Chapter 369: Witch’s labyrinth

"Siren’s melody?" Inez’s head snapped up in surprise. She had to wonder if that was the case and whether her mother was indeed after the siren’s melody for her to lock her father up for so long. "Maybe..."

Killian didn’t move away, nor did she.

"The Silver Dawn Pack was strange."

He changed the topic so suddenly that Inez felt her head swoon. For a second, she had to stay put to wrap her head around the sudden change of topic. "What?" Though Inez was a bit confused, she knew that Killian wouldn’t bring up this topic for no reason.

"The pack that I was asked to investigate was really strange," he repeated.

"Strange...how...?"

He continued to stare at the wall in front of them. It was as if he was focused on something that Inez couldn’t quite see. The silence continued to stretch, and for a second, Inez thought that he might not have heard her clearly. But then his lips twitch. It was a simple movement, but Inez, for some reason, felt perfectly in sync with Killian, like she was attuned with every last tick of his muscles. Even his soft exhales and inhales, she noticed them too. As for the growing tension between the two of them? She didn’t even need to start on it.

It was so palpable that she could notice it with just a single glance.

again. However, as easy as it sounded when Tracy asked them to stay away from one another, Inez

how intense her desire toward this man was. Especially with her siren growling inside her head, all she wanted was to press her skin against him. Wanted to feel his hands roaming

these demands was not at all subtle. They were harsh. Like she was dragging her toward Killian by her hair like a rag doll. Demanding, urging her to give up and let go of herself. This strange connection was truly weird. The last time she felt like this was when she found out that Dominic was her mate. But even then, her desire never crossed that thin line where she almost forgot her rationality. It almost made her

the man would tell her

the entire pack on fire like she hoped and expected from him, but somewhere deep down in her heart, she knew that

are dead. But then again, they were never alive to begin with." His voice was flat and emotionless.


but say, "You mean to say that they were already

many sirens and mermaids and even witch hunters trying to venture deep into the world of magic to avenge their family or loved ones, but none of them ever survived. I know that you feel sorry for what happened to your father. And it is indeed sad and unfortunate. But if you take my advice, you

only looking after her. She should indeed have let go of this obsession and stopped when she still had time, but she

just the tip of the iceberg. The more you dig, the worse it will get, and you will end up falling into an abyss from where you might never be able to get out," stated Killian, picking up a bottle of water; he brought it to his lips and took a sip from it. He then said to her, "If you don’t believe me, then you can ask more from your friend. It seems

a little flip when she heard Killian say ’your friend’; the way he spoke made her protective instincts go

humanity in that prison cell. The person who still cared about her friends, even when things were really tough. Even when life had kicked her ass in more than

"You cannot—"

mercy that I am showing her," he cuts her off. His voice was rather calm, which unnerved Inez in a way that she couldn’t explain.

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