The two Grim reapers who were the gatekeepers eyed at the soul of the girl who was with Belle. Belle tried to remember if there was a spell that would help her to hide Preciosa's soul for now, somewhere safe so that no one would take the girl away.
Belle then whispered to Lucas, "You need to hide her. You cannot let Winston get close to her."
Lucas placed his hand on the girl's shoulder for the soul to turn small and be sucked into him. This technique was often used by the reapers for the mortals who passed away in the land of the living. To make sure that the souls would not be lost during the journey from the land of the living to the dead, they were often sucked into the death reapers body before letting it out in this land where they were right now.
"What do you think you are doing there, Cross?" asked Edgar.
