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.

me his name,

serious.

my father.” His

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that he can’t be alive

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

mentally remind myself to call him Bellamy, seems relieved that I agreed so

how a person is feeling and reacting from their scent… which is kinda weird but I guess

You would think I had just told him he had a

would you. I’m not asking anything difficult, at least it shouldn’t be.”

name on the note, and

that it was placed in my sister’s bag at the restaurant since that’s the only place she went that evening, so I went there. It didn’t take me long to find you from there. Your scent was… exceptionally easy to follow.”

it’s because I walked home barefoot.”

he asks curiously. I point to the heels

my feet off or

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my foot up and pull off my bunny slipper to reveal the blisters and red marks that marr the pale skin of

is almost comical how horrified Bellamy looks. He actually leans

to realise how weird that is because he suddenly freezes and, almost as quickly as he grabs me, he

out my location

note?” I find I am actually terrified to hear his response.

scented something different in her purse, you I suppose, and I took it before she saw. She was excited and didn’t seem to notice it. I’m not sure if I’m disappointed that my warning

surprised you took the effort to track me down.” I comment. He

had to know if there was anything to the note.

way of saying he hates Tristan

over his chest in my doorway. We have been so busy arguing, neither of us thought to close the door. Bellamy is on his feet in an instant and steps forward to meet