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My father has several of his knights with him, waiting in the water for me.

A huge smile erupts on my face seeing his green eyes glimmering with affection as I draw near.

“My daughter,” he calls, using his magic to raise himself in a pillar of water from the end of the dock so he can be level with me, even in siren form. “You look as lovely today as ever.”

I giggle, knowing that isn’t true. Only he and Lachlan would think I looked lovely with dirt caked in my hair and crevices from sparring.

“Many tell me I look just like you,” I reminded him, turning the praise around on him.

“I think you would look far lovelier with a beard,” Cherum snorts.

My father laughs, but I just roll my eyes.

I waved at Cedric, who was also in the water, talking to a woman I have been introduced to several times now. Lillian, I believe her name is. She is one of the higher ranked knights.

“We are on our way to the western shores to see if we can discover the happenings of Wayne’s pack, as of late, but I