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The narrative frames the afterlife as not a gentle place but a dangerous one, likened to a fleeting presence seen only at the edge of vision. As darkness, emptiness, and the lack of light close in, the story emphasizes psychological uncertainty and the weight of being alone while emotional release remains out of reach.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nOther Titles In This Series  \nAlso By This Author  \nBest Reading Order for Dark Secrets  \n1. Aubrey  \n2. Ara  \n3. Aubrey  \n4. Ara  \n5. Aubrey  \n6. Jase  \n7. Ara  \n8. Jason  \n9. Ara  \n10. Aubrey  \n11. Ara  \n12. Aubrey  \n13. Ara  \n14. Aubrey  \n15. Ara  \n16. Aubrey  \n17. Jason  \n18. Ara  \n19. Aubrey  \n20. Ara  \n21. Aubrey  \n22. Ara  \n23. Aubrey  \n24. Ara  \n25. Aubrey  \n26. Ara  \n27. Aubrey  \n28. Ara  \n29. Aubrey  \n30. Ara  \n31. Aubrey  \n32. Ara  \n33. Aubrey  \n34. Ara  \n35. Amara  \n36. Ara  \n37. Aubrey  \n38. Ara  \n39. Amara  \n40. Ara  \n41. Aubrey  \n42. Ara  \n43. Aubrey  \n44. Amara  \n45. Aubrey What to read now.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n~Book Nine of Dark Secrets~  \nText © 2019 by Angela M Hudson  \nAll Rights Reserved  \nCover image © Angela M Hudson  \nEditor: John Edmunds  \nThis book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return and purchase your own copy. Thank you for  \nrespecting the hard work of this author.  \nThis is a work of fiction. Characters, names, places, events or incidents are products of the author ’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to places or incidents is purely  \ncoincidental.  \n[www.angelamhudson.com](www.angelamhudson.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES  \n( SHOULD BE READ IN ORDER)  \nDark Secrets  \nThe Heart’s Ashes  \nMark of Betrayal  \nLies in Blood  \nEchoes & Silence: Part One  \nEchoes & Silence: Part Two  \nBound by Secrets  \nHeart of Darkness  \nUnderworld  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nALSO BY THIS AUTHOR  \nBound Series Book 1  \nBound Series Book 2  \nIn Another life 1  \nIn Another life 2  \nIn Another life 3  \nIn My Blood  \nThe Legend of the Raven Wolf  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBEST READING ORDER FOR DARK SECRETS  \nDark Secrets  \nThe Heart’s Ashes  \nMark of Betrayal  \nLies in Blood  \nEchoes & Silence: Part One  \nEchoes & Silence: Part Two  \nBound Series Book 1  \nBound Series Book 2  \nBound by Secrets  \nIn Another life 1  \nIn Another life 2  \nIn Another life 3  \nIn My Blood  \nHeart of Darkness  \nUnderworld  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAU B R EY  \nN  \no one knows where we go when we for sure, not really. The illusion is truth.  \ndie. No one wants to know sometimes better than the  \nBut life after death isn’t something a mere mortal is supposed to know about. It’s something we’re only vaguely aware of, like a ghost. You see it from the corner of your eye but as soon as you turn your head, it’s gone.  \nMy world is much the same, but I’m going to show it to you and ask that you keep an open mind. Because the afterlife, for me, is not the good place.  \nIt’s the bad one.  \nSUMMER HAD COME TO AN END, AND THE NIGHTS DOWN HERE IN THE CELL were getting cold. Even the dirt on the floor was cold. I sat huddled up against the wall on the far-right corner of the stone cage because, over the last week, locked away in here to grieve my father ’s death alone, naked, I’d found that to be the warmest corner. Maybe it wasn’t, maybe it was psychological, but it didn’t matter because it felt warmer all the same.  \nThe stones in here were larger than they were in the castle, soaked with a charcoal blackness that had a dry, rusty smell. There was never any light or even sound. Just emptiness, true emptiness, knowing there was literally no one else down here but me. And still, even perfectly alone, I couldn’t cry.","cbCaii4ae06BchsC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii4ae06BchsC","pdf",3166050,522,"English","en",105,"# Aubrey\n## Cold nights in the cell\n## The afterlife as the bad place\n# Grief and isolation","[{\"question\":\"What is the afterlife like in Underworld, according to the opening?\",\"answer\":\"It is portrayed as the bad one rather than a good place, sensed vaguely like a ghost and vanishing when attention shifts.\"},{\"question\":\"Who narrates the opening scene?\",\"answer\":\"Aubrey narrates the opening, describing her confinement and grief over her father’s death.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Aubrey stay in the corner of the stone cage?\",\"answer\":\"She believes it is the warmest spot after spending a week locked away, and the psychological comfort of that corner matters even if it may not be truly warmer.\"}]",1785402366,804,{"code":4,"msg":29,"data":30},"ok",{"site_id":23,"language":22,"slug":31,"title":13,"keywords":32,"description":14,"schema_data":33,"social_meta":84,"head_meta":86,"extra_data":88,"updated_unix":26},"underworld-book-nine-of-dark-secrets-fictional-narrative-opening","",{"@graph":34,"@context":83},[35,52,66],{"@type":36,"itemListElement":37},"BreadcrumbList",[38,42,46,49],{"item":39,"name":40,"@type":41,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":43,"name":44,"@type":41,"position":45},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":47,"name":12,"@type":41,"position":48},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":50,"name":13,"@type":41,"position":51},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/underworld-book-nine-of-dark-secrets-fictional-narrative-opening/114708/",4,{"url":50,"name":13,"@type":53,"author":54,"headline":13,"publisher":56,"fileFormat":59,"inLanguage":22,"description":14,"dateModified":60,"datePublished":60,"encodingFormat":59,"isAccessibleForFree":61,"interactionStatistic":62},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":55},"Person",{"url":39,"name":57,"@type":58},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-30",true,{"@type":63,"interactionType":64,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":65},"ViewAction",{"@type":67,"mainEntity":68},"FAQPage",[69,75,79],{"name":70,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":72},"What is the afterlife like in Underworld, according to the opening?","Question",{"text":73,"@type":74},"It is portrayed as the bad one rather than a good place, sensed vaguely like a ghost and vanishing when attention shifts.","Answer",{"name":76,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":77},"Who narrates the opening scene?",{"text":78,"@type":74},"Aubrey narrates the opening, describing her confinement and grief over her father’s death.",{"name":80,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":81},"Why does Aubrey stay in the corner of the stone cage?",{"text":82,"@type":74},"She believes it is the warmest spot after spending a week locked away, and the psychological comfort of that corner matters even if it may not be truly warmer.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":50,"og:type":85,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":57,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":87,"canonical":50},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":23},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":90},[91,94,98,102,107,112,117,122,127,130,134],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},90,"story-novel",{"id":45,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":95,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":97},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":51,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":99,"show_sort_weight":100,"slug":101},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":103,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":104,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":106},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":108,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":109,"show_sort_weight":110,"slug":111},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":113,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":114,"show_sort_weight":115,"slug":116},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":118,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":119,"show_sort_weight":120,"slug":121},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":123,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":125,"slug":126},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":125,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":125,"slug":129},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":131,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":132,"show_sort_weight":131,"slug":133},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":135,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":44,"category_name":136,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":137},19,"General","general"]