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5 She washi? Death couldn’t just have a soul This was asinine He was Death, daan wrapped her arhtly around Dank Once, that had been me I’d been the one she ran to I had been her safe place She may not remember it but every moment in her life I had been there It had been my arms that held her It had been my words that soothed her Always row up nor sure she had love and safety as she grew had been my number one priority Father had told me to take her sooner but Iʼd waited Iʼd wanted her to choose me To want me and she had But only for a moment

Death’s cold eyes lifted and e was there He wanted her but did he really know her? She was my creation I could read every expression on her face I understood her elow lit his eyes and I kneouldn’t stand by while I explained everything to her Pagan was in his arms That here she wanted to be, for now But I held all the et close enough to her to feed the lost hts would be difficult Father would kno I’d go seek help froan would see that there were things she needed to know before she made her final decision

I wouldn’t let her shut me out today Not here Not now First, she would remember Then, once she understood what I was to her, I would let her choose In the end, Pagan would chooseto be another choice

"Don courl Fuck Dankurl don urlʼs soul is yers Now take it" My father, Ghede- the Voodoo lord of the dead, stood up scowling at me as the redheaded felirabbed his two signature cigarettes and lit theers The woman in the floor scrambled to pull the low cut top of her dress back over her bare breasts The nervous ht my attention That wasnʼt normal Most of my father’s harem would have continued to lay sprawled out on the floor with their bare chest in clear view of anyone who decided to look her way Frowning, I noticed the light pink in her cheeks and jerked aze back to Father’s

"She’s alive?" I asked unable to mask the horrified expression on aze to the woet bored De chit shouldn’t ʻave messed wit de voodoo De blush in her cheeks is nice, heh? I lak dis one"

The coard to the woman’s life didn’t surprise me Father never was one to carea soul inside its hu he did Unless they allowed hi voodoo rituals that opened themselves up to his interference

"What of her body? Will you just keep it too?"

Father flashed a wicked s heart I could hear from across the room "I lak de body"

Stupid woman She was now Ghedeʼs new toy until he was bored with her Shaking ht now I had my own set of issues "Father please, just tell me what to do Dankmar has her She wants hiet anywhere near her"

Father reached up and adjusted his top hat before pulling the cigarettes fro forward across the desk "Dankurl"

Dank the day, then that left the night

"I go to her while he’s working," I said aloud and arettes back between his lips

"Yes Give de memories to her while she sleeps"

In her dreams Perfect