Chapter 9

Eleanor's POV

I peeled my eyes open slowly and I was finally seeing a strange ceiling and a cute fluorescent light above my face.

I recalled drifting off to unconsciousness in the ice room and I almost laughed at myself. I was finally dead and this is the afterlife, I guess. 

I scanned the room briefly but why is it looking so real? I was still wondering when a voice interrupted me.

"You're awake!" I heard beside me and I faced the direction of the sound immediately, only to see an elegant lady sitting by the side of the bed with worry written on her face. 

I knew it! I'm presently in the afterlife. I thank the Moon Goddess for giving me someone who cares about my afterlife. I thought to myself smiling inwardly until she finally held my hand.

"You must have been so scared to be alone and so bare in the ice room," the lady said and I pursed my lips.

"Wait! Am I still alive?" I found myself asking no one in particular.

"Yes, yo