Strings of Fate

181- Hostility and hearsay

“Okay, so since you met Alpha Kane, what arguments or uncomfortable interactions have you had?” Alex prompts, laptop at the ready preparing to take notes. I make eye contact with Bellamy and grin. He suddenly looks VERY

nervous.

“Well, my first negative interaction since meeting Bellamy would have been… my first interaction with Bellamy.” Alex starts typing then freezes.

“Uh… what? But you and Alpha Kane are… I mean… oh damn. Am I supposed to know that? I can’t remember if I’m supposed to be pretending not to notice. AM I supposed to be pretending not to notice?” He anxiously asks, staring up at me. I can’t help but laugh.

“Alex… I’m literally sitting in Bellamy’s lap. I don’t expect you to act dumb or pretend everything. I just want to avoid gossip. I trust you, I didn’t think I needed to tell you that, but maybe I should have said something carlier.” Oops, I didn’t realise that I was making Alex anxious, although he does seem to be a pretty anxious person anyway. I’ll have to remember that. I guess part of his job is to worry about little details, and he’s good at his job. I think he’s also very nervous around Bellamy, Alex flushes red and mutters an awkward thankyou. Bellamy squeezes his arm around my waist, I think he appreciated me comforting Alex a little. It’s something that he’s not always so good at. Megan is smiling happily watching us and Darrien is smirking. He’s already heard me complain all about Bellamy plenty of times, I think he’s enjoying being ‘in the know,”

“Uh… well, I’m going to just assume that Alpha Kane isn’t the one threatening you… Maybe you could tell me who else is on the list?” Alex says awkwardly. I swear even Aaron smiles a little.

“Oh alright, well while I was talking to Bellamy for the first time, there was my neighbour Paul who turned up and freaked out at me for ‘associating with Shifters.‘ He got kicked out of the building for being threatening. So I guess he might be upset about that.” I think aloud. Megan snorts out a laugh and Darrien elbows her grinning.

“Yeah… that would probably count. Okay, so your old neighbour Paul. Who else?” Alex prompts. I list a few other. people, random customers at work that threw tantrums or were problematic. Not particularly likely candidates.

“There were the Vampires you guys had a tussle with, and whoever it was that sent them.” Megan adds.

“I doubt it would be the Vampires, they already tried to make amends. I suspect they were sent by the Canine Alpha trying to cause trouble for me.” Bellamy concludes.

“I don’t think the Alphas particularly have a problem with Ryann, mostly because it hasn’t occurred to them that she matters. Well… except to Kohan who apparently sees a lot more than I realised.” Bellamy comments. Darrien rolls his

eyes.

up in themselves that they don’t notice anything else. Alpha Aspen is just the only one who pays attention. Alpha Kane, respectfully… you aren’t subtle.” Darrien looks like he’s trying not to

who definitely didn’t like you.” Bellamy is smirking and I have to repress the

it.” I whine. But Bellamy won’t

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dinner that one time. She REALLY didn’t like you.”

it was because you fought with Alpha Kane, now I’m thinking it’s because

I elbow him in the stomach. He lets out a

away her phone number. She was the one hitting on you when you were clearly there on a non–date with me!” I object. At that, the entire room bursts out in laughter. Except Aaron. Seriously, what do I have to do to

her hand. He hesitates a moment. I stare at him until he makes eye contact with me then raise an eyebrow and direct my eyes to his hand. He rolls his eyes, takes a deep breath then grabs her hand quickly, clearly just doing it before he chickens out. I see Megan squeeze his hand back and I can’t help but smile. I’m so glad that Darrien is around. I can’t imagine how awful Megan would feel after everything with Tristain if he wasn’t here to boost her self esteem again. I’m also weirdly grateful for my own weird magic right now. I would be super worried about this if

sccm

He looks… elated. So I guess things went well for

Who else has a problem with me? Someone actually ALIVE would be more likely as a suspect, and while listing all these people has been sort of funny, I really don’t believe any of them dislike me enough to want to hurt me. Who

having him around, honestly I doubt much will change, he spends so much time here during the day anyway. I’m not sure I’ll even notice having Aaron here. He just sits around quietly judging

must know….

Harry has been quiet for a while. He keeps looking at his phone. Probably wondering if it’s too late for him to go harass Cam some more. He’s the

walk Cam home.” He declares.

him as he leaves. He just waves at me. Okay, that’s suspicious. Soon, the house clears out and it’s just myself, Bellamy, Megan and Darrien left. Darrien’s phone rings and he smiles

“Hey.”

“Yeah.”

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