Page 86 of A Rising Hope (The Freckled Fate #3)

BONUS SCENE 4

SOUL EATER

“ H ello, stranger,” the most beautiful voice I had ever heard awoke me and I opened my eyes, beholding Death in all her glory.

“Hello, my beautiful Dynaya!” I cried, unable to stop the tears flowing down my cheeks. My voice no longer the sound of the thousands of screams.

The curse broken.

I was freed.

I didn’t breathe. Couldn’t. I devotedly gazed at the woman I spent my entire existence loving, still not believing that at last I beheld her near me.

I had so many speeches prepared. So many words I spent millennia crafting. But all of them fell flat.

She looked at me and it was as if time had never passed. As if it was just the day before the gods cursed me for loving a goddess. The day before they cursed her for caring for a mortal man, for having children, forbidding her powers to ever reach me. Forever separated by immortality.

“Thank you,” I managed to whisper through my tears to the God of Triumph standing behind me.

“Enjoy,” he uttered, commanding Death to reach for me. Her exquisite hand extended, taking me through the veil, forever reunited at last.