Chapter 70


    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 ident; 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 inparison 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 mepany 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 darkshes. 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


    apanied 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 wavespping 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 ofnd 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…


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    (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, iming 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 thest time. Yet when I had told her this was the end of our rtionship, 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 be 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 be 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 be suspicious, I may have to leave the sea, I thought you would let mee


    home with you!”


    I cocked an eyebrow.


    “Allow you toe 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.


    “Please Andres, my father will kill me if he realises I have had an affair with a werewolf.” She looked


    horrified and full of fear as she clung to my arm.


    “I’m sorry Deliana. Just don’t tell him, but it’s better to end thispletely from here on. My kingdom


    and my crown mean everything to me.” I said coldly.


    Her face paled, hurt was clear in her eyes, and I could feel her anger rising. “Betray me Andres, and I


    will let the world know what you did!” she spat. I frowned, wanting to leave her right away, but… I had


    to be careful… I needed to make sure no one learned of this.


    A n crept into my mind, and I looked into the beautiful face that was full of rage and sighed heavily,


    stroking her hair.


    “Calm down, you are right, I can’t leave you like this.” I said quietly. She hesitated, searching my eyes,


    but it wasn’t hard to show my love for her when it did exist. She broke into tears, throwing herself into


    my arms.


    “I love you, Andrés. Don’t leave me.”


    She looked up at me with eyes that begged for reassurance.


    “I won’t.” I lied.


    (END OF FLASHBACK)


    I stepped into the snow and sat down on the stone steps of the courtyard. A wave of guilt


    I had formed a n, I had no intention of staying by her side. I had waited for her to fall asleep and


    then I had tried to take her life… She had lost it, switching back to her siren form unable to retain her


    legs, the weather became violent… But I didn’t stop, it was my only chance to kill her before she got


    away. But she was powerful. She had gotten away, but not before she promised that she would release


    her wrath upon the werewolf kind, that she would get her revenge.6


    That was why I made sure my men began searching for any sirens, to kill them all, I hoped she was


    killed in the process and our secret would remain buried forever…


    But clearly not before she left this child on shore… I sighed as I looked at my hands. I had almost taken


    the life of my daughter that day…


    But what do I do now? I couldn’t kill her, that much I knew the moment I saw her in those cells. She


    was my daughter, and unlike Deliana, I didn’t see myself being able to kill her.


    But people had seen what had happened, I had to form a n, I needed to protect her, I needed to


    make sure no one found out the truth, because if they did


    “So, she’s your daughter.”


    My thoughts came to a crashing stop as I turned slowly to look at the man that stood against the stone


    pir. A man I had begun to see as my closest confidant, but at this moment, he held a power over me,


    the power of a dark truth. Something I did not like one bit.


    A confident glimmer shone in those amber eyes of his as he watched me, almost as if he knew the hold


    that he now had upon me… For the first time since I had met him, I felt as if maybe I couldn’t trust


    him…