"Everything was quiet now. It was even too freaky quiet. The house seemed big without anyone else inside. It felt lonely; like a ghost town."

"I could have drowned…and my brother didn’t even care."

"The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand – linked, bound and unbreakable."

"I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless about the Guardianee?"

"I closed my eyes and dived into foreign water."

"I distracted Herbert by pretending to trip and break a bone. Ethan darted around to the red golf cart with a cocky smile on his face. He put the key in ignition, and the vehicle roared to life. “Hey,” Herbert shouted, snapping his attention to Ethan. I sprang up and ran up to Ethan. He pulled me in the cart and stomped on the gas pedal. We shot through the automatic doors with Herbert on our tail. “Go faster!” I cheered. My brother smacked the steering wheel. “I can’t; it’s a golf cart."

"I watched her shadow merge with the darker colours of the deep sea."

"Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us – Siren and human intertwined for eternity."