need a break froe it for a book; the one Raven gavethe Halloween dance about athe book on ht, where the topic shifts from how a Reaper removes a soul to some sort of hidden realm

There is a place between life and death where souls that carry the blood of the Reapers can roam freely It’s known as the shadow realm, a barrier between life and death The area allows Reapers to see into the world yet stay undetected, hidden in a shadohich cannot be seen by anyone that doesn’t possess Reaper blood This allows the victims…

Shadow realm? Is that how Reapers stay so well hidden? How they can appear out of nowhere?

In the warped and twisted part of my mind, I wonder if I can see this shadow realm since I have Reaper blood inside me I wonder if I could enter it I wonder what this means about me How much evil thrives inside me, how much of my Reaper blood owns me?

I decide to add the shadow realm information to the list on the wall of stuff I’ve discovered about Griels over the last feeeks, which isn’t a hell of a lot, but it’s better than nothing I grab a el painted on my wall that Raven drew Below the feet, I’ve started a list of things I’ve discovered about Griels:

1) Griels can see death

2) They experience blackouts, lose track of time, and sometimes hear voices

3) They were created because there was a battle over the control of huels of Death and Grim Reapers

4) Angel and Reaper blood runs through Griel veins to create a balance between the species so neither of them can steal souls

5) They’re what binds Angels and Reapers to earth as a punishin with, which h they’re supposed to reh, and try to drive Griive into their evil blood

The problem with number five is that the only person who can punish the Reapers and Angels for breaking the rules is their leader, and Asher told me his leader, Michael, won’t do that Then there’s the fact that, of course, the Reaper’s leader doesn’t give a shit It’s a weeding out process for the has to ood or bad will rule over all souls If the Reapers or Angels in There’s h One of Asher’s last words was that I needed to find out what happened to the last Gri about that

This’s all I’ve really discovered so far and it’s frustrating

I sigh and pen another fact below the list:

6) Shadow Realm—those with Reaper blood in theo around unnoticed, torturing their victims

After I’ for more answers