d mouth. He watched as the Grim Reaper paused fr

..re! Loo

poor state of his caller and arched

e me, human

tated, disregarding his question. "

thought. How could a normal man know of a clan of grim rea

n't that normal as

kill him after all. Maybe, there was more

s, his inte

od-soaked teeth gnashing. "Protect...my daughter.

n so many deaths countless of times, some gruesome, some quick and he had entirel

you suggest, " the Grim Reaper lashed out,

et her mar....ry into the Rantz...en Fam...

he Grim Reap

ive you that. Who do you think y

.fe, " Jacob pleaded again. This time,

ess and a pair of ballet flats. Her eyes were doe-like, tantalizing, with a color the Grim Reaper hadn't seen much on humans. The

to Jacob but his attentio

ap

the girl ran as fast as she

h, Jacob pushed himself to the si

nto his laceration-riddled arms. He broke into s

another person stepp

s mother called. "What ar

nd bathed in blood. Like her daughter,

shoulders and then hastily checked the whole backyard just t

the Grim Reaper standing a c

is daughter too, for he saw her doe eyes transfixed at his entire

sped again as he saw, despite his blurry vision,

in the hospital fast!" sh

d. "List...en to me. Solene. She...she will...be mar

e man. He hasn't even said yes yet here he was, a

acob's words were not

ace and met his half-lidded eyes. "Why are you

his right hand and pulled his

nds of his wife and daughter together. "To...keep her safe,

e wife. She could see it in his eyes. This was th

and her shoulders sank thereafter

nd forever, " Jacob announced jus

hung low. She embraced him tighter and disrega

soul will be sent to the Afterlife, " he st

of the Germaine town. Jacob was a caring man with a gentle voice and an infectious laughter.

of his death was. The doctors said it was a case of heart attack, but the other skeptics in the

nnocent and young as she was, in her eyes, it was

enever a friend of her fath

just a mere child's play, would o

looked for her all over the house. She finally found her under the table

at the edge of the table and looked

up and gave her mothe

aightened up and rounded the table to join

down and flip

Little Solene s

escaped from Mer

hold this, Sweety. T

ook and took it away out

it." Little Solene reached for the

ed harshly. "No...no, Honey, " she recollected herself and gave her daughter a soft smile

her lips together an