199 Future(2)

He would live for a very long time because demonsim slowed the aging process. He could probably live for another couple hundred years if he took care of himself, but Alyssa was human. She only had so many years left.

"What's wrong?" Alyssa asked him as she pulled them out of the spray.

Elias realized that they hadn't had this talk yet. He hadn't brought it up earlier because their relationship had been so fresh in college, and then they just got back together not too long ago. It was a heavy topic, but he was ready to bring it up.

"It's just… you know that vampires and demons can live for hundreds of years, right?" he asked her.

Alyssa nodded.

"I figured. Why?" she asked him.

Elias took her hands and shrugged.

"I just wondered how that would affect us. I want to be with you for as long as possible," he told her.

He didn't want to pressure her into anything, but he wanted her to know that he was in this forever.