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the darkness and he hoped the blue would come back to them soon, until they did, there would be nothing revealing about this conversation.
    She knew she must speak. Two more breaths and she began the tale. She stared at Lord Tremble and Lord Nord. If she again looked at the imperious woman, she would lose what small control she had right now.
    “It is as I told you when we came begging refuge at the gates of the castle a week past. Lord Borland discovered our dwelling while searching for Aria’s mother, Lolly. We heard him and his henchmen speaking, they wished to take the siren and use her to lure the demon they call Leroi. One of the hunters told Lord Borland of the fire and it enraged the man. Sadly, he also disclosed that there was a small child from the union of my brother and Lolly. He decided to find Aria and use her. I have heard of the lord’s tender treatment of his guests of honor at the yearly celebration. Aria is a small child that cannot fight back. When they came for her, the number of soldiers was too many even for me to fight off so we could leave safely. We jumped into the deep water of the lagoon and Aria helped me to a safe shore. Her mother taught her to swim just before she died in the fire. I used my glamour to appear to be an elderly man traveling with his mute granddaughter.” She stood waiting for either more words to come to her tongue, or the Lord of Tremble to pronounce his decision.
    “The woman became inquisitive about Aria, and she seems to be as determined to discuss my fitness as a guardian of a child such as Aria. I did not care for her tone of voice, it scrapes upon my ears.” The men in the room looked at her as if she had lost all facilities to hear with. The woman did have a beautiful alluring voice, but Wensel refused to acknowledge that. “She placed her hand on my shoulder with intent to force me into answering her questions. Since force and intimidation is the surest way to bring my other natures forth, we left the lake.”
    Lion looked at the lovely woman standing so straight and proud, she wanted the child, that much was plain. Her reasons were not so clear. “Tell me your name and those of the males that you have brought with you. While you are introducing them, you may form an answer for my question. Why have you not made your talents known to the Castle Betas, or shown yourselves here before?”
    She appeared to flush, the slits in her neck, just below her ears took on a vivid pink. She hated to be put on the spot like this, but she wanted the girl child more than she wanted to avoid the Lord Tremble’s questions.
    “I am Alura, I am a Sea Singer, or siren, as I have heard this young woman say. The adult male is my mate, Prata, the boy, our son, Fin. I saw no need to make myself or family known to your Betas because we will be leaving in a few short years. Sea Singers do not congregate in one area. They must spread away from one another as they grow older. Should our son have inherited my nature, he will stay in this place to make his home as the only Sea Singer in this portion of the island. I will move away up to the next area. My mate will be our thread of communication. He is Human, and has been mine since I found him holding to a rock in the ocean after his ship was lost in high seas.
    “To enlighten you, I will tell you that each siren will birth one offspring in her lifetime. Male sirens must mate with female sirens or there will be no child. They may retain their mates for a lifetime. The female of our species may mate with a human to produce one child since our males are so rare. The siren-human pairing does not always produce a child with the talents of a Sea Singer. Pardon my delight in finding that there will indeed be a female siren on the island when they come of an age for mating. I had no idea that there was another like me, even though I have searched the shores for many years for one such as I. I would like to take the child into my keeping to teach