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standing beside the body he’d once
inhabited.
    “I didn’t forget one Gee. He
doesn’t want to leave,” I snapped, annoyed that she was here when
she was supposed to be with Pagan. “Why are you here?”
    “Well hello to you too Dankmar,
geez chill, Pagan is safely eating dinner at her friend Miranda’s
house. Miranda doesn’t like me. I’m positive she’s terrified of me
and is waiting on me to drink blood or something.”
    I snorted, “Ya think? Try to look
less scary.”
    “Whatever, listen, why is it that
you can’t just go say ‘Yo, stop haunting my girl you stupid ass
piece of shit’ and then be done with it? I realize you’re hanging
with the humans these days but Dank, you’re Death. What’s with all
this angst?”
    I finished with the last soul and
then we were walking down the smoke covered highway into a pileup
of cars that had just happened. Ambulances were just arriving and
the traffic was backed up for miles.
    “I can’t just tell a Voodoo spirit
to stop and expect them to stop. I have no control over a Voodoo
spirit lord. His power comes from humans. It’s an evil spirit. Not
a human soul.”
    Gee sighed, “This is ridiculous.
What the hell did her mother do?”
    Jaslyn, another transporter,
appeared and I sent the souls taken from the wreck to her and she
waved at Gee before vanishing.
    Then we were inside the house of
another celebrity. America would mourn this in the morning. But
unfortunately, this was a regular occurrence. The pill bottle lay
open and empty beside the bed and the soul came out looking
confused. I turned to Gee, “Take this one, then get back to Pagan.
I’m almost done and you’re just slowing me down.”
    Gee snarled and beckoned the soul
before they both vanished. Thankfully. I needed some peace and
quiet. Besides, I had hospitals left to visit.
     
    Pagan
     
    Gee hadn’t wanted to hang around
and eat at Miranda’s. Which was probably a good thing since she
would have scared Miranda’s mother senseless. I was reaching to
open my car door when suddenly the hairs on my arms stood up.
Glancing up at Miranda’s front door I thought about sprinting back
to it and rushing inside. But my feet felt heavy. Whatever was here
wasn’t going to let me get away that easily. Where was Gee when I
needed her?
    “It’s
just me, Pagan,” Leif’s voice surprised me and I managed to slowly
turn around. Sure enough. It was Leif. Looking as normal as when he
had been standing in my kitchen doorway. But he wasn’t normal. My
body hair standing at attention proved he wasn’t normal. He’d never
caused that to happen before. Was it because I now knew what he was?
    “Leif?” I croaked out, waiting to
see if the boy I’d trusted would morph into some strange demon
before my eyes. God, I hoped not.
    “Can we talk?”
    That would be a bad idea.Voodoo
wasn’t cool. And I was positive their spirit prince of the dead
wasn’t either. Where was Gee and what did I do about
this?
    “Um... well... you kind of scare
the crap out of me so I’m not sure I want that.”
    He chuckled and I almost relaxed. I
was familiar with that sound. Leif’s chuckle always made me
smile.
    “There’s nothing to be scared of. I
would never hurt you.”
    I rubbed at the hairs on my arms
thinking that my body begged to differ and he shrugged, “That I
can’t help. Not anymore. I’m not in a human form any longer. You’re
going to react to me that way.”
    Human form? Any longer?
    “What do you want?”
    He took a step toward me and I
pressed up against the door of my car. The cool metal did nothing
to soothe the strange heat coming off his body.
    “Hmm... I should have guessed you’d
ask that question first. You always cut to the chase,” he flashed
the crooked grin I’d always loved. “But I need you to trust me and
listen.”
    Trust him? Not likely.
    “Have I ever hurt you
Pagan?”
    Well... not exactly. I responded
only with a small shake of my head.
    “And I never will. Haven’t I