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I followed quietly after her I needed toto be okay There had been unshed tears in her eyes It ripped oing to cry o to her classroo lot I stopped short when I saw a dark figure appear by her side I kneas Dankmar I could feel his presence This was it Her death was near She wasn’t in love with h Because when her body died, I was going to be there to take her soul

But her death didn’t happen…

Instead, Death broke the rules Why? It had been Pagan’s tiain But this time, it hadn’t been me that saved her soul Death had saved her I backed away froan safely in his ar to release but Dankht It was his job He couldn’t just choose not to take her Could he? His cold glare lifted to leam startled me What did that ingmy head, I backed away No That couldn’t be it That wasn’t right Death didn’t care for souls I should talk to Father about this but first I needed to get back to school She’d be in the hospital soon and I needed to be there when she woke up

The sound of the a I heard before I left her there in Death’s aromery, I don’t care who you are All I care about is the factin that hospital room lucky to be alive because YOU upset her I don’t knohat you did but this is your fault She Liked You" Miranda stood like a tiny warrior pointing her finger atshe said was correct I wasn’t going to argue or even defendatinside me was numb from fear

"You aren’t worthy of her Do you hear me? NOT WORTHY So stay the hell away fro had happened to her," Miranda stopped and sobbed loudly Wyatt was instantly at her side pulling her into his arms He wasn’t happy with me either The worried frown on his face as he held Miranda in his arms told me he would have words with me when Miranda wasn’t around

"I know I don’t deserve her," I replied in a lohisper I’d protected her from the time I’d saved her soul from Death But nohen she needed ht back into Death’s eure out It didn’t h," Miranda hissed

I couldn’t argue with that "It wasn’t anything like you think I’ pest that can’t accept I’ve htened up and turned her full attention on an?" she asked with awe in her voice

I’d said that aloud Well, it was time I adht now, she isn’t ready to hear it"

Miranda nodded and a sree She doesn’t need to hear that right now But you’re going to need a lot of luck to get back in her good graces Considering you alain I didn’t need to ask her to knohat she was thinking

"I know I intend to do everything I can to win her forgiveness"

Death was singing to her? What in the hell was that about? I caht her the foods she requested I spent tihed It was perfect…but at night he was co to her as she slept The lyrics he sang weren’t words the lord of Death should be directing at anyone Clinchinghe leave, I listened to the words

"The life I walk binds s that I don’t understand

I walk this dark world unknowing of what they hold true, forgetting the me I once knew--until you

The life I walk eternally was all I knew, nothing more held me here to this earth-- until you

I feel the pain of every heart I take, I feel the desire to replace all that I have grown to hate

Darkness holds ht still draws my empty soul, the eer controls er calls hof those words sank in Dankan He’d kept her alive because he felt so for her She was mine I’d been there I’d saved her andto take her away from me I couldn’t tell Father He’d demand that I just take her She wasn’t ready that yet Not now She was so close to feeling fordeeper than friendship I needed her love I had to win her love When I took her froly Dankmar would not stand in my way She didn’t knoho he was She couldn’t If she did, she’d be terrified Pagan would not fall in love with Death I knew her well enough to know that she’d never accept who he really was