Blood smeared and broken the Death God laid the human on the asphalt road in the stillness of the ungodly hours of that morning.

With precision Alerik's hand speared through the chest of Lu Henry as they sought the liveless heart of the deceased.

The sharp fingernail from the thumb of the Death God slashed  the pad of his index finger in one quick sweep. Dark blood began to trickle from the finger of Alerik as he flicked the bleeding finger across the dead heart of Lu Henry.

"You and I are in this together, through thick and thin until I am able to find a resolution to our predicament."

Little did the Death God know that the words he spoke had sealed his fate with that of the human whom he sought to use as leverage in his quest to absolve himself from all wrongdoing.