Kat arched a delicate brow at his words and she couldn't help the laughter that bubbled from her lips.  She may risk offending him, which wasn't her intention, but she knew how her kind was.  She calmed herself a little, eyeing the cigarette he offered.  After a moment's hesitation, she took the offered cigarette and lit the end.  She let the smoke curl from her lips for a moment before she shook her head, her electric blue eyes intent on him.<br/><br/>"No, I have not seen another siren around here.  Our kind rarely travels this realm.  They tend to keep to their own realm, only leaving to feed, mate, and hunt other sirens.  It is penalty of death for our kind to leave their realm and go rogue, because it is a threat to their kind, because it risks exposing them to your kind.  This is why I stay away from them.  There are a few other reasons they hunt me, but either way, if they caught me, my life would no longer be my own."<br/><br/>She paused for a moment, eyeing him before shaking her head again.  "And I'm sorry to tell you my friend, but if your siren left you, it is doubtful that you will ever find her.  Like I said, they mate, they hunt, and then they go home.  She probably simply seduced you, as is their way.  Thankfully, I was not raised by them myself.  They tend to be vicious, wild creatures.  They do not know the rules, customs, or the ideals of right and wrong of this realm.  They care not to.  They have little rules where they dwell, except for the rule about 'desertion' of your kind.  More than likely she seduced you to mate with you and then left you to return to the ranks.  Sad to say, but you are far from the first to have their heart broken by a siren."<br/><br/>She did not mean offense by the words, but she was the sort of woman who was perfectly blunt and honest.  It was better he knew the truth than run after a phantom for the rest of his life.  She took another drag of her cigarette before finishing off what was her third glass of wine.  The effects hadn't really come to her yet, she was known to hold her own with alchohol.  The most she could feel was a slight warmth in her stomach.