Death is my business and the cardinal rule of being Death is not to interfere with death. I witnessed a double murder. A grandmother and a grandson killed because he had stood up to a school bully. I know I’m supposed to escort souls to the afterlife one at a time. This time I made an exception and caused my charges to get stuck in Purgatory for millennia.
These souls belong in Heaven, and there’s only one way to fix it, get an Angel to help. I called for Michael the Archangel. Instead I got a snotty Angel named Raquel. I goaded her into helping the trapped souls not knowing what it would cost her. I wish I had known that dealing with her would cost me something precious.
I am human and then some, but is it enough to keep Death alive?