Strings of Fate

18- Waiting and watching

Bellamy’s mood seems to have improved. Every now and then I glance up at him and every time he smiles at me. It’s actually almost scary. We finish eating then Bellamy pays for the food and leave to walk to his car which he claims is only a few streets away. His mood is still bright, in fact he might even be more cheerful than he was while we were eating.

“What’s with you all of a sudden?” I ask thoughtlessly. The smile on his face fades.

“What do you mean?” he asks cautiously. I shrug.

“I don’t know, you’re all happy. I can’t figure out why.” Bellamy looks

“What is it?” I demand.

away.

“Well, that meal went better than the last one. You didn’t even argue when I paid for the

food.” I roll my eyes at him.

“I figured I would just give you cash later, or pay if we end up eating out again.” Bellamy

shakes his head.

“Just leave it.” I open my mouth to object. He turns a dazzling smile on me.

“Please?” I frown. He is trying to charm me into compliance with that smile which just makes me more suspicious of it.

“Why?” Bellamy just shrugs.

“I like feeding you.” He freezes when his mind catches up with his words and realises how

odd it sounded.

“I mean… I. It’s no inconvenience, just think of it as a thank you for helping with my sister and…” he trails off awkwardly. I’m blushing and I drop my eyes to the ground. I think back to what Megan said about Shifters feeling generous towards their mates. I suppose there isn’t a lot I can do to change that, but I promise myself I will try not to take advantage of it.

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you’ve used the ‘thanks for helping my sister excuse‘.

because I could basically solve half his life problems. Although I’m not really sure if a non–Shifter mate is what the Betas are expecting from him. Still, I think I would rather get to know Bellamy without the pressure, at least he won’t feel the pressure. I’ll just ignore it as best as I can. The problem is that the longer I leave it the harder it is going to be to tell the truth. This is so frustrating. We reach the car and Bellamy opens the passenger door for me. Once we are in, he starts the car and drives back towards the Shifter compound where Tristan is apparently going to be collecting Megan for their dinner date. Bellamy parks the car out the front of the compound and kills the lights as we sit and wait for Tristan to arrive. After a few minutes of waiting I notice a black thread floating from Bellamy’s chest. I have a terrible feeling about this. It has to be with Tristan surely. Who else could

as Megan climbs in the car with Tristan. We follow

see us.

hesitate for a second. If I tell Bellamy, is it going to make him hate Tristan more. or change how he views him? I banish the thought from my head. Bellamy already hates the guy. I can’t really make the relationship worse and telling him

anything.

threads… well you have a black one.” I say slowly. Bellamy

nod, pushing a strand of my midnight blue hair from my eyes as I try to gauge

that I was

suppose

goes silent for a moment and when he speaks again his demeanour

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you wouldn’t tell me about my threads?” The

question.

said is that you can’t ask me.

frowns.

“Is there a difference?”

I choose when and what I tell

eyebrow.

least two then.

my tone

to tell him about OUR thread. He’s in a good mood and we haven’t fought in at least thirty minutes. But I talk myself out of it.

internal debate.

have a question about the threads. Don’t worry, not about my own. If you know someone hasn’t met

if, theoretically of course, you were to shoot one. Does that change the fates?” He seems incredibly curious.

supervise it. If I were

meet would show up in time to try and save them, get attached, then lose them. Which by the way I have seen once

why does it matter if you

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be to you, you will treat them differently which makes everything more complicated. If I told a couple that they were fated to be together, assuming they actually believed me. Then sure, they might get together, but they would probably not be honest with each other, they would treat each other

make

still have a few doubts.”

is irrelevant because people don’t believe me if

remind him.