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We drifted closer.
“I shouted, ‘Look out!’” she said.
“But you didn’t fight for me the way Qale did,” I said.
Now we were so close I could feel her breath on my chin.
“A girl doesn’t want to ruin her nails,” she said.
I grinned like a fool.
“Boy, are you a sight for sore eyes,” I said.
She wrapped her arms around my neck and we kissed, deeply, passionately. I had to touch and feel her, make sure it was her and not an apparition.
“I thought you had to head home?” I said.
“I was,” she said. “Then they tried to kill me and… it doesn’t matter. Listen, I need to explain what happened. They abducted me and turned me into a slave. They said that if I did what they asked, they would let me and my friends go home—”
I pressed a finger to her lips.
“It’s okay,” I said. “I understand. Sometimes we have to make a decision we later regret. But if we’re very lucky, we can overturn it.”
“Like you did today,” Sirena said.
She nodded to the Titans rounding up the last of the Changelings.
“I thought you didn’t approve of rebellions and wars?” I said.
“I didn’t,” Sirena said. “But sometimes it’s necessary to take action for the things you want.”
We kissed again and I felt her not only on my lips but in my heart and soul. She would reside there forever.
“I want you to know something too,” I said. “Any time you want to go home, tell me, and I’ll arrange a ship for you.”
“Maybe I will return,” she said. “One day. Right now, I think I’ll hang around here for a while.”
I grinned.
“I was hoping you might,” I said.
I kissed her on the forehead.
“There you are,” Emana said, sidling up to Sirena. “We’ve got unfinished business.”
Sirena turned white as a ghost before raising her arm to Emana, who took it in her hands.
“What’s going on?” I said.
“She has to break my arm, like the Titan custom,” Sirena said.
I arched an eyebrow at Emana, who grinned.
“Okay,” she said. “Here we go…”
Snap.
Sirena howled for a full three seconds before she realized her arm didn’t hurt. She opened her eyes and peered between the two of us.
