Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1 Wind Crane: Prelude

Where is this?

Why am I enveloped in darkness?

Why am I here?

“Ugh, my head hurts!” Luo Di struggled as she sat up in the darkness, supporting herself with one hand as she held her head with the other. She looked around; the darkness engulfed her and she was surrounded by silence. Luo Di narrowed her eyes, trying to recall what she could. She remembered crossing the road as she got off work, and a car that headed straight for the pavement as it ran the red light. She couldn’t react in time and was caught in the collision. Then, everything went black.

Her eyes widened. “Am I dead?!”

She couldn't accept this; the fact that she might have lost her family, her friends, and everything she loved was too much to take in. Around her, the darkness persisted.

She sat on the floor in a daze. Suddenly, a bright light appeared out of nowhere. Luo Di s.h.i.+elded her eyes with a raised hand, and as her eyes accustomed to the glare, she made out a man in the light, walking slowly towards her.

To be exact, it was not a man. Luoqiu stared at the figure garbed entirely in black; his face was solemn, his skin an alabaster white, and he glided smoothly above the ground as he advanced towards her.

“Luo Di.” His voice was cold and flat, without any trace of emotion.

Luo Di raised her head. She did not cry, but her eyes were tinged with a mixture of desperation and hope.

“Are you the Grim Reaper?”