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Page 3 and 4: Begin ReadingTable of ContentsAbout

Page 5 and 6: For Eric.I hope you woke up in a st

Page 7 and 8: CHAPTER1Patricia was crying.Wallace

Page 9 and 10: “Kyle was laid off two months ago

Page 11 and 12: “Kyle won’t touch me,” she wh

Page 13 and 14: dollars, and that doesn’t even be

Page 15 and 16: He never got the chance.Instead, tw

Page 17 and 18: Mostly.She wasn’t crying. He was

Page 19 and 20: you died, you continued to wear the

Page 21 and 22: Persian rug he’d spent an exorbit

Page 23 and 24: to show some kind of emotion. He wo

Page 25 and 26: He burst out laughing. Yes, he coul

Page 27 and 28: She grinned. “Oh, man. Just you w

Page 29 and 30: made it feel like so much more. It

Page 31 and 32: He said, “I…” He didn’t kno

Page 33 and 34: She wiped her eyes, still chuckling

Page 35 and 36: “Oh. Yeah, no. I get it. Yes, thi

Page 37 and 38: He blinked slowly, becoming aware o

Page 39 and 40: They rounded a corner, and he could

Page 41 and 42: He stared at her. “We’re seeing

Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER4He expected the inside of t

Page 45 and 46: The second time you share tea, you

Page 47 and 48: was … calming? Or so close to it

Page 49 and 50: know I don’t have time for this.

Page 51 and 52: “And there’s … what?”Hugo d

Page 53 and 54: questions. I’ll do my best to ans

Page 55 and 56: “I’m dead,” Wallace said.Hugo

Page 57 and 58: learned from her mother, a heavyset

Page 59 and 60: “There aren’t.”“Which means

Page 61 and 62: Hugo looked at him. “You’re a g

Page 63 and 64: CHAPTER6The first obstacle was the

Page 65 and 66: At least he tried to.It didn’t wo

Page 67 and 68: terrible as the rest of him. All so

Page 69 and 70: “Saw one, did you?”He whirled a

Page 71 and 72: place you’ll ever be before you c

Page 73 and 74: CHAPTER7Apollo seemed to know where

Page 75 and 76: Hugo chuckled. “A little older th

Page 77 and 78: Hugo shook his head. “No, I’m n

Page 79 and 80: “Hush,” Hugo said. “Don’t l

Page 81 and 82: “But he’s here.”“He is,”

Page 83 and 84: “You don’t need to sleep.”Wal

Page 85 and 86: Wallace’s eyes bulged as he looke

Page 87 and 88: “No.”“But you’re sitting on

Page 89 and 90: Nelson nodded toward the sconces on

Page 91 and 92: Wallace hadn’t even heard him app

Page 93 and 94: “Do what?” Mei asked as she rea

Page 95 and 96: The hook—always there, and he was

Page 97 and 98: And strangely, he thought he could

Page 99 and 100: moved around from table to table, t

Page 101 and 102: him.” And then, under her breath,

Page 103 and 104: woke up. He went to work. He stayed

Page 105 and 106: CHAPTER9Charon’s Crossing stayed

Page 107 and 108: Mei gasped. “They do? Oh my god,

Page 109 and 110: “Obviously,” he said faintly.

Page 111 and 112: that’s taboo.” She looked away.

Page 113 and 114: “It’s like you, in a way,” sh

Page 115 and 116: “Nope.”Wallace groaned. “Then

Page 117 and 118: things. He had expensive clothes, a

Page 119 and 120: Nelson grinned. “Fair.” He rubb

Page 121 and 122: “It’s like that here,” Hugo s

Page 123 and 124: “It was fast,” Hugo said, stari

Page 125 and 126: Hugo seemed to let it go. “The Ma

Page 127 and 128: “You can’t ever go to them,”

Page 129 and 130: finding the truth within himself. W

Page 131 and 132: And now here they were in the fifth

Page 133 and 134: Her fault, he told himself as he sa

Page 135 and 136: They all fell into a schedule of so

Page 137 and 138: One of the other women said, “My

Page 139 and 140: “Because he doesn’t want to,”

Page 141 and 142: Wallace bit back a sharp retort whe

Page 143 and 144: stumbled around, making promises to

Page 145 and 146: Nelson laughed. “Refreshing. Frus

Page 147 and 148: Hugo, for his part, didn’t look a

Page 149 and 150: “I mean, there’s always a plea

Page 151 and 152: came here looking more alive than s

Page 153 and 154: Nothing.“All the time you—would

Page 155 and 156: Desdemona gasped, pulling her hands

Page 157 and 158: “A,” Desdemona said as the plan

Page 159 and 160: followers, and I command you to—

Page 161 and 162: CHAPTER12That night, Wallace follow

Page 163 and 164: “Then why didn’t you put a stop

Page 165 and 166: “It’s not always like this,”

Page 167 and 168: Wallace closed his eyes. Nancy was

Page 169 and 170: “A guardian of the doors,” Hugo

Page 171 and 172: “What does that mean?”“I can

Page 173 and 174: green door at the end. He walked th

Page 175 and 176: window looked out into a familiar k

Page 177 and 178: CHAPTER13At the beginning of his tw

Page 179 and 180: Hugo shrugged. It was infuriating.

Page 181 and 182: everything I’m saying right now?

Page 183 and 184: The tea shop was busy all day. Sinc

Page 185 and 186: “What will it take?” Wallace as

Page 187 and 188: Watch.”Wallace stood next to him

Page 189 and 190: some … some let it become all the

Page 191 and 192: “Obviously,” Nelson said. He re

Page 193 and 194: Wallace bit back a retort. They wer

Page 195 and 196: but my legs didn’t work. My arms

Page 197 and 198: “Yes,” Hugo said.“I was murde

Page 199 and 200: behind clouds. The tea plants looke

Page 201 and 202: people like him.” He swallowed th

Page 203 and 204: him and he waited, waited, waited f

Page 205 and 206: CHAPTER15Alan tried to leave.He did

Page 207 and 208: we’re all traveling on.”Alan sh

Page 209 and 210: we can do it after—”“Oh, hey,

Page 211 and 212: come. “Any specific reason?”“

Page 213 and 214: Wallace blinked. “Oh, uh. Practic

Page 215 and 216: “How did it go?”Hugo started to

Page 217 and 218: CHAPTER16“Are you sure about this

Page 219 and 220: down at his tea, muttering under hi

Page 221 and 222: “Yes,” Wallace said. “And whe

Page 223 and 224: The tables jumped again as Alan too

Page 225 and 226: He hated how much he focused on it,

Page 227 and 228: “He does,” Hugo said. He looked

Page 229 and 230: “Or I know my limits,” Wallace

Page 231 and 232: age. He was coldly handsome, though

Page 233 and 234: were here in February. Speaking of,

Page 235 and 236: him. He turned to see Alan stepping

Page 237 and 238: Alan rose slowly to his feet, point

Page 239 and 240: CHAPTER17It was bigger than any sta

Page 241 and 242: The boy nodded at Wallace before lo

Page 243 and 244: instead of solid. “In fact, an ar

Page 245 and 246: full well he wasn’t in his right

Page 247 and 248: dies. Death is cleansing. The pain

Page 249 and 250: Sure, the bureaucracy of it all can

Page 251 and 252: “He’s not gone,” Wallace said

Page 253 and 254: He didn’t know.He’d never felt

Page 255 and 256: “Then do it. I don’t know what

Page 257 and 258: Hugo shook his head. Muttering unde

Page 259 and 260: The sadness receded, though it didn

Page 261 and 262: On the third evening, Hugo switched

Page 263 and 264: Nancy did as asked, clutching her p

Page 265 and 266: Mei cocked her head as if confused,

Page 267 and 268: I KNOW. BUT I HOPE IN HEARING FROM

Page 269 and 270: For a moment, Wallace thought it’

Page 271 and 272: CHAPTER19Acceptance.It was easier t

Page 273 and 274: then another and then another. And

Page 275 and 276: didn’t know if anyone would answe

Page 277 and 278: “What’s that supposed to mean?

Page 279 and 280: “I’m not trying to,” Wallace

Page 281 and 282: He laughed wildly. “If not now, w

Page 283 and 284: Wallace felt the pull the moment th

Page 285 and 286: As the sun set, they stood side by

Page 287 and 288: He failed.His eyes rolled up in his

Page 289 and 290: They said, “Cameron, let’s go o

Page 291 and 292: grit his teeth together. Tears floo

Page 293 and 294: CHAPTER21The next day, Charon’s C

Page 295 and 296: He hung his head. “I’m scared,

Page 297 and 298: Nelson rose from his chair, tugging

Page 299 and 300: on forever. He wondered if there we

Page 301 and 302: Nelson standing in front of the tea

Page 303 and 304: Hugo lowered his hand back to the b

Page 305 and 306: “Hugo?”“Yeah?”“Don’t fo

Page 307 and 308: Wallace couldn’t. Everything was

Page 309 and 310: They drank tea as if it were any ot

Page 311 and 312: impressed.”“Frankly, I don’t

Page 313 and 314: “Don’t I?” the boy asked. He

Page 315 and 316: discriminate. It’s there for ever

Page 317 and 318: “You swear?” Wallace insisted.

Page 319 and 320: “Not afraid,” the Manager repea

Page 321 and 322: Someone crouched next to him. “Wa

Page 323 and 324: The Manager nodded. “The job will

Page 325 and 326: “I’m leaving now,” the Manage

Page 328 and 329: EPILOGUEOn an evening in the middle

Page 330 and 331: It wasn’t easy. Of course it wasn

Page 332 and 333: Desdemona Tripplethorne returned to

Page 334 and 335: Mei made them tea as the rest gathe

Page 336 and 337: But a river only moves in one direc

Page 338 and 339: Apollo licked his fingers.Hugo rose

Page 340 and 341: Mei began to recite the contents of

Page 342 and 343: Next, the sensitivity readers. Not

Page 344 and 345: READ ON FORMEI’SINTRODUCTION TORE

Page 346 and 347: INTRODUCTION TO REAPINGCongratulati

Page 348 and 349: For example, WHITE HUMAN WOMEN expe

Page 350 and 351: DD’s file before your arrival, yo

Page 356 and 357: ABOUT THE AUTHORTJ KLUNE is the New

Page 359 and 360: This is a work of fiction. All of t

Page 361: Chapter 22EpilogueAcknowledgmentsEx

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