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 name, didn’t he? The Shifter

serious.

Mr Kane was my father.” His expression is sad.

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that he can’t be alive

offer, mostly because it would be super awkward for me to use his first name while he uses my last name. Besides, the guy is my soul mate, we’re going to have to pass the awkward ‘using each other’s names‘ stage eventually, why not get it out of

to call him Bellamy, seems relieved

a person is feeling and reacting

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

would you. I’m not asking anything difficult, at least

put my full name on the note, and you didn’t know it until

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

because I walked home barefoot.” I say nonchalantly.

that?” he asks curiously. I point

biting my feet off or something. Sadly, they are part of my uniform at work.” I explain. He

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he trails off. I lift my foot up and pull off my bunny slipper to reveal the

is

seems to realise how weird that is because he suddenly freezes and, almost as quickly as he

I decide to move on to my next question and try not to think about the fact that he figured out my location by scent. It kind of seems like an invasion of privacy or something, but who am

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

seen it. I scented something different in her purse, you I suppose, and 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 warning never made it

me down.”

there was anything to

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 is

in my doorway. We have been so busy arguing, neither of us thought to close the door. Bellamy is on his feet in an instant and