Do you miss him" relles said startling Hazel who turned everywhere to find out where the voice came from
"Its me, relles" he said and Hazel turned to face the rabbit with her eyes wide open
"I know you're shocked but don–" he didn't complete his sentence as Hazel drew out the nearest mop stick and started hitting the rabbit
"You're POSSESSED, you POSSESSED relles, leave his body, GHOST" she continued shouting as she hit the cage
"No I haven't possessed the rabbit… okay maybe I have, but that was before I even met you" relles shouted back
"You possessed relles, you ghost" she said still hitting him not minding his earlier statement
"Hazel stop hitting me"
"Why" still hitting him
"I have answers you're looking for"
Hazel lowered the stick while sitting back on the bed
"Who are you?"
"I'm relles"
"Not relles, you in relles body"
"Oh I'm a grim reaper… from the land of the dead"
"Land of the dead!!?, what are you doing in relles body"
"As I said I'm a grim reaper who reaps souls with my scythe and I'm your soul reaper"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Simple. When you die, I'll be the one to take your soul safely to the land of the dead"
"Aren't I meant to go to heaven or hell?"
"That's your spirit, your soul goes to the land if the dead"
"Then why are you here, I'm not going to die anytime soon right"
"No but I sneakily left the land of the dead, someone's after your life and I came so that in case that may happen,I'll keep your soul safe where no other reaper will see and then later return you back to your body"
"So there are other reapers"
"Yes, and we smell. When a new soul is around and discovered by reapers, ghouls or mighouls they are taken slowly till they find themselves at the barrier as a lost soul"
"What's a barrier?"
"That's where we live,the hawnets,reapers, mighouls, ghouls and lost souls. The lost souls is what I just explained earlier"
"Explain further please"
"The Hawnets are our leaders and there are just three of them, then reapers and mighouls. Ghouls are just crazy things, they don't think only devour and lost souls are the weakest of all, I've explained how they become lost souls and if they are found by ghouls and further devoured, they are sent to oblivion"
"What's oblivion?"
"Its a place where you'll cease to exist, no one will remember that you ever existed even your loved ones"
"Oh" Hazel said while trying to grasp everything she just heard "So where are you planning on keeping my soul if I die"
"At the barrier"
"I thought you said it isn't safe"
"You'll stay at this mansion"
"There's a Decron's mansion there!!?"
"The land of the dead and the barrier are both replicas of the land if the living"
"And then what"
"I'll try to fix your vessel before bringing your soul back"
"Like a resurrection"
"Sort of"
"Then you said something of sneakily leaving, why?"
"Being assigned to he your reaper is a promotion. I was promoted to the thirteenth card grim reaper, the highest of all"
"How am I that special"
"I can't say cause you'll leave the mansion and trust me, here is the safest place possible. There are outsiders that are threatening your life"
"There are people in here threatening my life also"
"Lady Dorin and Mrs Decron are much better"
"You know I'm a witch"
"Of course, I know virtually almost everything about you"
"Even about the fact that I'm falling for Xavier?"
"Yeah, even that, but your secret is safe"
"So you were saying…"
"Some reapers are after my position so I was framed"
"How?"
"Its an offence for a reaper yo take a soul when his/her time isn't come yet and each reaper has a watch for timing, I think my watch was tampered with and I took a soul. When I realized, it was already late so I left the barrier, I'm sure a bounty has been placed on my head and whoever finds me will be given my position"
"You don't have an sea on who framed you"
"I have my suspicions but no proof"
"And how are you so sure they wouldn't find you"
"I've hidden my scent"
There was a short pause before Hazel spoke again
"So, from that day I found you when I went yo pack clothes back at Bougreve, you were already in relles body"
"Yep"
"Weren't you scared, my mum could have used you as meat"
"I knew you had a soft spot for animals"
"Can I see your true form"
"My human form or reaper form"
"Both"
The reaper came out of the rabbit's body, he first showed his human form which was indeed a handsome creature. He had jet black hair, lean muscles, sharp jaw, long lashes and full brows
"Wow"
"You can't stand the beauty right" he teased
"I can, it isn't as close as Xavier's"
"Of course, Xavier's a demon. I can't compare with him"
"Your reaper form next"
"I'm not sure, you'll like to see it"
"I'm sure"
"Don't scream"
"Hmmn"
His reaper was a skeleton clothed in a dark cloak that was raged at the hem. His eye sockets were empty and he held his scythe in one hand, the figure was as though it was floating on air. Hazel almost screamed and when the reaper noticed, he went back into relles body
"I told you not to shout"
"A-and i-i d-didn't" she shuttered
"You almost did"
"You're scary in your reaper form"
"I know"
After some minutes of calming down, Hazel laid in the bed absorbing every single word. She had actually been with a creature from the dead. How did she not realize, maybe it was because he virtually did everything like a rabbit, eats carrot, hops.
"Does Xavier know who you are?"
"Yep,that's why he let you bring me to his room"
"Right, what did I expect"
"I didn't tell him everything in details as I told you"
"What did you say to him"
"That I'm a grim reaper and your soul reaper and someone's after your life"
"Did you tell him who"
"No"
"Why?"
"I can't say"
"Just a hint"
"No"
It was evening when Xavier came back, he had gone to search for the girl at Rivelle. The witches had casted another spell and this time, it showed that she was at Borreve, the Decron's mansion to be precise
"Milord, the search is getting complicated" Lucas stated
"I know… did any girl visit the mansion today?" Xavier asked
"I don't think so, Collins never mentioned anything like that"
"Then dies any maid here comes from Rivelle"
"Just a few if them"
"I need to test them"
"How are you planning on doing so"
"Gather all the maids who cines from Rivelle to the attic"
"The attic?, you never allow anyone there"
"Bring them there"
At the attic, about fifteen of the maids were there to meet Xavier. He leaned on a table with a knife in his hands. He was going to let each if them stab him on his hands and anyone that stabs him successfully without the injury healing will be the girl