Seventy-seven:
Antero Dukas
I was able to get her out of the dungeon. Sirena had spent her whole life being told what she was supposed to do. She had never had the power to choose what she wanted to do. I was giving her the choice. To stay in the dungeon and be miserable, or to stay in my room and try to choose love. Because when I said I was giving her the choice to fall in love, I meant I was giving her the choice to fall in love with me.
I went and told Althaia that Sirena had chosen to room with me. When I came back, I found Sirena still in the room, pacing anxiously back and forth. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Surely you’re not having second thoughts about the dungeon, are you?”
Sirena shook her head. “No. I’m not.” She gestured to the white gown that she was wearing. “But I’m st
