Page 63 of Death

My eyelids flutter open and I focus on his handsome face. His dark, wild eyes gaze back at me and I feel myself falling for him and this place. The void, while horrific and cold, is a burden no one should bear alone.

“Yes,” I say. “Ari, I will stay with you.”

Ari takes a deep breath and smiles with relief. “I promise, Tannis,” he whispers. “I promise everything.”

He kisses me and I don’t even need to ask what he means. I believe him. Everything means everything. Everything is nothing to a god. Everything is a snap of the fingers or a wink of an eye.

I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him back. His hands roam up my waist, coming to a respectful stop on my sides before going too far.

Ari turns his head, breaking the kiss with his breath held tight. “There’s one more thing I have to ask,” he says, his voice low.

I smile. “What?”

His cool lips graze my cheek as he whispers in my ear.

“How do you want to die?”