Strings of Fate

Strings of Fate

Cam 51- Poison and passion

I sit dumbly as I try to think of a diplomatic way to say that Ryann is just completely wrong. Either resisting Incubi is totally impossible OR Harry has way less control than she thinks.

“Ryann… Are you totally sure about Harry being controlled?” I ask quietly. She nods.

“Sure, he’s an expressive person, but I think that’s part of how he manages his emotions. He lets them out so he doesn’t let out his magic. It makes sense to me at least.” She hesitates a little, probably because she’s making a lot of assumptions there.

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“I can sort of see that.” I agree. It’s starting to feel a little weird talking about Harry like this. Was it a mistake to basically go to his friends to get info on him? It’s starting to feel a little creepy. It was fine when I was asking about Incubi in general, but asking about Harry… I feel like this is something that I should be talking about with him. Still, maybe I’m just vulnerable

to Incubi magic because I’ve never been around it until him. Is that a thing?

“Is it possible to be especially weak to Incubi magic?” I ask, I can feel heat in my cheeks as

they blush red. I do my best to ignore Megan’s snickering and Darrien’s smirk. Aaron actually

me uncomfortable right now. His silence that is usually imposing is now comforting. I risk a small smile at him and he gives a small nod. Yeah, he

weaker

you can be especially vulnerable. I mean if you’re drunk you might be to it, but alcohol would make you weaker to most magic, I mean it’s technically a poison, right?” She

fun poison.” Megan adds.

really been. around is Harry so I haven’t had a chance to build up resistance either. I’ve almost never felt anything from him other than the occasional happy vibe. I like to think of it as Harry manages to control like ninety five of the emotions he has around

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you want to relax around the person you are about most? He’s

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but I always thought he secretly loves i I’m sort of amazed to hear that it does affect you after all.” Megan sounds

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Harry’s magic, but that will take some time. It’s part of why Incubi tend to struggle with relationships, they overwhelm people. But… is it really so bad? I had to distance myself from him as a teenager because I definitely DIDN’T need to feel whatever it was he was feeling about me at the time. But would a little extra insight be so bad in your case? Particularly since you apparently feel the same way about him anyway. It might make your emotions more intense, but if you didn’t actually feel those emotions they wouldn’t last more than a few minutes. His magic is pretty focussed on you, he probably isn’t doing it on purpose or anything. He just loves you and that makes it hard for him to hold himself back. He usually avoids people when trying not to share his emotions around so much. Like he refused to come see us last night because he didn’t want to make us ‘pissed off and miserable‘ to phrase it his way.” Ryann sighs and Megan pouts. Great, now I feel even worse. Harry is sitting around alone while I have all his best friend’s undivided attention as they try to make ME feel better. Actually, they’re not trying to make me feel better. They’re just trying to fix the situation as a whole. That’s the whole point of this conversation and I need to remember that. So, what have I learned? Harry hasn’t been going around shoving magic at everyone, just me and it was probably an accident anyway plus he thought it wasn’t affecting me. No

around other Incubi. They’re also saving Harry can’t make people feel things he doesn’t feel.

an Incubus who is in love, or at least focussed on someone, won’t really have magic that works on other

could drag out some kind of feelings of attraction to any remotely appealing person. He’s good at seeing the good in people. But why would he want to? He might enjoy the attention, but he is loyal. So I wouldn’t worry about it.” Ryann says the words. almost as a warning. Yeah she wants me to trust Harry, and I probably should. But is he

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