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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Strings of Fate: Kabanata 201 - Kabanata 210

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201- Touch and trust

I cross my arms in irritation. “Kiara would never! How would she even do that? She’s just a kid!” I object. Dr Dae rolls her eyes at me.“Oh calm yourself girl. I’m not saying she chose to murder anyone. I assume that she was forced to comply somehow. You’ll have to ask the girl when she’s ready to talk. As for the how, the child is a Reaper.” She says it as if it’s obvious but it really isn’t. I know that Reapers exist, but they’re the kind of Magic that most people have heard of but no one has ever met. I suppose Kiara’s dad must have been a Reaper too and why the MRO was so secretive about her markings. Most people are kind of scared of Reapers, they’re kind of the boogeymen of our society. Mostly because they can kill on a whim. All it takes is one touch and they can free your soul from your body. Obviously with no soul you die, and I guess your soul moves on to wherever souls go when you pass on. I suppose that a Reaper would make sense for the representative of Atropos. Her add

202- Calories and clothing

I wake up late in the morning, it might even be early afternoon. I wriggle around a little which prompts Bellamy to do the same, he is apparently already awake. He raises a finger to his lips to shush me before I speak and I can see why. Kiara is still sleeping, lying in the bed between us. She is still loosely holding onto my arm, even in sleep. I slowly disentangle myself from her light grip and slide out of bed. Bellamy follows, clearly doing his best not to jostle her and wake her up. She definitely needs the sleep. She was restless for a good part of the night and almost definitely was having nightmares, but she seems like she’s sleeping soundly now. My own sleep was blissfully quiet. No visions or anything thank goodness. I’m looking forward to having several weeks of steady sleep and so help me if anything tragic or dramatic happens for the next few weeks then whoever is responsible should probably be terrified of me. We step into the hallway to talk without disturbing Kiara.

203- Beads and bonding

“Well, I think that it might actually be nice having an extra person around the house. Extra security and company. Besides, you spend most of your time here anyway. Might as well save you the commute. That is, as long as no one else has any objection?” I say pointedly looking at Megan. Sure, Bellamy could object but I already know that he won’t. Megan briefly makes eye contact with me, gives a slight nod, then finds something to stare at on the ceiling. She is clearly trying to look like she doesn’t care but she is blushing bright red. True to form, Darrien is watching her closely trying to work out how she really feels about my suggestion. Realising that she isn’t going to provide any input, he decides to push it a little. “Megan? I would like to hear your opinion. I am still courting you and I don’t want to screw anything up by making a decision like this without your input.” Darrien says clearly. His voice is mostly calm with just the slightest hint of anxiety as he monitors her r

204- Adapt and adjust

The next few days pass almost too quickly. Bellamy and I have our meeting with Sara and her father. He was a little curious as to why I was there, but he didn’t say anything. He wasn’t pleased, but he did agree to back off of Sara a little bit and seemed to appreciate the added security that we are arranging for the university students. On the drive home, Bellamy is grumbling about it. “He was barely polite to you.” He complains. I roll my eyes.“He was polite enough, how polite should he be to a stranger in his house telling him how to parent his child?” I point out Bellamy shakes his head.“You’re his Alpha, my mate, he should know better.” He continued to scowl.“It’s not like he knows that. We haven’t actually told everyone.” I remind him gently. Now it’s his turn to roll his eyes.“Of course he knows. It’s the worst kept secret around, remember? He’s just the traditional type. Isn’t sure how he feels about having a non-Shifter as an Alpha. He’ll get over it.” He says firmly. I f

205- Sweethearts and safeguarding

My automatic reaction is to panic and to mentally scream NO ABSOLUTELY NOT! She is just a child. She is way too young to already find the person she is fated to be with, not to mention she has been through too much. What if he is immature or goes through a jerk phase as he grows up? Or worse, what if he is a lot older than her? Four or five years might not mean much when she’s an adult, but at her age that is a LOT. And who could it be? Is he going to be good enough? What if I don’t approve of him, what if he’s a bad influence. I’ve seen people with red threads who hated each other and were terrible for each other when they were young and as they matured became more right for one another. Is it too soon for them to meet? She’s just gone through an incredibly traumatic circumstance and she does NOT need some guy messing with her head right now. I take a deep breath and try to relax. I don’t know who it is, we might not even be meeting him right now. The thread just tells me that he’s s

206- Nice and normal

"“Hi, I’m Logan. I’m here visiting my Nana. It’s nice to meet you. I’m glad that Ryann and her friends were able to find you. They were really worried.” He adds the last comment in a half whisper, glancing up at me like it’s some kind of secret. Kiara nods at him but doesn’t give any more reply than that. He persists. “What’s your name?” he tries again. I’m actually fairly sure that he already knows her name, he would have overheard it at some point. But I don’t comment. I want to see what Kiara does. She stares at him hopelessly for a minute, then up at me, a pleading look in her eyes. Logan follows her gaze up to me and meets my eyes. “Her name is Kiara. She doesn’t feel like talking much right now. She’s had a hard time and is keeping to herself a little bit.” I explain. I expect him to be confused or to get annoyed and just give up on talking to her for now. Which is why I’m shocked when he gives a slow nod. “Oh, alright. That’s fair I suppose.” He looks back at Kiara who is watchi

207- Invitations and interest

"Maggie smiles happily at me, she can tell I’ve come to a decision. “Tomorrow? I don’t have plans and Logan usually comes here for most of the weekend, why?” “I want to have a dinner. A family dinner. Will you both come?” I feel kind of nervous. I consider Maggie to be part of my family, but I’ve never said it so bluntly before. “We would love to come. You hear that Logan? Dinner at Ryann’s place tomorrow night.” She declares with a grin. Logan bounces in place. “Really? Just like you said before! Will the other Shifters be there?” He asks excitedly. I nod. “Yep, and a few others.” I confirm. Logan whirls to face Kiara. “Hear that? We can practise our secret language in a room of people and see if we can get away with it. Make sure to keep thinking of other things we can add to it. I will too and we can trade ideas tomorrow.” He tells her cheerfully. Kiara nods eagerly and she seems much happier leaving now that she knows she will see her new friend again soon. Actually,

208- Custody and caring

"The morning goes by in a rush. Megan and I are constantly on the go with Kiara trailing along with us as we prepare for the last minute dinner plans. I probably could have planned them for later in the week but I didn’t want to wait and it IS doable. Just requires a bit of extra planning. By one in the afternoon we have had Darien and Bellamy rearrange the furniture and move in a couple of fold up trestle tables to make space for everyone as well as a bunch of extra chairs. Kiara is currently working with Darien to lay table clothes over all the tables to kind of merge them together while Megan and I start prepping stuff for dinner. Thankfully she’s a much more experienced cook than me and has some idea of how to prepare such a large meal. I did suggest just ordering something but she insisted on making it ourselves and I don’t mind trying. Worst case scenario, it fails and we order pizza. Just before three, Alex arrives Bellamy and I leave Kiara with Megan who is in the middle of pre

209- Guests and gathering

"Since that meeting went much faster than we anticipated, we decide to return and join the others in preparing for dinner. But first we ask Kiara to come and speak with us in the office. She looks nervous. Actually, she looks like she is going to be sick. I shut the door so we can all speak privately and then I quickly reassure her. “Kiara, I would never send you anywhere that you aren’t wanted.” I start. Her shoulders relax a little bit. I suspect that while it is unlikely her parents told her a lot about their relationship with her grandfather since she is only nine years old, that it is highly possible that she knows SOMETHING. Kids are smart, she would know that it’s odd she’s never met him and probably has noticed that her parents don’t get along with him. They wouldn’t have had to tell her, one irritated sigh or off tone could probably tell her that. I make eye contact with Bellamy and he nods for me to take the lead in speaking with Kiara. I take a deep breath to calm my nerv

210- Announcement and alarm

"Now normally a large group like this would be at least a little uncomfortable with me. Usually I end up distracted by all the threads streaming between people, blocking my vision and generally giving me a headache. But oddly enough I’m actually fairly relaxed. Everyone here is actually sitting near their best friends and partners and the result is that all the threads here are short and not blocking my view in any way. Okay, so apparently the solution to my problem with crowds is that everyone just needs to stand directly next to the people they love at all times. It would make my life a lot easier. Maybe I should start matchmaking for the sake of my own sanity. Yeah or not… But it is really nice being able to see everyone’s faces with no issues. The meal is going well, everyone is chatting and enjoying themselves while we stuff ourselves silly. Megan, Kiara and I chose to set up a self-serve type meal with a bunch of serving platters all in the middle of the table so everyone can jus

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