Page 254 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

I asked, “And you are?” He gave a deep bow, “I am Harish, Cython’s Song. I’m the fun one. Obviously.” So, he was a Prince. Alexander smirked. Harish smiled, “Wow, you look your dad, Alpha Alexander. I heard back in the day, pre your mother days that is, he swung both ways. Do any of you boys? I have a brother, and I’ve gotta help him out where I can. You know how it is.”

Alexander snorted, “Max used to, but he’s mated. Brady experimented but as far as I know it was just the one time.” Harish winked, “Well, I’ll just have to let Tarik know.” Alexander laughed, “I don’t know that he’d get anywhere, but as long as he doesn’t hurt my brother, that’s fine.”

Harish snorted, “Tarik would never, he’s a lover.” I asked, “What about you?” Harish said, “I was there with our armies to bring our Princess home. Odette’s call to them knocked them on their asses it was so strong. Her terror came through clear as a whistle. All of us in the area heard it. The terror in her voice…”

Harish trailed off and his hands had a slight tremor, “I may prefer not to get down and dirty with a trident, but it doesn’t mean I won’t for those I love. You mess with my family, and I am lethal. I don’t stand for people hurting Cython.”

I asked, “What does that mean? Odette’s call?” Cython answered, “She has called to Caspian twice now. When a Siren needs their family, or King, and they’ve surfaced, they can call to them. The first time, she just whispered that she needed him and wished for him to help her.”

“It didn’t reach her other brothers. The golden note floated to him in court. We couldn’t make out her whisper, but Cas could. He flew into a rage and demanded she be found. We all knew then, Odette was the one that had called.”

Harish whispered, “This time the note was practically vibrating. We all heard her screaming for them. She even called to Noxus and she shouldn’t be able to do that. The children felt it as well. That’s a whole other barrel of kittens.”

Alexander snorted, “Don’t say that to my mother.” Harish frowned, “But I googled earthly sayings when we found out about Odette and Lux.” I laughed, “Aunt Haley wasn’t raised in the Earthly realm, and doesn’t understand the sayings.”

Harish sighed in relief, “Thank goodness someone doesn’t actually put cats in a barrel. I was thinking the Earthly realm was the most savage of us all.” I snorted. Alexander declared, “My mom is going to love him.” She was.

I teased, “Can’t you just see him, TeleTed, and Dylan together?” Channing snorted, “We are stirring the pot, I see.” It was my forte, actually. Lux snorted, “The world is unprepared.” Harish smiled, “I like the sound of all of that. Anyway, here is your suit.”

I was expecting something awful, but it was a normal suit. Lux questioned, “How is this a regular suit, but the girls dresses were terrible?” Harish smiled, “Well, the men’s suits might have had an unfortunate accident after Cython and I discovered we were songs. A fire of all things, it was so very strange.” Alexander started laughing, even Lux smirked. Alexander snapped Lux into his suit.

Harish sighed, “We need one of you all down here full time. That’s so handy.” I smirked, “Well, you’re about to be in our realm a lot. There’s bound to be one or two Fairies mated to someone here. Dylan would help you find someone. In fact, he might make it his mission.” Harish smiled, “I like this Dylan the more I hear about him.” Good. My work here was done.

I asked Alexander, “Do you know what Melanie was lying about earlier?” Lux snorted, “Do you know how she’s actually getting actively worse at lying?” Alexander admitted, “I do know what she was lying about earlier. My wife is pretty annoyed, and I don’t mind that she’s a bad liar.”

Harish laughed, “It’s quite amusing. I’m surprised you don’t want to help her though.” Alexander replied, “I don’t. I’m not about to offer tips to Melanie on how to improve the one skill I need her to be bad at. No one had better try to change that quirk of hers.”

Harish gulped, “Gosh, he went from light hearted to I’ll slit your throat in a second.” I nodded, “We all do that.” Harish sighed, “You all are so serious. You’ll fit in just fine, Lux. I’ve been lightening up this group for decades, and I still have work to do.” Lux laughed.

Alexander said, “I’ll pop Keaton downstairs.” He grabbed me and we were gone. Nathan was staring at the doors, where Odette was going to walk in, longingly. Alexander asked Eric, “Did mom warn you?” Eric asked, “About?”

Alexander didn’t have to answer before Haley walked in. Anne Bartlett walked up beside me. I smiled, “Lux will be happy to see you.” Anne whispered, “Theo is so upset he can’t be here. Haley was texting Lux about it. He knows I’m here.”

I asked, “What’s wrong?” Anne sighed, “An urgent Alpha matter.” I nodded. Emmett always felt bad if something like that came up and he missed something, but it came with the job. Preston came up beside me and winked.

It relaxed something in me having him here. Preston whispered, “Take a breath. Odette’s here and she is fine.” I nodded, then watched all of the Sargasso’s come in one by one. When Odette walked in, I couldn’t help but admire her.

I growled at several Sirens looking at my mate like she was a snack. Jackson Conners was beside me glaring at the same group I was. Channing snarled, “Mate is OURS!” Yes, she was. Odette was stunning. That dress gave me ideas.

Emmett linked, “So, are you coming back today? Inquiring minds want to know.” I responded, “I’m surprised you didn’t come here with the Conners groups. Actually, I’m more surprised I have yet to spot Dylan Frost lurking in the background eating popcorn. I met their version of Dylan. He’s actually like a cross of Ted and Dylan.”

Emmett snorted, “I tried to come. Dylan is forlorn that he’s not there.” Of course he was. I replied, “I think we are coming back after Nathan meets Odette, but I really don’t know. I’ll link you.” Emmett told me, “I’d really like to see you again today, Keaton. We are all a little unsettled.” Weird but ok.

The second the Sirens led Odette away, I was going after her. I snarled at one guy that was still looking at her, and luckily for him he quickly looked away. Channing growled, “Let’s shift and rip him to pieces.”

I saw Darrin Conners make his way in that direction. I told Channing, “It’s handled. We need to get to our mate.” Channing agreed, “Yes, get to mate and claim her.” Channing was practically jumping in my head once he saw her.

My wolf told me, “I can’t wait to run with Tatum.” Odette’s eyes flickered back. Channing purred, “Mate. My turn.” I let him come forward and our wolves introduced themselves. Which I found odd, given Channing already knew her name. He’d told me what it was.

I let Channing have a minute before I came out to meet Tatum. Odette figured out May and Keith were mates when she took back over. Something briefly made her sad, but then she felt resolved. Eric, Jackson, Harold, and Darrin came in first to meet Odette.

I could feel how much their acceptance meant to my mate. Eric raised an eyebrow when Odette said she knew Jackson. She must have seen them in the vision she had of the past. Which Melanie clearly knew, because she tried to deflect. Wow. We might actually have to give Melanie lessons on lying.

Eric had a few tears he wiped away when he hugged Odette. Eventually, it was Nathan’s turn. I was going to leave, even though I felt my mate’s unease and worry since she wanted privacy. The thing was Odette had a vice grip on my hand.

My mate was worried Nathan would reject her, but I knew he wouldn’t. I could feel all her worries swirling in my chest. It was almost overwhelming. I began to hum her song that she always hummed around me which calmed my mate down.

Channing told me, “Mate wants us to stay, but she also wants to meet Herb alone. She’s been dreaming of this moment for years.” Ok, conflicting but Odette should have this moment. I stepped outside and spotted Nathan. I told him, “Odette wants to meet you, Nathan.” He steadied himself and walked inside.