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Kandomere's POV

I didn't sleep tonight. I couldn't. I had much to think about and I stared at Odette's sleeping form while I did it. She looked so calm and peaceful. After that moment on the hospital rooftop, I had a team come in to handle the situation and get patient's back to their room. But it came at a cost. Numerous patients undergoing surgeries died.

Her family wanted her here. So here we were, back in her old room. Does she even know what happened? Does she remember? I was repeating my conversation with Mathias in my head.

"We both know what this means, Kandomere. She's too powerful and your government will not allow a being with such power to roam free." he said.

"We do not know the extent of her power yet-"

"If your government believes a human bright is a dangerous being, what makes you think they will overlook a siren whose power could match the dark lord's!" he almost. I stared at the back of his head as we spoke on the balcony outside his office. The clouds were completely clear. It was like it hadn't rained at all. "You know what she would have done had she continued to sing."

I looked down some, keeping my hands clasped behind my back. I remembered everyone moving to the edge of the building preparing to walk right off the ledge, Odette's family included.

"I was not effected by her song… I heard her music and it called to me, but I was still in control." I announced, and Mathias nodded slowly.

"The last siren who possessed the ability to sing the songs of the fallen, was named Osiris. His mate was also not affected by his magic. This meant they were truly meant to be bonded for a siren can never enforce their will on their true love. I thought your mate ship to my daughter was merely a phase, but now I see it is real." he explained. I glanced down some taking in his words and was mildly relieved that I couldn't be controlled. My family tried to control me my entire life. I swore to never let that happen again. Mathias finally turned to me, his eyes hard and dominant.

"You have duties to your country… but you also have duties to this family now. I will NOT allow my child to be taken away and used for government control." he said. I shook my head immediately taking a step closer to the alpha siren.

"It will not come to that." I said, but I could tell the siren was not so sure. Even though I was accepted there was still hesitance in his eyes on if he can trust me. "Now that her abilities are known, this means I will no longer be the head of this clan. As is tradition I will step down and hand power over to her." I held back my look of disagreement and slowly shook my head.

"She wouldn't want that responsibility. Odette has always been independent. She wants to live a quiet life." I said.

"It doesn't matter what she wants now! Sirens will follow her regardless and look to her for guidance. It's her birthright that she's had all along. She just didn't know it, none of us did. All of my family was here tonight, they know what she is, and they will feel paranoid, paranoid the elves will find out and try and take her. Luckily they do not know that the attack on her was by elves. There has yet to be any news announcements on what species the down town shooter is. Why is that?" he asked walking up to me now stopping a few feet in front of me. My body tightened at his question, but I kept composure.

"My higher ups do not want an uprising coming to any of the districts who may be innocent." he answered honestly. Mathias nodded slowly.

"So the orcs have to die so that you may continue to live." he concluded. I wanted to feel guilt, but now the motto engraved on my gorget wouldn't allow it. I knew I was loyal to my race, but I was loyal to my mate as well.

"I do what I am ordered to do." I replied instead. Mathias nodded slowly, his eyes unreadable.

"You mentioned earlier there were some ancient texts you wanted me to read?"

I cleared my mind once again of that conversation from hours ago and decided to take comfort in my mate's face. I leaned in to her slowly and inhaled her scent. She smelled the same of coconut and hibiscus. I knew I had to think realistically here. I don't know if my actions at the hospital worked, but if they don't then we will have a real problem. Not only will the Inferni be after her, but then I'd have to let my bosses know of her abilities and I guarantee they will not know what to do with this information. But I know what the end game would be. I've seen it happen numerous times. They'll want her detained and possibly want to use her for military control and threaten her family to do so.

All for the protection of the United States of America and the military will be granted permission to do whatever they wanted with her. My face tightened at the thought. I meant what I said to the large orc. I would burn his communities to the ground if they were responsible for her being in danger. How far was I willing to go to protect her?

O's POV

I slept hard. I felt so rested I loved it. Slowly my eyes fluttered open once I could sleep no more. Shades of blue came into my vision and once it cleared I saw Kandomere, staring at me with soft worry. His eyes looked heavy and he looked exhausted. I looked his face over with concern of my own.

"Are you alright?" I said gently raising my hand to slide up his chest gently to rest on his cheek. His hand lied over mine and he just nodded slowly. I slowly sat up, noticing a slight weight on my chest. It wasn't painful, but it was noticeable. "What's wrong? Something has happened, I know it." Kandomere sat up as well and looked my face over. He looked so awful.

"What do you remember?" he asked softly. I looked down closing my eyes some to concentrate.

"I was here, with my family. I was singing to the pit and then it gets blurry a little. But I woke up in a room, a white room. The hospital maybe… then I could hear music humming all around me. It was nice and beautiful. I couldn't help but sing along to it." I explained. He let out a light sigh and he looked down some. He wasn't speaking, and this concerned me greatly.

"Did I do something bad?" I asked, and he looked back up at me.

"We should speak to your father then head back to my place. We will be safe there." he explained. I nodded, and we slowly moved from the bed. As I moved off the bed, I felt my body shift a bit from this weight in my chest. I looked down at my body and paused for a moment.

"Odette what's wrong?" Kandomere asked standing behind me. I shook my head.

"I don't know. Something's off." I replied looking at myself in the full body mirror beside my door. Kandomere did the same and we both tilted our heads some as we examined my body through the gown. I lightly looked at my breasts gently raising my hand to gently lift my right breast. It was heavy and mildly firm.

"Feel." I told Kandomere, and he arched a brow at me before lifting his right hand over my hand and gently weighed my breast in his hand. I looked at him in the reflection.

"What does that feel like to you?" I asked. He tilted his head some.

"It feels like…" his voice trailed off before we both visibly tensed and looked at each other.

"Milk!" we said in perfect unison.