The Masked Vampire King's Accidental Bride
Chapter 177: The sirens

Chapter 177: The sirens

"Don’t lie to me, Artemis. Don’t say that you don’t feel it," the girl walked to him, and he barely raised his brows at her.

"What exactly do you want me to feel, Hera? Should I feel you? But for that, you will have to come close to me and let me inside you so that -"

"This is not something to joke about, Artemis. I am being serious this time," Hera thinned her lips and looked at the sea thoughtfully.

"That vampire ship, don’t you feel like something is weird there? I don’t know why but I have been feeling like this ever since that ship entered our area. It’s like there is someone who is one of us, or a part of us," Hera explained, and Artemis rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, and that’s why like a stupid girl, you went near the ship, risking not only yours but the entire Coral clan’s lives," Artemis asked, and Hera looked away.

"In my defense, no one was believing my words. I was telling you guys that I feel it. There is an energy on that ship that is calling out to me. You know my senses are the strongest, don’t you?" Hera looked at him, wanting an affirmation.

He sighed and closed his book.

"Look, Hera. I believe you. Maybe you indeed felt something, but what about the rest of us? We didn’t feel anything at all. And logically speaking, do you really think there would be a Siren on that vampire ship? Who wants to invite death like that when our species is already declining?" Artemis made a point, and Hera knew she didn’t have anything to say to that.

He was right in a way. Everything he said was right, even if it hurt to understand, but she indeed put her and everyone’s life in danger.

That day this feeling that someone from their species was present on that ship was so intense and overbearing that she didn’t even think of the consequences and went near it. And not only that, she even sang a song to attract whoever it was.

If Artemis hadn’t arrived there in time, the royal vampire would’ve seen her, and he wouldn’t have thought twice before jumping in the water to kill her.

She was being too impulsive at that time.

But even after she saw the prince, she was ready to risk it because she felt like whoever that person was, they were coming closer to her.

She could feel the connection and -

"Snap out of it, will you? Rather than thinking about who was on that ship, can you concentrate on what Cleopatra told us? There are still chances that our queen’s energies are alive in the world, and we need to find a way to how they are," Artemis snapped.

"Don’t you find it weird, Artemis?"

"What?" Artemis looked at her with narrowed brows, unsure what she was talking about now.

"Why would the queen of sirens give her energies to someone else? Why didn’t she entrust her powers to any siren? There were so many people that she could’ve chosen. Anyone in the ten grade tier could’ve easily become her successor, then why?" Hera moved her fingers in the water circularly, smiling at the small tornado forming.

"We never know what these royals are all about, Hera. People like you and I, despite our powers and status, can never match what these royals have, royal blood. And in a way I am happy. The royal seat comes with a trail of dread bodies on your foot," Artemis sighed before standing from his place.

"Don’t we all know how many times the queen was attacked in her kingdom mysteriously? Mysterious is just a way to cover it up. Everyone knew it was the sirens of our kingdom who used to conspire against her. I don’t see why she shouldn’t have trusted other species. It was because her own species never gave her that kind of trust," Artemis said, and Hera hummed.

"Enough talking now. Let’s go back to our work. If Cleopatra found out we have been slacking again, she will starve us once more. It’s been so long since I tasted fresh human blood," Artemis groaned, and Hera looked at him with a sheepish smile.

"Will you be mad if I say I stole some food from the island?" Hera looked at him innocently, and Artemis groaned.

"Hera! You naughty woman! How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that? You are not a child. Till when will I keep protecting you? How did you steal the food? I hope you didn’t leave any traces," Artemis said, and Hera looked down at her feet.

"Will you be more angry if I say a vampire saw me?" Hera asked, and Artemis’s expression immediately changed.

"-but she was mute," Hera quickly added, and Artemis raised his hand before slapping her head childishly.

"Grow up. We are going to get married soon. If you still behave like this, then I am going to love you so hard that you don’t move for weeks," Artemis threatened with a straight face and Hera blushed and stepped back from him.

She smiled, flustered, backing further into the sea with a sheepish smile.

"And what if I say I don’t mind-"

"Hera!" Artemis screamed in horror as he saw Hera’s eyes going wide before she was caught up in the sudden storm brewing in the sea.

"Artemis!" Hera screamed, extending her hand for him to save her.

Fear was visible in her eyes. This sea was their home and water was their strength, but it was also true that this water could become their biggest enemy.

"What the hell are witches doing, playing with the water like this? Have they lost their mind?!" Artemis shouted as he neared Hera, despite the intensity of water that was pushing him back.

No. No. No. There is no way he will let her drift away like this.

Why was all this happening in the first place? The witches never meddled with the seas they are present in, then why? Artemis looked at Hera with pity, who was circling in the water uncontrollably.

"Artemis, please save me, honey!" Hera cried, her insides feeling like they would be churned as she was taken to the middle of the sea.

Wait. It was the same vampire’s ship. If she drifts off there, she won’t survive their lust and hunger even if she survived this storm.

"No! Artemis! Please, save -"

Thump! Her heart ached with the same indescribable sorrow. Her visions blurred and her senses heightened.

The same feeling. It was the same feeling she got that day.

Whoever this person was, they were in the sea.

Hera widened her eyes and looked around the strong swirling water, her gaze finally falling on two silhouettes at some distance.

It was hard to decipher if they were male or female, but one thing was for sure, one of them do have something that was related to sirens.

Author’s note- Dedicated to Amanda_upton for their support (5 Gifts bonus Chapter).

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