INSTINCTS

A huge party was thrown to celebrate the reunion of the triplets, and they were told everything about their father, but they wanted to leave the past in the past, and live with their true father; Curtis.

The rest of Curtis's family of course were arrested for kidnapping, murder, child abuse and many other crimes and it finally put Curtis at rest to see them behind bars, even though they might have been able to pay their way out, Apollo was there to imagine that never happened.

He was even the reason they were each given a life imprisonment, well, except for his sister who received the death penalty.

An enchanting song was heard from the balcony as Maame sang one of her siren songs.

Apollo came behind her and held her shoulders then she tensed till he kissed her long neck.

He sat besides her and asked what she was doing, her response was,"I don't know, I guess it's an instinct."

He smiled then asked,"May I join?"

"Of course."She said.

She lay on his broad chest as he took a deep breath then let out a beautiful basic voice, which abruptly changed into a tenor, then an alto, then a mixture of Messo soprano and soprano, then his girlfriend joined and all the creatures of the night had to come closer to listen better.

By the time Apollo was done, Maame was peacefully asleep.

He kissed her forehead then carried her between his arms to her bed then went towards his room but stopped abruptly when he heard...sensed a voice calling out to Maame, it wasn't actually calling, but singing, it was the voice of an angel and Apollo was confused, who was that?

Maame woke up then got off her bed and started walking towards the window, not realising Apollo's presence.

He just decided to follow her, to the ocean.

She dove in and changed into her mermaid form, with her long, graceful and beautiful tail trailing behind her, shimmering in the moonlight.

She continued to sing, underwater and Apollo found it weird how she hadn't acknowledged his presence even when he wasn't trying to hide, in the least.

As he got closer to the voice, he got to an unsettled Island of the Seychelles.

Maame got out and changed back to her human form as the water on her skin evaporated, then she modelled into the thick jungle before her and Apollo was already heartbroken as he had sensed a long time ago where she was going.

She went to a large pond in the centre of the island, which smelled of roses and water lilies, the water was coloured pink, violet and red with fireflies and moths flying allover it.

The moonlight shimmered over the surface of the scarlet sea which began to freeze fast as Maame took her first step on it, to the merman waiting for her in the centre, the possible father to her children.

The merman had already completed the mating rites and that was why the water was coloured so, that was the colour of mermaid blood, so as the aroma of it.

He was the victor among all the mermen who had wanted to mate with the beautiful Maame and had made a nest of the remains of his opponents' bodies to show he was a suitable father, he now had to defeat Maame herself in a duel.

Apollo knew she wasn't the one doing this, but her instincts, but knew if the male won her, she'd be compelled to mate with him and once she had eaten him for the energy to give birth, it will be all down hill as her instincts would take over her to find the best place to give birth, in the deep, where she may never be found, and after that, she'd look for another mate, Apollo would no longer be significant.

Maame stopped a few steps before the merman and a sword made of ice I h from the bloody pond formed in her hand and the male smirked as two currents of water arose beside him but they were interrupted when the male heard another mating call and he was furious, he thought he had killed all the other competitors.

He looked to his side to see a gorgeous male with dark skin and long, black hair that was braided in dreadlocks, with eyes that started silver, then changed to bright blue at the edges.

The new competitor seemed just as good looking as the winner himself, if not more, and this made him angrier, but the worst part was the fact that his mate seemed to be taking a liking to him.

Apollo knew Maame had no memory of him at the moment, so he had to win her back...

I kissed Anneliese's neck as she moaned in pleasure then we looked into each others' eyes and were about to kiss when we were interrupted by Jessica who just appeared on my back and hugged me tightly.

I turned over to her, concerned and asked,"Sweetie, what's wrong?"

She looked at me, then said,"Lilith's acting strange."

Anneliese and I looked at each other, then went to her room, but saw her sleeping peacefully, then asked,"Are you sure something's wrong with your sister?"

Jessica nodded, certain then said,"Her breathing rate is faster and her blood pressure is too high, her brain activity is elevated as well..."

"So she's dreaming?"Anneliese asked.

Jessica nodded her head then we were confused till she continued,"But this isn't an ordinary dream because I can't read it, it seems like an encoded message, tailored only for her to decipher."

Anneliese and I looked at each other then back at her, then I asked,"Really?"

She nodded again.

We knew she had all the skills of Lilith and possibly more as her brain was just as developed at such a young age due to her Birth Activation, she knew what she was talking about.

I then said,"We'll ask her about it tomorrow."

"But can I sleep with you two for the rest of the night?"She asked.

"Why jester?"Anneliese asked, concerned.

She looked down then said,"I think I got the message too..."