The Siren's Scion
"Look what you've done! You've hurt her hand! How could you be so careless?"
He shoved me aside and rushed out with Elara to find a doctor.
I fell back against the glass coffee table, the impact jarring. And then, a strange, cold pain bloomed across my back. I felt my skin... tear.
It was then I remembered the doctor's words from my last check-up: "You carry the Siren's Gene, Isla. It could manifest at any time."
As my vision blurred, my own blood pooling on the pristine white floor, I finally understood.