Rhydian
“Rhydian, can we talk to you?”
I jumped. I hadn’t even heard let alone sense my father hovering in the darkened doorway. Whirling around settled my rapidly beating heart. Even with my enhanced sense his sudden appearance had come as a shock. It wasn’t even that it was dark. The sun had risen several hours ago but it didn’t feel like it. maybe because in the harsh light of day the loss of the siren people could not be ignored. It would be better if it remained night forever.
So much death and destruction. I doubted the sirens would ever get over it. They were already a rare secretive people and now… I shook the thought away. It didn’t bare thinking about. They had to keep fighting. We all had to keep fighting. Even if it meant our deaths. Death was better than slavery. And if
