My Immortal Playlist (The Siren Collection #1) Read Online Free

him.” Thankfully I had let my blonde hair down so it was covering my face. Otherwise, he would have seen my lips trembling, my cheeks flushing, my nose twitching – my whole body trying to keep myself from crying.
    “Well, we’re here now. That’s all that counts.”
    “So is this all you wanted for Elliot’s legs? A date with me?”
    “I just wanted some alone time. You’ve constantly been avoiding me.”
    “You tried to eat me .”
    “It wasn’t on purpose. I was just pissed over what you turned me into. I tend to get hungrier when I’m mad.”
    “But it happened twice.”
    “And it wouldn’t have happened at all if it wasn’t for you,” he said.
    “But you said you understood.”
    “Al ex…what do your people call themselves again?”
    “ Sirens,” I said, feeling strange uttering the word. Even before I knew what I was, I had learned about Sirens long ago in mythology…but in real life, what I do isn’t as sweet. If making sailors crash against the rocks was all I did then maybe I’d be able to sleep at night.
    “Well do you Sirens have a cure for my condition?”
    “Um… ” I didn’t have the heart to tell him.  I myself lost a lot of sleep over the answer, and Henry had already been through so much. I felt like the riff was already so wide, there was no way I could repair it. How could telling the truth make it any better?
    “Do you have a cure?” he repeated. “I mean, it would make sense, wouldn’t it?”
    “Well…yes…but, I’m not sure how to say this.”
    “What do you mean? You lost it?”
    “No, it’s not that. I -.”
    “Don’t tell me you’re saving it for Elliot.”
    “No, that’s not it at all. I – I don’t know how to put this.”
    “Listen, Alex ,” he said, leaning in closer. “Do you know why Elliot went out with you after he turned into a zombie?”
    “No…”
    “Well, I don’t know what you ‘Sirens’ put in your spells, but it causes you to be seen in a new light. It’s hard to explain. Before the incident, you were attractive, but afterwards? Geez, I could barely keep my eyes off of you. It’s like you put an extra spell over us and my eyes are trying to tell me you’re something you’re not. I couldn’t break the hold you had placed over me, so I had to run away. I had to get away from you just to keep my sanity, and yet...I keep coming back.”
    “So I’m not pretty now? ” I asked, pinching my own leg afterwards. Now was not the time to get vain.
    “I’m just saying that wh en I was cast under your spell…it was like my synapses or whatever finally connected. That spell you cast did more than just transform me and Elliot.”
    “So you’re saying that the only reason Elliot went out with me is because of it?”
    “Exactly, and that’s why I should get the cure you’re hiding from us. Not that idiot. I loved you before the spell’s effects. Elliot’s long since dumped you and you still hang around him. I have no clue why. What are you waiting for?”
    “He doesn’t try to eat me ,” I said flatly. It was all I could say. How could I get Henry to realize that they day he made that attempt, starving or not, he had betrayed my trust? Somehow Elliot was able to stay in control of his urges and that automatically made him safer to be around. Okay, maybe that sounded selfish considering I took his life away from him, but it’s not like I wanted to do it.
    “Are you ever going to let that go?” Henry snapped.
    “I know you’re upset,” I said. “But I have to think about my safety. I’m sorry for what I did to you, but it was to survive. If there was another way around it, I would do it, but I can’t.”
    “So what am I supposed to do? Just be like, ‘hey, I understand,’ and then just live my life consuming others? Just roll over and pretend nothing’s wrong? I’m trying to eat this stuff,” he said, pointing at his pasta, “but it’s like a snack. Real food doesn’t fill me up anymore.”
    “I know it’s