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~Vaela

Kicking my feet up, I lean back, flipping the page of my book.

"You're strong enough now," I hear Hale say. I let my book fall onto my lap. It's been a couple days since we last talked about how my wound is healing. Admittedly, I'm feeling much better.

I grin. "Good, let's have sex then."

"Woah," he laughs, leaning forward to rest his forearms on his knees. "We need to be thinking about what is going to happen once you step back into that pool."

I sigh, knowing this conversation was coming.

It's not like we can avoid it for much longer. Keo is lurking, waiting for my twelve days to be up before he can come and collect me for Relm. I need to make the transition to Immortal again.

"You'll have to kill me," I tell him. I'm not sure I could do it myself. I died once, I'm not looking forward to doing it again.

Hale frowns. He doesn't want this to happen, but what other choice do we have?

"You will be sent back to Death's Realm. I know you are familiar with the procedure, so just go