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"She's here now Well not here but she's down stairs"

"I will send her a text with instructions now then"

"Thank you"

Lorri laughed, "Don’t thank me yet Hanna"'

Hanna pressed end and grabbed a suitcase

Roland appeared at the door He looked at the suitcase, "You're leaving?"

She nodded, "For a while I' to be trained"

"The Roses?"

She nodded

He beamed, "This is the miracle your father alanted for himself He alished to have the control you now have"

Hanna frowned, "Yeah but it's like I gained control of one monster and now another has suddenly appeared"

Roland laughed, "Yes well life can't always be easy I want phone calls every other night"

She sed him He tensed

She pulled back, "Even you?"

He noddeda sickened face, "Even me Everyone can feel your special blend of emotions my dear"

She felt nauseous She let go of hiuess I should have noticed you were keeping your distance"

"The sa happened with your mother Well until she committed herself to your father"

She frowned, "What?"

He nodded, "A Siren's power is dulled the moment she falls in love, true love The kiss and declaration mutes the power"

She laughed, "Sounds like a fairytale"

"It does but its true She was never easy to be around until it happened Even then she needed a charm bracelet for some of us"

"How did they fall in love?"

He smiled, "The old fashioned way, he attacked her Tried to force hied Even his beast couldn’t resist her She ran, he chased She got hurt, he felt terrible He brought her to Lydia He begged for her help He offered himself up if Lydia would help her Obviously the Roses had wanted your father dead for soreed they would fix her if he would allow himself to be killed"

Hanna sighed, "How tragic"

Roland's eyes sparkled, "Not so tragic Once they saved her she convinced him to take the elixir until they could find a cure He and Lorri agreed, obviously since he ending up living another seventy years"

"How did she die?"

His face hardened, "Have a great trip one I have no idea where you'll be going but I ih"

Marcus stepped into the room, "Tell her what?"

Roland turned and left the roo her alone with Marcus who looked less than pleased

"Aimee She should be up here any moment so if you'll excuse me I need to pack"

She turned away frorabbed her arm, "Don’t you dare turn your back on me" He spun her to face him, "You can't be serious?"

She nodded defiantly, "Well I am You'll just have to suck it up and accept that I want this"

He shook his head, "No you don’t You're doing this because I spoke for you I apologize, I shouldn’t have done that"

She shrugged, "Apology accepted" She walked into her s She stuffed the

He walked to the suitcase and ripped it in half, "NO HANNA!"

Her clothes spilled out onto the floor She giggled nervously

"I'oodbye nicely or leave now"

She pointed to the door

He grabbed her hand crushing it, "You're not leaving"

She ripped it away fro me"

His voice broke, "They will kill you This is a ploy"

She shook her head, "No they want o and see if it's where I belong"

He stepped closer to her, "You belong to me"

She trembled, "No I don’t"

His eyes bore down on her, "You belong to me"

She felt her will being taken fro horrified, "How dare you Leave now"

She sto