Death pulled the Book of the Dead from his pocket and held the tome in front of him and Riley. The pages flipped open to a random leaf with four specific names scripted on the top line.
Book of the DeadThe names were not familiar to Riley. Their dates showed them to be the ones who died on the amusement park ride. These were the same souls the Ahemait dragged away.
“When a soul is destroyed or moves on to the next world, the Fates remove it from the ledger. This book only contains the names of those souls that need to return to Elysium. The first date,” he motioned to the only number that remained static for every entry, “is when the soul departed the sacred grounds. The second changing number is when they are eligible to return.”
This was not what Riley expected of the book when he fir
