Death turned out to be less peaceful than I had expected. There was no tunnel. No light. No dead relatives waiting with open arms. There was the System screaming.

[HOST STATUS: DECEASED.]

[SECOND LIFE PROTOCOL ACTIVATED.]

[NEURAL RECONSTRUCTION: 0.3%.]

I ope

Rebecca Shaw did not look like someone who had come to comfort a grieving family. She looked like someone who had brought paperwork. Julian noticed that too. His shoulders straightened the moment she introduced herself. Grief disappeared behind the same controlle

By the next morning, I had become a national tragedy. It was impressive what death could do for a girl's reputation. While I was alive, I had been unstable, vulgar, jealous, manipulative, and desperate to marry Theo Mercer. Once I was dead, I became "the long