Strings of Fate

Strings of Fate

Cam 3- Felines and favours

I’m in the back room of Witches Booze sorting inventory and working out if I need to do an order this week or if it can wait another few days. It’s a monotonous task but one I’ve never really minded doing. It’s sort of relaxing, organising, ordering, sorting. It’s simple. There’s a wrong answer and a right answer. If I have enough of something I put it away and if I don’t then I add it to the order list. I could delegate this task to one of my employees but I prefer to do it myself so that I can be confident it’s done exactly how I want it. I have a battery powered speaker which I hacked with magic to have a stupidly long battery life and I am humming along to my playlist while having slices of the pizza I ordered for dinner. It’s late, the bar has already closed for the night, but sometimes after work I’m a little amped up and not ready to go home so I like to stay and get things done. Cleaning, ordering, finances. Basically anything that means I can take a morning off and sleep in. Plus it’s always so peaceful at night when the customers are gone and I can just relax here alone. Even better, this late at night there’s no chance of my family trying to call and harass me about my life. choices. My confidence that it won’t be my mother calling me is the only reason I answer my phone without checking the caller I.D.

“Hello?” I answer, the room feeling oddly silent since the music stopped when I picked up the call. I switch it to speakerphone and drop it on my work table so that I can keep sorting my

inventory.

“Hello Camille.” A grumpy sounding voice greets me and I can’t help but grin.

“Hey Ella. Why are you calling so late?” I ask. Ella is a Shifter and a doctor. She helps me with some of my more experimental potions and in exchange I keep her stocked with healing potions, numbing spells, stuff like that. Sadly it isn’t as simple as just a one size fits all heals everything potion. Different races need different mixes just like they do with alcohol and different spells will heal different things. There are potions for replenishing blood, ones that are like antibiotics, ones to reduce pain, close wounds, help bruising heal faster. Some can be mixed together and others can’t. So making them and administering them is a difficult and detailed task. I could never decide what the best potion is to give someone who is in need of medical assistance and Ella would have no idea how to mix the potions. So we work together

and we both learn.

“I’m calling to ask you a favour, or rather I’m asking a favor on behalf of my Alpha’s mate who will eventually also be Alpha. If you want to refuse I wouldn’t hold it against you and I

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warn them that I will not pressure you to help. I’m only calling so late because… Well the Alpha’s mate… She’s not what I expected. I want to help her and I think that she’s in something of a hurry.” She explains. Oh? That’s interesting. Ella is well known for disliking everyone and everything. She’s

favour?”

She grumbles. It’s a common complaint of hers How advanced medical care could be if

secretive.

that I’m sharing secrets.” I remind her, a little concerned but not really. If Ella likes someone, that’s really enough for me. She doesn’t trust easily. It’s surprising enough that she told these people about me, but I guess she can’t really keep secrets from her Alpha. Although we’ve been running

knew

had access to as many

completely unaware of politics, bloodlines and power. Just a cranky old woman with a bit of a sweet spot that shows in how she acts rather than how she speaks. It makes me miss my grandmother. Actually no, I don’t miss

why there really isn’t any favour I wouldn’t grant

I trust you. If you think I can help your Alpha and his mate then I’m happy to talk to them. How’s tomorrow night? They could stop by the bar. I’ll ask Cora to pick up an extra shift so I can be free to talk out the

Clock?” She confirms.

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great.” I agree.