Chapter 45

Briar’s POV

Silence settled between us again. Information overload.

I was confused on how to feel. How to react. I had kids. I had a life. And right now, I am not sure who I am.

I have something growing inside of me and surprisingly, I am from a bloodline of sea creatures.

How? All my life I had grown up at the orphanage. Yes, people listened to me. Yes...my beauty and sometimes my voice...had...attracted people to me.

A crown marred my forehead. As I looked to the ground.

Kylan was the first to speak. "So, what’s our next move?"

Theo exhaled. "You need to learn control. Fast. Before someone figures out what you are and comes looking."

A chill ran down my spine. "Someone is looking, aren’t they?"

Theo’s expression didn’t change. "Wouldn’t you be?"

I didn’t know what to say.

I was just... confused.

Me? A siren? It didn’t make sense. It didn’t fit.

I wasn’t some