Chapter Eighty Six

Mar's Pov

I came out of the house and got into the car and I was still for several minutes. I was heartbroken.

"Maybe it was all a lie"

I didn't want it to be true. I had come to love Arya so much and I didn't think I'd be able to take this betrayal.


This was the same place Arya had been coming to. And this woman had said things without me and explained who I was. The best thing was to confront Arya.



I felt used and betrayed. This had a different level of pain. It opened old wounds.

"Mama and Lourdes I'm sorry. I didn't know what she was. I too was betrayed" I said allowed


I was too confused, I hit the steering of the car continuously to reduce my rage but it kept building up. I drove back to the city but I didn't want to go home. I went over to the bar to have a couple of drinks.

I took bottle after bottle till I was drunk and unaware of my environment. I thought of how betrayed my sister and mother would feel.

I stayed at the bar till they were closing and then I saw Jade and Keith. They had come to take me home.

"I don't want to stay in a house with a siren."

"What are you saying Mar, you are drunk and you know it is not safe for you to be this vulnerable outside because of your enemies," Jade said

"Get that siren out of my house"

They were able to get me home but I didn't know-how.

I woke up to see Arya cleaning me up and the rage returned.

"Don't touch me, you deceitful bitch"

My words hurt her and I noticed she flinched but I didn't care.

"When were you going to tell me about it?"

"What are you talking about Mar?"

"Don't play dumb with me Arya.. when were you going to stop deceiving me?"

"Deceiving you? How?"

"Have you been completely honest with me or you have been hiding something from me"

Arya hesitated a bit then she came to hold me by my hand but I pushed her away.

"I found out recently and I was scared"

"Scared of what? We humans should be the ones scared of your kind"

"I'm sorry Mar. I didn't know how to tell you"

"That's bullshit, Arya. I loved you and protected you and something as serious as this you couldn't ...."


"That was why I ran away. I left because of how much you hated my kind"

"Then why didn't you remain there? Why did you come back?"

"Because you wanted me back... that was why I did and trust me I wanted to see you too. Telling you would have....."


"I wanted you because I didn't know you were a deceitful siren. And you deceived me for a long time. Your kind will act so innocent and then ruin a person eventually. I saw it with Vale and you do this to me?"

"I didn't think telling you would solve anything. You would have still hated me and I didn't want you to hate me. I loved you so much that even staying away from you had hurt so much."

"I'm not listening to your lies anymore. You have tried your best to ruin me but it didn't work."

I could see her tears, it was flowing down her cheeks and she had no control over them. The blind woman had told me my duty was to protect her but I had felt it unnecessary.

I was never going to protect a siren. They had brought me pain and sorrow and Arya was not excluded.

"Please Mar. Forgive me. I love you so much. Don't punish me for something I do not know how it happened"

"I was going to protect you with my life but you turned out evil..."

"Mar.. please don't say this"


Arya came over to my side and touched my cheek. Her betrayal had hurt me but I still felt affected by her touch. I didn't want to feel that way. I wanted to act on the rage in me against her.

I had held myself strongly from hitting her. When I got into the bathroom, I looked into the mirror and o felt a surge of rage again. I hit the mirror into bits and it stabbed through my knuckles.

The pain I felt from that was not compared to the pain I felt knowing Arya was a siren.

I quickly cleaned up and took a  shower and before I came out she was by the bed crying. I wanted to go and comfort her but I could not bring myself to console her.

Her tears stabbed me in my heart but I could not go to her. She had betrayed me by being what she was. I didn't care if it was her fault or not.


Without saying a word to her, I got dressed and went to the office. I acted like I was okay but deep down I wanted to hold Arya in my arms and console her and promise that everything was going to be okay,  but my mind kept reminding me that I could have been enchanted.

Mera came into the office to drop off some files.

"Here are the documents you requested for"

"Thank you Mera"

"Umm.Boss"

"What is it?" I asked with my whole concentration still on the laptop.

"I didn't see Arya this morning at the mansion"

"She must be in the room or somewhere around"

Mera wanted to ask more questions but I stopped her from doing so.

"No more questions concerning Arya. You should go back to work"

And she left my office, leaving me to my thoughts and work.

I was too distracted to pick up all the calls that were directed to me. I had to ask Mera to call all my meetings and appointments for the day. I was mentally and emotionally unstable to handle anything official.

I asked Jade to come to pick me up and take me to the penthouse. And all through the rest of the day, I wanted to be left alone.