The frigid cave came to life once more as shrill cries echoed within its icy walls. David and Mortimer turned around and drew their swords.
“Stay back. We will handle them,” Mortimer said to Ryder and stepped in front of him. Gripping his weapon with both hands, he summoned the power of the fire element. Bright yellow flames engulfed his blade, illuminating the surroundings.
As the sirens spotted the intruders, they began screaming to alert the others. Soon the whole siren flock was awake. There were over a dozen adult sirens; some of them looked over a hundred years old. This was a bad sign. Everyone who had read about sirens knew that with age the sirens became more dangerous. While young sirens still had human attributes and emotions, the old ones were completely deranged and had not
