Contract Made After Death: Clause I: Seal

Life and death—if one is lucky, they are far between, the latter negligible. Death does not choose who she takes, but she always has the chance. I was “fortunate” to be chosen, my end bloody and truly unforeseen. She waited for me on the other side, my new standards of life in hand. Once sealed, I was sent on my way. But not to Earth. Mertha, where humans were a minority compared to the dagger-toothed elves, omniscient angellum, and giggling goblins teeming on the four continents. Magic was...