Chapter 223. King’s Canvas

Chantel Raven

I smiled and said, "Place me there."

"What?" He asked, and right away, worry showed on his face.

"Burn me right here when I die," I said, pulling back and poking his dimple with my cheek.

He shook his head and took my hand in his. "You are never going to die."

"I did not know that I had become immortal."

"I mean it," he said, "I am prepared to give you all my years if it means that I will never have to see you die."

"I am sorry," I said, realizing how touchy this subject was. I wouldn't know what to do if he said something like that. "That is right. We will live forever. We did say goodbye to death with the Nustra, right?"

"Yes, we did," he confirmed, "It even rained."

I rolled my eyes and tried to act like it was not a big deal. "Who believes these old, ancient stories anyway?" Lexcis, though