"Is dying the only way to end this?" I finally asked, my gaze fixed on a distant, flickering streetlight as a cold dread began to seep into me. He let out a low, chilling laugh. "I won't let you die. The future is a long, empty road, and I can't walk it without you." I said nothing more. What good was fear? I had to walk this path to its end. "Leave Fu Shenyan," he pleaded. "We can build a life to