章 50: Chapter 50: Sirens

ZANDER WATCHED THE THOUGHTS flit across my face, patiently waiting for a response. Oh yeah. He'd thanked me for saving him.

"I think we saved each other," I finally replied. "When I heard you above me in the cabin, it was the happiest moment of my life. I didn't think anyone would find me, and if you did, I worried what you and Peter would do." I stalled there, wondering if I had said too much.

"I didn't tell my brother everything that happened."

My eyes widened. "Why?"

"I don't trust him."

"Why?"

"He doesn't like you."

"Why?" I sounded like a parrot.

Zander smiled. "He thinks you're a siren."

I stopped before I repeated myself again. He was looking expectantly at me. I chuckled.

I took the bait. "O-kaaay ... What's a siren?"

He looked a little uncomfortable.

"Wait," I said. "Dante mentioned sirens, I think." That brought a scowl to Zander's face. "He also told me about akharus and usemis."

"Just akharu and usemi. You don't say the 's.'"