70. Buried
She was mine… My daughter, and I hadn’t even realised it. 3
Why had I not seen it? Did William know that she was mine? Is that why he never told me she was
adopted? I had not realised nor suspected it, not until tonight, the moment she had turned I thought I
was seeing my past… A secret that I had not told anyone, not even when I told Theon had I revealed
the full truth. Deliana had not been a one-night stand…
The memories of long ago haunted me, and no matter how much I wanted to push them away, I
couldn’t.
We had met by accident; I had been injured by some rogues and I was by the coast at night. I had
heard her singing and it had drawn me, yet instead of ripping my heart out, she had helped me when
she realised I was injured. Stemming my bleeding and wrapping my wounds.
She had been the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, goddess there was no woman who held even
a candle in comparison to her beauty… Despite being a siren, she seemed to be innocent and pure-
hearted, curious to learn about our world. That night she kept me company since I couldn’t move from
my injuries, I had put up with her knowing she could kill me within seconds. The wolfsbane in my
system stopped me from mind linking for help too… That had been the start of a forbidden love story.
(FLASHBACK – NINETEEN YEARS AGO) “Are you waiting for me to heal so you can rip my heart
out?” I asked, wincing in pain.
The weather was warm, and the only reprieve was the slight warm wind that sometimes blew past on
this hot humid night.
She giggled, batting her gorgeous big deep blue eyes rimmed with thick dark lashes. Her tail was a
pretty silver and blue, and although I knew she could kill me with ease, I was helpless.
“Why would I kill such a handsome man?” She ran her hand down my chest and I flinched, feeling
sharp pleasurable sparks rush through me. She removed her hand instantly, cupping my face. “Are you
alright?”
“Yeah, don’t touch me.” I growled. Why did I feel those intense sparks? I only felt them with Soleil… I
stared at her, trying to ignore the intense emotions that rushed through me. 4 She tilted her head, a
huge smile spreading on her lips. Her teeth were pearly white yet almost normal, but I knew those
could transform into extremely sharp ones if she wanted.
“Is my appearance scaring you?” She questioned.
“No, sirens don’t scare me.” I shot back, watching before my very eyes as she transformed into a
woman. It was more dangerous than before as she stood there in all her beauty, but this time
accompanied by a very appealing sexy lower half of a woman’s body one, that awakened something
deep within me, blood rushing south as she did a slow twirl.
“Tell me, Alpha Andres, do I look pretty now?”
I swallowed hard, trying not to look at her pussy.
“You may look like a woman, but you aren’t acting like one… cover-up.” I muttered, sounding rather
grumpy.
She giggled. “You are so adorable.”
But she didn’t bother covering up as she sat down by my side cross-legged. At least her hair covered
her perfect breasts, but her smooth lower region was still distracting me. So I instead stared at the
ceiling of the cave she had brought me to. The sound of the waves lapping against the rocks filled my
ears. Something she said came to my mind and I paused, looking at her sharply. “How did you know
my name?” She blushed lightly and looked down. “I just do…” Her eyes softened, and if it were not for
her beauty, I would have almost forgotten that she was a siren…
“What do you want in return for helping me tonight?” I asked instead. “Or are you just waiting to rip my
heart out the moment I’m healed?” “No, I already told you I won’t do that, but I request you spend one
night with me every week for four weeks. To tell me about your world, your kind, how things are on
land?”
I narrowed my eyes as I sat up, holding my chest, trying not to grunt in pain.
“Why are you so curious about it? Are your people not trying to kill us?”
She looked at me and shook her head.
“No, we just want what is ours, what the people of land stole. I want to learn so that in the future, we
are friends.” She smiled brightly, and I wondered how many sirens were truly like the one before me…
(END OF FLASHBACK)
One night a week became two… then three… She and I had a connection that confused me, it was
almost parallel to the mate bond but far more intense, but I guess it was the seduction of a siren that
made me feel like that.
I continued to walk through the silent halls of the castle, the very castle she had always wanted to
see…
Yileyna… She was my – our daughter…
The signs had always been there, but I never thought it was possible. Growing up, I kept her at arm’s
length because she reminded me somewhat of Deliana. I had never actually thought she
was ours, it was just her hair colour that had Irked me. Soleil had also never questioned my nights
away. Although she knew I was cheating on her, a true mate would always feel it… But she never said
anything, not until she was pregnant with Charlene, telling me that I needed to cut it off with whoever I
was seeing, saying she had given me the heir I wanted…
I also knew I needed to, I was the Alpha, and our enemies were the siren’s, the Dark Fae Kingdom, the
Rogues, and above all, the Obsidian Shadow Pack…
I knew that no one could find out about what I had done. She was a monster…
Keeping that in mind, i had drunk plenty before I had gone to see her, to end it once and for all.
She had been waiting for me, dressed in a small blue dress that revealed half her breasts and most of
her thighs. She had been happy, unknowing as to what I was there for. Wrapping her arms around my
neck as she tip-toed, claiming my lips in a sensual kiss that had consumed me. She had asked me how
I was.
She had worried over me, concerned about my silence and questioned if I was ok, but I had reassured
her that all was fine. I wasn’t able to end it straight away. Being with her had a powerful pull on me and
so we had gotten intimate once again.
Making love to her was very different than when making love to Soleil, and so I had given in, relishing
in it for the last time. Yet when I had told her this was the end of our relationship, she had lost it…
(FLASHBACK) “What? How can you end this? We are meant for one another, don’t you feel it?” She
whispered her panic, making her aura swirl around her.
“No, we are not, I have a fated mate. In fact, we are about to become parents too.” I told her.
Her heart was thundering as she shook her head vigorously.
“No! You can’t do this to me! You are mine!”
I could see her sharp teeth now become prominent, her eyes glimmering with hues of silver, blues, and
purples. Eyes that burned with rage as she began to show her true colours.
“Now you reveal yourself for who you are.” I said coldly.
“No, Andres! You can’t do this to me, I can give you an heir!” She clung to my arm desperately. “My
father has already become suspicious, I may have to leave the sea, I thought you would let me come
home with you!”
I cocked an eyebrow.
“Allow you to come with me? You look like a siren, Deliana, everyone would realise what you are.” I
said frowning
I could not have her linked to me in any way. What if the other packs found out? I had just about won
the crown…
No, I couldn’t let her ruin my life.
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