Blood Mates

Jasper's Promise

Jasper hadn’t thought about his death much. To everyone else it sounded scary, an unknown that they couldn’t come back from. Couldn’t run from. Just a day to day fact of known mortality had humans recklessly living or cautiously living.

Either or, they lived knowing that one day, they were going to die.

Not how or when or even why. Just that they were and however it happened, they hoped when it came, they’d lived their best life. Had done what they wanted and could and would die knowing it was over.

But when Jasper died, he knew he wasn’t ready, he knew it wasn’t his time. So as his vision blurred and he looked at a crying Alaia, he made her a gargled promise she hadn’t understood.

But it had been said and his soul agreed as he promised, “I’ll come back baby.” 

 And in a sea of wonder and lost, he sailed the seat of nothingness. He saw himself reflected back for miles and miles until it vanished. And then he was staring into the sky, as it seemed to swallow him whole, Jasper fell into death.