“Dean?” He hums, urging me to go on. “How did you break Timor’s trance?”
“What do you mean? I thoughtyoubroke us out.”
“No. I’m pretty sure it’s the other way around.”
He tilts his head, like I’m not making sense. “How is that even possible? You’re the siren. You did it.”
“So you’re saying I fought Timor’s trance—something I’ve never been able to do—and didn’t even realize it.”
He has to know how stupid that sounds.
“Exactly.” Apparently not. “Sometimes you don’t know how strong you are until you have no other choice.”
I call bullshit. I know my Divine. I’m well aware of my strength, painfully so.
And that wasn’t me. Maybe he’s the one who doesn’t realize what he did.
Maybe being a siren’s mate comes with… perks.
I’ll have to ask Grace. The bookworm will know better.
When he finishes, Dean stands, a crease forming between his brows. “Do you mind telling me how I can send something to Eldoris?”
I hesitate, realizing how little I’ve told them about my kind.
Nevaeh and Harvey are always baiting me for details by listing the ridiculous theories they’ve heard about sirens, but I always brush them off.
Maybe I should’ve told them something…anything.
If I had been honest from the start, maybe they would’ve been prepared for what’s coming.
Tiberius won’t let this go. Dean killed Timor, and he might’ve been a liability, but he was still Tiberius’s last living family.
Dean sees my hesitation, but before he can tell me to drop it, I take a breath and blurt out everything I know about the two entry points into Eldoris.
I tell him to go through the human realm because that way, whatever Dean is planning won’t be traced back to us.
Dean listens carefully, then tells Khatri to keep two bodies instead of burning them.
Before I can question him, he instructs Khatri to split the bodies, not across the stomach, but straight down the center from face to groin.
That’s… excessive.
People think I’m unhinged, but Dean might actually have me beat.
I’m still cringing when he orders the bodies to be packed in a crate and dumped into the ocean, where it’ll land near Eldoris.
I raise my brow, but Dean just smirks. “Tiberius sent a message through his brother. It’s only fair we respond.”
“You’re taunting him.”
His grin turns feral. “He came after my mate. I’m not just taunting him… I’m telling the bastard to bring it on.”
19. Are you blushing, hellfire?
Dean
It’s nearly midnight by the time we return to the kingdom.
