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The next day, Ryker kept his word and once I was awake, he asked if I still wanted to see the real him. Of course, I said yes, if not a little apprehensively, seeing as I had no idea what that would truly entail. Especially now that I knew a bit more about his world. Because thankfully, he hadn’t just dropped this bombshell on me without explaining what it truly meant. It was a conversation where I admittedly spend most of my time with my jaw slack and my mouth open. Which was a fact he teased me about whenever it happened. To the point when he growled, gripped my chin, and yanked me closer before warning,
“Sweetheart, keeping opening your mouth like that and I am going to be tempted enough to fill it.” I blushed but because he seemed to like this new sassy side of me, I braved to say,
“Is that supposed to be a threat? I love hotdogs.” Then I winked at him, making him roar with laughter.
“Good to know.” He smirked, his voice sexy and full of humor. But then these moments between us were the only thing that kept me sane during these heavy conversations. Like I kept needing to be reminded that despite all he had told me, Ryker was still the man I had fallen in love with. Not just the son of the mighty Mammon, his father was ruler and King of the 4th realm of Hell, making him not just a Demon but Demon freakin’ royalty! A Demonic Prince of Greed, with legions upon legions of Demons under his command. A being that had been in countless battles and who fought unruly Demons and Angels by night and wore a business suit by day.
It was as terrifying as it was fascinating!
But then being an Enforcer wasn’t the only thing he told me. Because as soon as we were on our way, headed to wherever it was he wanted to take me, I then got up enough courage to ask about Sirens. Mainly why I had been named such, not only by him on numerous occasions, but at the auction as well. As if my being one was some well-known statement in his world.
In fact, we hadn’t long arrived at a place called La Cloche Mountains and hiked for only a short distance from where the convoy of cars had dropped us off, when Ryker started to talk about it in more detail. And he started this off by telling me a mythological story about the ancient Greek Gods.
How there was once eleven Angels known as Sirens, who were created for Zeus’s amusement and were known for their beauty and enchanting voices. However, despite caring for his creations, he used them as scapegoats so blame would not be cast his way, when he made a deal with his brother, Hades (not Ryker’s head of security, as trust me, I asked after first gasping in shock). This was for the Lord of the Underworld’s loyalty and there was only thing Hades wanted in return…
Zeus’s daughter, Persephone.
But now as for her mother, Demeter, who also happened to be Zeus’s older sister and, at this point, my disgust wasn’t something I could hide, because eeew… well, she did not approve of the match, being overly protective of her daughter. Zeus conceived a plan. He ordered the Sirens to lure Persephone beyond the protected barrier of Mount Olympus and into a secret garden. A place where Hades would be waiting for her. To which she was promptly kidnapped and taken back to the Underworld with him. Something that I was quick to comment about, muttering wryly,
“Hmm, I wonder how that feels... oh no, wait, never mind.” Ryker gave me a teasing look in return before yanking my hand to pull me closer and growling down at me playfully,
“Behave, Little Bird.” Then he kissed me, leaving me breathless before pulling back to nip at my lips as his teasing continued.
“Mmm, looks like my prisoner can be easily tamed with my lips.” I grinned before giving him some of my new found sass back.
“Tamed, yes, but if you wanna see me purr, well, I will need more than a kiss, handsome.” Then I winked at him and walked away. Or at least I tried to as he snagged my hand, yanked me back, and this time his growl of approval was rumbled over my lips with my back firmly pressed against the nearest tree.
Needless to say, he only continued with his story about ten minutes later after a heavy make out session.
“So, what happened to the Sirens?” I asked once we continued walking, coming to what looked like the base of the highest peak of the mountain range.
“Demeter cast blame their way, despite where their orders had come from, and Zeus cast them out, but Demeter placed a curse upon them before being banished to the human realm.
“That bitch!” I shouted, being well and truly invested in the story.
“Yes, well, she wasn’t exactly known for her kindness, nor having a rational mind. She whispered to them as they fell, ‘be gone and search for my daughter the world over’. After that, each of the Sirens became human,” he said, pausing in front of a bolder that looked like any other. I was about to ask for more when he reached inside a crevice in the stone and activated something I couldn't see. I heard the motions of some mechanism release from behind the rock, one that was easily the size of a car. After that it became clear that this wasn't just part of the rest of the rock formation but instead a secret doorway. He reached to the side of the boulder and swung it open like a door. And just watching the way his muscles tensed with the strength needed to do this, well, it made it hard to swallow past the sexual lump that had formed in the back of my throat.
As soon as it was open, it revealed yet another door, making it look like there was some hidden bunker behind it. Off to one side of the metal reinforced doors, was an access panel, where he put in a code, scanned his face, and then finally spoke into it, speaking foreign words I had no clue what they meant.
I had to admit, I felt a little trepidation here because when Ryker had told me he would show me what he was, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
“What… what is this, Ryker?” I asked nervously.
“You will soon see… come, trust me,” he said, looking back at me with his hand held out, waiting for me to show him that trust. And because I didn’t want to let him down, I did as he asked, placing my hand in his. He opened the door, and this must have activated the lighting system because bulbs in metal cages all flickered to life, illuminating the inside of a cave. It also must have activated the main bunker doors to close as well as the bolder to swing back into place, and the sound made me shriek out in fright. But more than that, the lights showed me what looked like industrial elevator doors, like some black cage I knew we would soon be getting into.
“Don’t suppose I could wait down here for you?” At this Ryker gave me a soft, tender look before gripping my hand tighter and pulling me toward the thing. Then after slapping his hand in another scanner, the doors opened with an echoing clatter of metal before he pulled me inside.
“I guess that’s a no then,” I muttered as Ryker hadn’t answered me. No, he just smirked like he found me sweet and endearing. So, in order to take my mind off the weirdness of it all, I asked,
“So, being called a Siren is in memory of the Sirens that fell to the earth that day?” As soon as I asked this, Ryker released a sigh, and it wasn’t a sound that gave me comfort about what else he was about to say next.
“The original Sirens turned into mortals, yes, but they carried with them the latent gene over into the female offspring they were each destined to have. This continued throughout generations of daughters, and each one was thought of as a chance at getting back their wings and reclaiming who they once were. But this didn’t happen and wasn’t going to happen until…” He paused as if he didn’t know what I would think of this next part. So as the elevator continued to make its way to, I had no clue where, I nudged him.
“Until when?”
“Until each of them were destined to meet their Fated Enforcer.” I gasped at this, utterly shocked by what he was saying.
“Their Fated Enforcer?” I muttered because suddenly it all started to dawn on me. Why he had fought so hard to find me, to keep me. He believed this was all Fate.
