Siren's Song

Chapter 22

Serenity ~~~

I turned away from the ceremony and slid against the stone wall. My heart ached at hearing Patrick choosing two different women.

Perhaps the love was one sided and this wasn't meant for me. Maybe I could go home and figure out exactly how to rule my kingdom after learning so many things about humans. Including love. Magic wasn't visible to the human world but yet they see, feel and have love which I guess in some form is magic to them.

Looking up at the ceiling I listened for Sebastian and who he would pick as his Queen. I hadn't seen him with any other woman besides Lady Delia but maybe he fancied someone of a different species. No doubt their children will have an interesting time growing up.

I needed to face the facts that love just wasn't in the cards for me and that I needed to forget Patrick and Sebastian. I needed to be strong for my people and for myself.

It was a constant internal battle between love and war...but I have to fight. I have to avenge my people.

"I choose Lady Delia Fairchild,"

Sebastian's voice rang loud and clear through the ballroom. Girls in blue rushed by with tears streaming down their face. I turned away my head, the constant ache in my heart was too much to bear and I made my way to turn.

"I also choose Serenity, Princess of the Atlantic Ocean,"

Gasps filled the air. Not believing what I had heard I didn't make my way towards them and stayed in my spot frozen unsure of what was to happen.

He couldn't possibly have chosen me.

He knows that we were going to fight in the war he knows my feelings for him and for Patrick so why would he choose me? Why would he choose the person he didn't want from the beginning? Why would he lie to me? Why would he break my heart and then come back to fix it when I didn't need it fixed when I had forgotten about him.

Why would he do this to me when he knew how much I was hurting. Hhow much it pained me to look at him, to know that he was already picking a new wife. Was this a sick twisted joke so he didn't have to feel guilty about leaving me in the first place all those years ago, leaving me in the behind? He had to be guilty he had to be feeling like it was his fault I never got the love I deserved.

"Serenity," Abigail was standing next to me. Her voice pulling me out of my thoughts "Are you alright?" She asked

Confused, she pointed at my cheeks and caught a tear.

I was so overwhelmed with anger I hadn't noticed it had drown out the sadness I was feeling and distracting me from the tears I was shedding.

"No." I whispered

"Serenity?" Abigail said warily

"No," I pushed myself from the wall and made my way through the crowd of the remaining women who were hoping I didn't show up so he'd pick someone else.

"NO!" I yelled at Sebastian "I do not accept."

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Prince Sebastian ~~~

I was shocked. Shocked beyond belief at this rejection.

"I-I don't understand." I stuttered

Serenity clenched her fists. Her face was red and I could see from her eyes she was angry, but angry at what? I had just offered her to be Queen, to marry me, did she not feel the same as I? Ddid she not understand what I was doing? That I wanted to be with her but I also wanted lady Delia. I was confused; conflicted but in love all the same with both of them.

"You can't choose her!"

My shoulder was tugged back and Patrick glared at me.

"What do you mean I can't choose her?" I demanded

"She's mine." He growled

"You've already picked your potential wives you can't have Serenity too. Besides I was already betrothed to her to begin with." I stated

"Excuse me?!" Lady Delia

"You were already betrothed to Serenity and you didn't think to tell anyone? To tell me? To mention this before I put my life on the line to have you as my own? To bear my children and carry on my gene?!" She reached up and slapped me

"You've just lost yourself a wife, fish. And an ally."

Lady Delia stalked off and left the ballroom.

I turned to Serenity and reached for her hand "Please,"

She shook her head vigorously "You don't get to say anything. We are no longer betrothed. You lost that when you went and chose someone else and lied to me. I am no longer obligated to marry you. You broke my heart Sebastian. You will not get a chance to reclaim it." She turned and left the ballroom as well

"Serves you right." Muttered Patrick

Turning swiftly I clenched my fist and connected it with Patricks face.