Chapter 5
Alden sat in a high-backed chair, staring into the fire, an open book balanced on his knees. Maggie sat on the floor next to the cupboard, surrounded by the books Bertrand had left for her.
The ways of the Siren are both unknowable and utterly consistent. I have no doubt every change we see in her realm is made in a deliberate manner for an incontrovertible reason.
We are but mere mortals who have, by her grace, been granted access to her realm. For over 36,900 days, I have studied the Siren and her realm. There are few mysteries more indecipherable to mortal man than the ways of our immortal lady.
“Over a hundred years.” Maggie pinched the bridge of her nose. “The man who wrote this book had been in the Siren’s Realm for more than a hundred years.”
“I don’t know which I sho
