Tales of the Divine (BWWM)

Chapter One

"To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep of death what dreams may come..." ~William Shakespeare

"Something is way off..." I sat there staring at the old man as he stared at his body. "Am I doing that thing from insidious? Astral projection?" I shook my head at him.

"You died. You passed away in your sleep, a really peaceful death if I may add." He missed agreeing with me.

"I get to see my wife again." I smiled at him then reaped his body. A bright glow came and his soul went up to the sky.

I walked into the street bobbing my head to the clubs music I was passing by. Everyone was out this Friday night, I don't blame. The weather feels good, it's not too hot and not too cold. That's always the perfect combination.

"What's shakin Ria Rae?"

"Geez Kaden can you stop popping up on me like that?"

"It's entertainment." I rolled my eyes at him continuing to walk. "So where's Ca-"

"I'm here. Hey babe." Cage missed my cheek and I smiled kissing his lips.

"Nasty creatures."

"I thought Kaden and I was going to meet at your place? What's up?"

"It's Keith, he wants all the reapers to meet. Right now."

~.~

When we got to Keith's meeting. Our gold eyes lit up the dim lit room. All the reapers kept quiet and stood still waiting for Keith to speak. He looked almost scared, but mostly anxious as he paced back and forth. Keith was covering something, I just don't know what.

"Something terrible has happened to our own..." Keith paused looking into the crowed. His gold eyes glistening. "I never thought of this being possible." Keith took off the covers and revealed a gray decaying body. The eyes were still gold, but not glowing like ours. Everyone gasped of horror. Some covering their mouths and some letting out a cry.

"How is that possible..." I whispered to myself. Cage squeezed my hand tight and I squeezed it back.

"I don't know whom did this or how, but-" Keith paused again gulping. He closed his eyes mumbling under his breath like he was saying a pray. "But now we know we aren't immortal."

"Where did you find the body?" I asked out loud.

"The front door of this house." More cries came. "Whom ever this is, they know where we meet. That thing knows about us."

"What are we going to do?" Someone asked.

"This is the first time I cannot give a definite answer. All I can say is watch your back. We aren't safe anymore."

After the meeting Cage and I went back to our home. He was quiet the entire time with us walking into the house and him undressing getting into bed. I cuddled up from behind kissing the back of his neck.

"What are you thinking?" Cage took a deep breath and rolled over to face me.

"The time I actually was mortal. I don't think I thought about death so much as when I was immortal. Then when I died... I was light. I felt my soul separating from my body and it seemed like it only lasted minutes." I ran my fingers through his hair as he talked. Those minutes to him were months to me. My heart never hurt so bad.

"And when I came back to you, being a reaper again. Death was never on my mind, because you were all that I thought about. Also, the fact that we can die, the fact someone killed our own terrifies me. A reaper cannot kill its own, because there is no way to kill us. A human can't kill us, a fucking disease nor any human sicknesses can kill us."

"There's obviously a way now."

"Then the person who did it, is stronger than all of us combined. Something higher power. And I'm gonna be honest Ria Rae, that terrifies me."

I have to admit, I'm terrified too. Reapers are suppose to be immortal. I am suppose to be immortal. Cage is suppose to be immortal.

"What if-"

"Nothing is going to happen to me. We have to keep each other safe Ria Rae. We have to." I nodded my head cuddling up to him even more.

"I love you Cage."

"I love you too."

~.~

The next morning I saw Kaden sitting on the edge of my bed sipping on a Starbucks drink.

"Jesus man don't you have your own place?" He shrugged.

"Yeah this chick is there and I'm just waiting for her to leave." Cage came out the bathroom and started to fake rustle with Kaden.

"Yo stop my Frappé!" I laughed getting out the bed going to the bathroom. I turned on the shower and looked back in the mirror and the whites of my eyes were bloodshot red. I rubbed at them looking back at the mirror.

"Weird..." I shook my head getting into the shower.

I was in the shower for twenty minutes or so. When I stepped out the shower, I heard Cage and Kaden talking nonsense like about video games and whom is the best basketball player. I took off my shower cap then wrapped my towel around me looking into the mirror I stared at my gold eyes. After so many years, I'm still not used to it.

"Ria..." I heard my name then whipped around and saw nothing.

"Yes Cage?" He came in the bathroom looking confused. "Did you call me?"

"No?"

"Oh okay. Can you get me my black jeans and any sweater?"

"Sure thing." He kisses my cheek then went back out.