"This can't go on any longer! Look at you!"
Orym grabs Lucy by her collar and she turns him a determined look. "Your eyes! Can't you see what's happening to you? You are becoming like them." Orym spits out the last word in disgust.
Lucy yanks herself free and closes her eyes.
"I don't care anymore."
"What do you mean you don't care anymore? Who is supposed to lead your realm if you're not there anymore? Where will all the souls go? To my realm? I can't hold them all! You know I don't have the power for that."
Lucy brushes the dust off her skirt. "I know you won't understand" She looks up at the reaper. "I love her."
Orym makes a grimace and says: "Well if you won't do anything, I will."
Before Lucy can say anything the reaper disappears into a red cloud. She closes her eyes and returns to earth.
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The first thing she sees is blood. Blood everywhere. Orym is standing over the bloody corpse of the flower girl. Her beloved. Lucy screams out and runs towards the scene. With shaky hands she pulls the body in her arms. "My dear.. Please return to this world." The blood mixes with her tears.
Lucy looks up in anger but the reaper had once more disappeared. She glances back down again.
"I will find you someday, my beloved," she cries.
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Beyond
Short StoryWhat would happen is a grim reaper and a human fell in love? The answer might not be what you'd expect. This is the tragic story of Faith and Lucy, their love was never meant to be.
