Revelations #16
I pleaded, “Please tell Melanie that I can’t wait to see her again.
I’ve missed her so much.” Delana nodded, “I will. She’s quite something.
I hope you have a poker face because your friend doesn’t have one at all.
” I busted up laughing, “That’s Melanie for sure.
Don’t worry, I have one.” Delana nodded, then picked up her rock.
An hour after Delana left, the red eyed men came back. It hit me like lightning. These people knew Jag. I was led through rooms and then chained to a desk. Like an interrogation. A guy said, “My boss has questions for you.” He threw down a picture of Rolfe.
The guy asked, “Do you know this wolf?” I snorted, “Are you serious? I don’t know. I don’t make a habit of befriending wolves.” The guy replied, “That’s not what I hear. I hear this one follows you around.”
I frowned, “That would be news to me.” He sighed, “How about him?” He put down a picture of Jag. I shrugged, “Sorry. If your buddy was supposed to kidnap or stalk me, he’s doing a bad job. I don’t know the wolf or the guy.”
Jag and Rolfe. Were they the same person? Pain exploded in my head. The guy snorted, “That’s not why we want him. He turned on us to protect you, and he shouldn’t have been able to. Damn Sirens.” I frowned, “There were no sirens at the school attack. No one came.”
The guy snorted, “Yeah, there were. You.” I frowned, “I’m not a Siren. There were definitely no police sirens going to scare those rabies wolves off either. It was infuriating no one came to help us while we were screaming for help.”
The guy sat back, “My god, you don’t know.” I asked, “I don’t know what?” He laughed, “Lady, you’re a Siren.” I frowned, “We’ve established I’m not a siren, I can’t even make the sound.” Sassy sang softly in my head, and it clicked.
The ocean things in Caspian’s place, the hating of Mermaids, the underwater theme literally everywhere around me. Pain shot through me, and this time I screamed and clutched my head. The guy yelled, “What the fuck?”
I took several deep breaths, “I’m fine.” The guy said, “Ok, I didn’t mean you could make the sound a Siren the police have make. Obviously, you’re not a sound. You’re the creature humans believe to be mythological. You’re a Siren.”
I snorted, “I’m not.” He groaned, “Seriously? You saw wolves turn into humans.” I pointed out, “After I shot them.” He growled at me then gritted his teeth, “You’re a Siren, that’s how you ensnared Jag!
” I told him, “You can rest assured I’m NOT a Siren.
Do you want to know how you should know that? Other than that’s bat crap crazy!”
He asked, “Fine. Do tell me how in your mind am I wrong.” I glared at him, “If I was a Siren, I’d have lured you to me with my song AND EATEN YOU BY NOW! YOU UTTER ASSHOLE! I want KEY! I don’t want to be here anymore.” Sassy was deeply insistent we needed Keaton.
The guy sat back and laughed, “You’re pretty funny, Siren’s don’t actually eat people. Humans get parts of Supernatural lore wrong. Particularly those that don’t live in their realm. Sirens come here, but not a lot. Few live here actually.”
I told him, “The Sargasso’s are coming for you.” The guy snorted, “Sure they are. Why would you think that?” I answered, “My brother’s last name is Sargasso.” He paled and backed up. The guy asked, “What?” I knew the look on my face was smug now.
I was enjoying this reaction quite a bit. I smugly told him, “My big brother told me to tell anyone that if they came for me. So, I’m telling you since I’m here against my will and all. The Sargasso’s will come for me and so will Key.”
The guy blinked at me. I asked, “How do you know my brother’s last name?” The guy sputtered, “We aren’t exactly sworn enemies, but we don’t get along. I know the Siren clan’s names. Keaton wouldn’t know them, but he knows people who would.”
I smirked, “A Cambridge or a Holloran.” The guy gasped, “You know them?” I shrugged while smirking, given the impression I did.
This dude didn’t need to know I didn’t know them.
The guy hissed, “Fuck. This is so much worse than getting Jag back for my adopted sister. You’re a Sargasso. This is fucked up.”
He decided, “No, we are just ransoming you back to the wolves.” I was onboard with that plan because Keaton could probably make my head stop pounding with pain.
The guy called someone, “Yeah, I know you’re watching.
We are playing the long game here. This girl is better off near the Daniels boy than in the ocean. ”
The guy scoffed, “You can’t be serious, it’s the Sargasso’s.
How could this girl be lying? She has no goddamn clue about anything.
That means they found her somehow. We can’t let the Sargasso’s come for us.
I remember the stories of the clans. Of all the ones NOT to piss off it was them.
Her brother is a King.” WHAT?! Actually, that makes sense.
Besides, Mafia Don and a King were similar in my mind. The guy sneered, “Sure. You are aware Caspian Sargasso leaves people with a trident through them after he rips out their guts.” Ok, so he definitely doesn’t use cement shoes.
I commented, “It’s called disemboweling someone, just for your reference.
” They stared at me. I shrugged, “What? I’m just saying that’s what the technical term is in this fantasy land you live in.
I’m pretty sure my brother is in the mob.
So, he probably beats someone with a baseball bat or something. ”
The guy laughed, “Come on, she’s funny. I see why the Daniels boy likes her.” I flipped him off. Now he said, “Yeah, well clearly being nice to him was the better route, like I said. I do like being right.” I knew without a doubt now he was talking about Lisa.
I didn’t know how I knew that, but I did.
Sassy felt like she was throwing caution at me.
I wasn’t going to say Keaton’s ex’s name.
That would mean they might change their mind about giving me back to Keaton.
The guy said “Great, so we agree we can’t give her to dark Siren’s.
We can’t have our name getting back to the Sargasso’s.
That would ruin the plan we’ve been working on for over thirty years. ”
I snorted, “You need a new plan developer. That’s a very long time to work on a plan. I know someone who is much better at getting results.” Melanie’s whole face would probably twitch hearing someone had a plan thirty years in the making they couldn’t accomplish.
The guy started laughing again, “Unless you’ll let me keep her.
” Sassy’s hiss came out of my mouth causing me to clap my hand over my mouth.
He laughed, “I think your little source hasn’t told you the truth about little miss thing here.
She’s surfaced, which isn’t surprising. She’s a Sargasso who is in danger.
Of course, she surfaced. The actual morons, the whole lot of them. ”
The guy paused, “Affirmative. We’ll get money back for her.” He hung up then led me back to my cell. He asked, “Out of curiosity, how did you get the Daniels boy in your lure? He was already under influence.”
I said, “I love Key.” The guy snorted, “Kid, you’ve got a Song out there.
” I looked away. He laughed, “Don’t tell me, it’s him.
” I said, “I didn’t tell you anything and I don’t know what a song is.
” He grunted, “Hmmm, it would make sense to me. You, Miss Odette have given me something I have wanted for a long time.”
I asked, “What’s that?” The guy smiled, “A reason to put someone in their place. She’s gotten a pretty big ego and she’s awful to deal with. Now, she’s failed in spectacular fashion after capitalizing on my last mistake.”
I asked, “What mistake?” The guy snorted, “Not counting on Haley Conners capacity for love.” Melanie’s Xander’s mom? I remembered her from Melanie’s stories, and she was the woman in that vision I’d had.
I asked, “Huh?” The guy shrugged, “There is no harm in telling you, but we’ve been trying to infiltrate the Daniels pack for a while.
” I asked, “Pack?” He ignored me, “First, we went after Frank Daniels first wife. We killed her easily enough, but Frank spiraled.” I gasped and my hand flew to my heart.
The guy continued, “Then Frank didn’t want anything to do with any woman we put in front of him.
Then he found Nadine, and he was paranoid about her and his daughter’s safety.
” I snorted, “I can’t imagine why given his wife was murdered.
” I felt really bad for Frank. He was a nice man, and these people murdered his wife.
The guy continued, “Anyway, then Chase Daniels found his mate, Lexi Scott. She was supposed to be out alone, but she was on the phone. We were going to kill her and place someone with Chase. It was all planned, but the Princess popped in and they took down more of our forces than should’ve been possible. ”
The guy bragged, “I have a survival instinct so, I stayed back. We almost got Lexi, but the Fairy Princess dove in front of the spell. I thought I’d be a hero for killing her, but she hung on somehow.” Because Haley Conners was a fighter. I saw her fighting for all the people she loved in the past.
The guy snorted, “People talk about how weak that Fairy Princess is still to this day but she’s not. That spell should’ve killed her. Haley fought a spell that she shouldn’t have had the strength or will to. She’s light itself and she used all the love she has to stick around.”
As if it personally offended him, he continued, “Then her brother figured out how to save her, and he started persecuting us. King Aiden has been on a crusade that forced us all into hiding. Not to mention the Hackura figured out why the Fairy King was on said crusade. We are a very hunted group of people.”