The Red Hot Empress Quotes

“Please be quiet,” Ike said. “Sounds that surround our body at the time of death are our soul’s living blanket. The sound wraps us, carrying us to a city by cool waters, the place we reside after death. Chants remind the newly dead that they are no longer alive. As my voice grows dimmer, Hao’s soul will understand it is moving away from the earth. It’s necessary for peaceful transition—he’ll know his death isn’t a dream.”
― Meredith Blevins, The Red Hot Empress