Strings of Fate

71- Spells and strings

I stare at the message for a good few minutes, alternating between being excited, proud and horrified that I sent it. Bellamy doesn’t answer right away like he usually does. At first I’m anxious about it, but I remind myself that it’s the middle of the night and he’s probably asleep. I’m sure he will answer in the morning. I’m not even sure what kind of response I’m hoping for. It’s ridiculous to be disappointed.

I don’t know exactly when I fell back to sleep, but I wake up clutching my phone as my alarm goes off. Actually I wake up and I’m so shocked to find it in my hand that I accidentally throw it across the room. It’s not actually THAT early. But I was up late and I hate mornings. I drag. myself out of bed and turn off the alarm. I still have no answer from Bellamy. I blush bright red as I remember the video I sent last night. Okay, I’m definitely regretting it now. It’s just so embarrassing. He probably hasn’t answered because he is trying to be nice and ignore how ridiculous I am. Sighing, I do as I promised him yesterday.

Ryann- Good morning Bellamy. This is me checking in as promised.

Bellamy- Morning Ry thank you for messaging. I’m looking forward to seeing you later

today.

He answers me immediately. So he did get the video message then. Unless… maybe it didn’t send? I’ve never sent a video message before. I’m too shy to ask him about it so I just leave my phone on my bed and go shower and get ready for work.

work, stopping off on the way at a little cafe to grab a late breakfast/early lunch. This is pretty much routine for me on days when I work through the lunch rush. I tell Aaron about my agreement to check in with Bellamy regularly and that he will have to message on my behalf at

supervisors at my work have gotten used to having Shifter guards hovering around at this point. I do take the time to let them know that Aaron will be the permanent guard

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For someone like him he might be better off being able to see the proof. I’m serving a pair of Witches when I’m struck by inspiration for a token for Bellamy. I resolve to go shopping as soon as my shift finishes. It’s a busy shift and time passes quickly. Aaron catches my attention with a wave and holds up his phone at one to let me know he sent the check in message to Bellamy. I probably won’t have to send another today unless I take a lot longer shopping than I plan to. I’ll head over to see Bellamy right after work. He might be busy though, I haven’t actually checked his or Megan’s plans. Oh well. I can always wait or head

work and meet Aaron

double it up and then tie it into a loop. Aaron is watching me curiously. My project half complete, I head into a little store run by a talented coven of witches who do a lot of custom spells for people. For a price that is. Wow that sounded more sinister than I intended. They provide goods and services in exchange for money. It’s a shop. That’s what they do. Hopefully they can do what I want. I chat with a young redhead at the counter. She’s curious about my request and isn’t totally sure about how to make it happen. She eventually calls in an older, more experienced coven member and explains my goal. Eventually we agree on a plan of action and (ouch) a price. I’m going to burn through a good deal of my savings paying for this but hopefully it’ll be worth it. The witches take my string and tell me it will take them about half an hour. I browse through some of the display items. A lot of popular spells and potions are pre–made. Cleaning and dirt repelling spells are very common. I come to a collection of potions locked in a glass case. These all appear to be potions to temporarily alter a person, mentally or physically. They can only be sold by licenced stores and of course giving these to people can only be done

I notice one for dreamless sleep. When the

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I ask

one is useful for preventing bad dreams. The downside is it prevents good dreams. too and dreams are how people process their lives so it’s not healthy to miss them all the time. It’s mostly useful for someone who has gone through something traumatic and could desperately use just

buy that too please? I have a friend who I think might need