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.

confused, he already told me his

serious.

Kane was my father.” His

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I am certain that he can’t be alive and well, not with his son looking so miserable.

last name. Besides, the guy is my soul mate, we’re going to have to pass

seems relieved that I agreed so easily and… is

thing, I heard they can tell a lot about how a person is

some questions for you.” I begin. He looks annoyed. You would think I had just told

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

me. I didn’t even put my full name on the note, and

the note. I assumed 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

walked home barefoot.”

I point to the heels I had abandoned

are evil and I am pretty sure they were biting my feet off or something. Sadly, they are part of my uniform at work.”

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

see. It is almost comical how horrified Bellamy

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

not to think about the fact that he figured out my location by scent. It kind of

I find I am actually terrified to hear his response. I don’t want her to hate me. Bellamy

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

track me

sister, I had to know if there was anything to

not too sure about Tristan. I’ve never really bonded with him.” I interpret that as his tactful guy way of saying he hates Tristan and thinks he

close the door. Bellamy is on