CHAPTER 154: HUNT FOR SIREN

Inez stiffened. She knew that there was a very good chance that the man was not even talking about her. There might be another siren living in or around the territory, as she had always kept to herself and never stepped out or showed her powers, but at the same time, she was worried.

What if this man was talking about her?

"A siren?" Killian mused as if a siren were not standing next to him. He tilted his head to one side and hummed, "Well—I haven’t seen one, but if you are suspicious, then you are free to search my territory or the ocean if you want."

Inez inhaled a bit sharply, thankful for the commotion that was going around her because if not, someone would have noticed something amiss. She knew that Killian said those words because he wanted to throw Noah off her trail, but at the same time, she was worried.

What if the man stepped forward and claimed that she was the siren? What if he knew it already?

Somewhere, she knew that Killian would not let them take her away, but at the same time, she couldn’t help but be scared of the possibilities.

She pursed her lips and looked at Killian, who calmly glanced at her; the man didn’t seem worried, as his eyes were still twinkling with the same teasing glint, which made her wonder if he already had a plan in his mind.

Noah, too, seemed to have the same thought because Killian looked way too calm. He narrowed his eyes at the pack members of the Red Blood Hill and then said to them, "If any of you knows anything about the siren, you should step forward and let us know about it." His eyes pierced through the many lycans who stood in front of him.

Edira took the lead as she shook her head and answered, "We haven’t. If we had heard anything about a siren, then we would have let the council know." As she finished speaking, she turned around and looked at the pack members behind her.

"That’s right; we would have told the council about it."

"We wouldn’t lie about such a thing."

Sirens were rare creatures, and the council had made countless laws that stipulated that they were not the property of the shifters but the council. These laws were rather severe and could cause them to land in serious trouble if they were caught smuggling sirens. Not that many didn’t.

"I would hope that you are speaking the truth," remarked Noah. "Because I would hate to execute your alpha for keeping a siren under his wings."

The second he finished speaking, Inez reached out and caught Killian’s hand. She knew that hiding a siren from the council was a crime, but she never knew that it was a crime worth bringing Killian to the guillotine for execution.

She squeezed his hand to make sure that the man was standing next to her. Alive and breathing. It was only when Killian squeezed her hand back that she felt a bit relieved.

Inez watched as the men of the council spread all over the territory and started looking for the siren for whom they had come, and her heart continued to thump harder and harder with increasing worry. Until now, she had made sure not to leave a single clue of who she truly was for anyone to leak the truth.

"The authorities have ordered a search for each lodge. We can never be sure where the siren is hiding or where you have kept her, lest you are hiding her from the council," spoke Noah. Upon hearing his remark, Inez clenched her fingers so hard that they dug into her flesh.

This was not good, not a single bit, and the same thought ran in Selene and Laxus’s heads. Though it was not that easy to find a siren, there were still signs that could prove that a man or woman was a siren. Like the Coral Wisps that sirens used to control their instinctive desires.

Others might not be able to understand the use of coral wisps, but the people of the council would most certainly do.

While the three of them were panicking, Killian alone looked calm. He was even humming a soft tune as he watched the guards of the council spread out and search for the siren.

Seeing his actions, Inez was really confused; she couldn’t understand how the man was so calm when her world was about to topple to dust.

"You seem quite at ease, Alpha Sokolov," remarked Dominic when he saw the man humming a soft tune. A few days ago, Killian had crossed him by snatching a few of his business dealings, not to mention by discrediting him in the council.

He didn’t know what he had done for the man to target him, but it was truly infuriating for Killian to cause him trouble in such a manner.

"Well, I know one thing: that the council announces punishments based on the evidence and proper investigation. They would not take a one-sided piece of evidence and hand out punishments, and even if they did, then I have more than one way to counter them," stated Killian.

Though he didn’t hold Dominic accountable directly, he did it indirectly, which caused Dominic to purse his lips in a thin line.

"Well, I believe then we don’t need to worry about you getting into trouble since you are so confident," said Dominic.

Killian simply smiled in response.

While the two men were engaged in their own little quarrel, Inez was looking at the guards who were marching inside the lodges without asking for permission. Maybe they had a sort of master key in their hands because neither of them seemed to need the key to the locks.

Seeing them enter her lodge, Inez felt her heart lunge to her throat.

She hoped and prayed that nothing would happen but—

"We found her!"