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“No other siren has ever allowed herself that, but I always hoped you three would be different. No matter how many temptations were put in front of you, you never once used your powers to harm. I wouldn’t have been so forgiving of the man you saw on the beach that night that killed his girlfriend. I would have still offered you the chance if you had used your powers and lured him to a watery death,” Aphrodite adds to Celestia who is even more shocked now, but then again, I think we all are. “So now that you know, go get your men. Tell them what you really are so they can love all of you. Oh, and in case you’re worried, there’s one—or two, last gifts for you. The first is perhaps more for your men than you,” she says making us curious. “They won’t have to worry about anyone seeing what’s theirs when you’re in water. You’ll still feel as you did, but your body will be covered entirely like your tail, think more mermaid than siren.”

“Duncan will be happy to know that,” I say with a laugh making the other’s eye brows lift a bit my way and I just shrug.

They don’t need to know that Duncan almost punched some guy that was leering at me Thursday when we were walking through town. They might worry that he’s a brute like others we’ve seen, but it was actually the opposite.

I was wearing a flowy top that had just tiny little strings over the shoulders. I didn’t bother with a bikini top under it, not expecting a gush of wind to lift it almost completely up. Thanks to Duncan’s quick reflexes it stopped just below my breasts, but some jerk started catcalling—as Duncan put it—and almost took his head off when he wouldn’t stop. It definitely made me feel special, because he pulled me in close and just held me, reassuring us both that I was safe. It was truly perfect in that moment.

“And the last gift?” Melodia asks Aphrodite pulling my attention back up to them.

“You won’t have to worry about your daughters’ hearts ever being cold. Their fathers’ hearts will protect them even more than your fathers’ did with you. You were each born of the man who truly loved the woman your mothers should have been, which is why your powers were greater, your ability to resist the cold deeper. None of it will ever touch your daughters and you will get to spend lifetimes with your mates because once your child is born, that is when my last gift to you will come. A shared lifespan created through your shared blood,” she says nodding at the questions in our eyes.

“They’ll share our immortality?” Celestia questions when I can barely breathe, the thought of Duncan never being taken from me like my father was…calmed my soul entirely.

“And every time the others claim another mortal life, it will strength them the same as you. My own little payback for them ignoring my gracious gift so many centuries ago,” Aphrodite says getting up, giving us smiles before she heads out the door, leaving a trail of drool in her wake.

“Should we tell them together?” Melodia asks and at the nod from us, we make our way out of the diner to find our men.

“Done already?” Dylan asks, his brow lifting a bit as Melodia’s stomach rumbles. “You clearly didn’t eat enough, angel.”

“We actually only got around to ordering drinks,” I admit, pulling a grumble from Duncan as I slip into his side, resting my head on his shoulder.

“Everything okay, baby?” Dane asks Celestia.

“Well, we wanted to tell you all something…”

“About where we grew up,” Melodia adds when Celestia pauses.

“You can tell us anything, angel. Whatever it is, we’ll be here for you,” Dylan promises.

“Do you think we could go to the house and explain, Dunc?” I ask, telling Celestia and Melodia about the lake on his property telepathically.

“Of course we can, honey,” he tells me instantly, his eyes warm and concerned, but full of love that I adore.

“Let me grab some groceries so I can cook my girl some breakfast and then we’ll be there,” Dylan states and we all agree, letting me snuggle into Duncan’s side as we head back home. I don’t think we have to worry too much about the truth now. Not with what Aphrodite said about our men only being meant to love us, but they might not like that we’re not exactly human and I don’t want it affecting us going forward. I really want that baby Duncan talked about when he proposed—more than anything I want it, and him to be able to love even this part of me.

Chapter 6

Duncan

Serenia gives my hand a tug towards the door after we finish the meal Dylan made, and I can’t deny that I like seeing my girl with her friends. Maybe not as much as I like being alone with her, but there’s something about the three of them that’s so incredibly special, and it shines even more when they’re all together.

We head down to the lake, the girls sharing looks before Dylan pulls Melodia into his arms, cupping her face gently, his eyes filled with the same worry I feel seeing the uncertainty on Serenia’s face.

“Whatever it is going on, just tell us, angel,” he urges, and Melodia nods taking a step back from him as Serenia gives the other two a curious look.

“This might be simpler,” Melodia tells him as the three girls toss aside their dresses, leaving them in bikinis, and they dive into the water while the three of us are momentarily stunned.

It grows when there’s a glow coming from the water, but before I can even comprehend it, the three of their heads pop upout of the water. I blink my eyes, swearing I’m not really seeing what I’m seeing. It’s not humanly possible.

Serenia’s body looks like it’s wrapped with silken water, blue along her torso with white foam creating a bikini top hiding her breasts, rather than the green bikini she jumped into the water wearing. Which definitely makes me happy, even if I know from just looking at my friends that they have no interest in my girl—only their own.

Similarly to Serenia’s top changing, Celestia looks like the night sky has wrapped her in layered clouds, darkened with no sun lighting them, creating a feathery look along her torso and over her breasts, rather than the grey one she had on. Melodia looks like she’s wrapped in iridescent gemstones forming an off the shoulder looking top, instead of the pink and purple thing she’d been wearing.

“What the fuck?” I get out, and the girls turn towards us, as we move down the dock towards them.

“So definitely not an actual angel…” Dylan teases, as I slip down onto the end of the dock, seeing more than just Serenia’s top has changed. There’s a little splash of water as a fin breaches the water, and I wrap my arms around her, lifting her towards me, staring down at what’s clearly a tail where her thighs and legs just were. “I wondered where you could have been living to not know what the internet and TV was but this…”

“Never saw this coming,” I say, while Dane is kissing Celestia hungrily. It goes on for several more moments and I can’t stay quiet. “Dude, can you stop long enough for them to explain?” I ask, and finally, Dane lets Celestia up to breathe.

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