Chapter 420

XENOIS

It wasn't a question. She could feel it through our bond—the terror I was barely keeping contained beneath the surface.

"I might lose you," I admitted, my forehead pressing against hers. "After everything—after getting you back from that other timeline, after building this family, after finally understanding what matters—I might lose you to some cosmic debt I can't fight or negotiate with."

"You might," Lumina agreed softly. Too softly. Like she'd already accepted it as inevitable.

"And you want me to just accept that," I said, unable to keep the accusation from my voice. "Want me to nod and smile and pretend it's fine that some necromancer...