I love this by Stephanie Ehmann from Canada!

I followed him for what felt like forever, every turn, and every circle. You would have thought being a Revenant he would be more careful about being followed. He kept stopping at this one Cafe and staring. About the third time we passed the Cafe he turned and spotted me. Our eyes met, then he turned and just went back to walking. So I went on to following him again. We continued down the block until he turned down an ally way. It was then I knew he was on to me. The urge kicked in after that. Oh why did it have to kick in now? I looked around, no sight of him. The urge was getting stronger.

Next thing I knew, I was on the floor moaning. He had hit me on the head, hard.

“Who are you, and why are you following me?” he asked. Before I could answer he picked me up of the floor and threw me to the wall. I prepared for impact, but landed on my feet instead.

“A Numa, here to kill me then Mon Cherie?” Hate filled his eyes.

“My name is Arianna. Yes I am Numa. But I’m not here to kill you, I’m here to ask for help,” she answered.

“Numa asking for help? Unlikely.” He once again reached for my caller to throw me again. But this time I beat him to it and ducked, pulling out my mothers’ old knife. I pleaded once again.

“Please! Kill me if you want, I just can’t stand it anymore!” She cried.
“That’s what you wanted, to be killed?” He seemed kinda concerned.

“So very much. The urge is too much for me, I don’t want to kill innocent people my whole life!” Tears ran down her cheeks. After a few seconds she threw her knife to the ground.

He considered this for a little while, thinking about the situation.

“How long have you lived, since you first died?” he stood up straight.

“One year and I know what you’re going to ask next. I’ve killed 6 people.” Arianna looked to the floor, ashamed for the damage she’d done.

“Why did you have to come to a Revenant then if your wish is to die?” he asked.

“None of the others would help me, they said the killing would grow on me.” She replied.

He threw his head back and laughed, then he was quiet. What were his thoughts she wondered. Would he decide to kill me?

“I should just leave you to live a miserable life.”

“Would you be so cruel to leave me this way? Do you want me to kill more people?” she replied back.

He just stood there quiet, once again saying nothing. So she continued.

“What if I tell you where they are hiding that special Revenant?”

That sparked his interest. His head went up almost instantly. Then he went to grab her and push her against the wall again.

“You’re going to tell me anyway!” he almost screamed it at her. Well she could do some screaming of her own.

“Or else what?! You going to kill me?!” she shrieked.

She had him now. He let her go then, and he collapsed to the floor in what Arianna thought was shame. She left him just lay there for a moment. Then she walked to his side and crouched down to his level.

“I make you a deal. I’ll tell you everything I know, if when I’m done you’ll put me to rest. That sound alright to you?” she said.

She knew he would take the deal. The others told her they had no leads, to him this was a deal of a lifetime. He nodded then and stood up.

“Seems fair.” He said. Then they started toward Jean-Bapitistes’ house, or so he called it, when a thought occurred to her.

“I never did catch your name.”

He smiled. “The name’s Jules.”