Strings of Fate

5- Neighbours and nastiness

The more time I spend with this Shifter, the more I begin to think fate got it

wrong.

I wonder if there is a way to break threads or get rid of them in some way. I’ve never seen it happen before. Even in death people are tied together.

I once walked past a cemetery and saw an old man visiting his wife’s grave. The red thread still flowed from his chest and vanished down into the ground connecting him forever to his beloved. It was depressing but also sort of romantic in a morbid kind of way.

I glanced back at the man sitting at the table across from me. I can’t imagine being linked with him forever. I really hope fate knows what it’s doing, giving me this man as my soul

mate.

“Yes, I will be friends with your twin sister. It is fated.” He scowls at me.

“You aren’t even a Shifter, why would fate want you to be friends with my sister?” Now it’s

my turn to scowl back at him.

“What does that have to do with anything? Everyone has a fate Mr Kane, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. When I look at someone, I see the threads of their fate, not their

species.”

I am feeling incredibly annoyed. This man is my soul mate, how can he be such a jerk? This was definitely not the first meeting I expected when I finally met the holder of my red thread.

I had hoped for something a little sweeter, maybe cute or romantic. But no, I get yelled at and

insulted. Yay for me. He stares at me for a moment.

“Bellamy.” he suddenly states.

am totally confused, he already told me his name, didn’t

serious.

was my father.” His

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that he can’t be alive and well, not with his son looking

I offer, mostly because it would be super awkward for me to use his first name while he uses my last name. Besides, the guy is my soul mate, we’re going to have to pass the awkward ‘using each other’s names‘ stage eventually, why not get it out of the

call him Bellamy, seems relieved that I agreed

about how a person is feeling and reacting from their scent… which is kinda weird

begin. He looks annoyed. You would think I

difficult, at least it shouldn’t

on the note, and you didn’t

that evening, so I went there. It didn’t take me long to find you from there. Your scent was… exceptionally easy to follow.” he observes with yet another deep

I walked home barefoot.” I say nonchalantly. He seems

I point to the heels I had

are evil and I am pretty sure they were biting my feet off or something. Sadly, they are part of my uniform at work.”

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THAT bad…” he trails off. I lift my foot up and pull off my bunny slipper to reveal the blisters

I hold my foot up so he can see. It is almost comical how horrified Bellamy

because he suddenly freezes and, almost as quickly as he grabs me, he releases

pull my bunny slipper back over my foot. I decide to move on to my next question and try not to think about the fact that he figured out my location by scent. It kind of

actually terrified to hear his response. I don’t want her to hate me. Bellamy drops his gaze to

seen it. I scented something different in her purse, you I suppose, and I took it before she saw. She was

me down.” I

I had to know if there

saying he hates Tristan and thinks he is a total ass. I open my mouth to say so, but

over his chest in my doorway. We have been so busy arguing, neither of us thought to close the door.