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    “Or maybe 1 can just tell my shift manager that I have to leave…” Shaun grabs my hand and ces it


    on his arm.


    I want to.


    it away but I feel like I probably shouldn’t antagonise this guy, at least not


    until I’m sure he’s not a threat.


    Seeing no real option but to go along with it, I leave my arm there and allow him to lead me from the


    restaurant. There is a ck car parked out front. Shaun opens the door for me to get


    in and climbs in beside me. Aaron makes his way to the drivers seat.


    I rack my mind to consider why a Shifter Alpha would want to see me. Something to do with. Bemy of


    course, but what?


    Had he made someint about me? Or had he somehow figured out that I was his soul mate and


    nned to drag me kicking and screaming to the Shifterpound?


    The fact that he has involved his Alpha is hardly promising. I don’t know a lot about Shifter politics and


    rules, but I do know that, to a Shifter, their Alpha is the highest authority that


    they answer to.


    If I am going to be dragged in front of the feline Alpha, I really would have appreciated some warning,


    maybe a chance to change into something other than my awful work uniform.


    The car ride is awkward, but thankfully short. We pull into the feline Shifterpound. I’ve


    never been here before, not that I have ever actually wanted to visit or anything. But even if I


    did, Shifters are rather private and it is rare for them to invite non–Shifters into their gates. I wonder if


    it’s because they have some huge dramatic secret they’re keeping from the rest of the world. Or maybe


    they just don’t like random people wandering onto theirnd and trying to snap photos of them in their


    animal forms.


    I know that a few years ago there were a bunch of humans who were arrested for poaching Shifters.


    They imed that the fur and scales gathered from Shifters were of higher quality


    than a normal animal.


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    Additionally, Shifter blood and bones are apparemniy qutte ful in potions and as magical tools for


    Witches and Sorcerers. I find it all matther creepy. Why would you want to drink a portion with blood in


    it? Maybe if you were a Vampire quem.


    i


    But I’m getting distracted. I notice my blue and weed heads are visible again, so Bemy and Me?as


    most both be rtively nearby.


    I peer out the window to see what cam off the Helline Sher’s home. They have a huge amount ofnd


    and there are tees everywhere. I suppose so they can run and bunt naturally


    We drive past the trees ande to what is basically a single long street full of houses which I


    suppose is where all the Shifters live. At the very end of the street is the biggest house of them all and


    it’s very clearly where we are headed. The houses on this street are all quiterge and would cost a


    fortume, apprently Shifters make a lot more money than I had previously assumed. Not that I spend a


    lot of time considering Shifter finanwes, I have my own to worry about after all, but I guess it makes


    sense considering how muchnd they oOMMIT).


    As I predicted, we stop at thergest house at the very end of the street. Shaun climbs outt


    the car and offers me am am to help me out. I feel a little spitefulidening that they have basically


    kidnapped me, so I ignore his arm and get out on my o


    am


    I wonder when Bemy is going to show up. He has obviously got to be the one who started whatever


    drama Il a cught up in. It in fair if he gets to avoid everything. Aunom steps


    around the can to join us and once again Shuun takes my hand and pinces in over hits arm to


    lend me along


    I roll my ever and allow it. It’s just not worth the effort to argue. I try and think about what I


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    know of the flime Shifter’s Alpha. I think he is an older gentleman. He is pretty will lin


    and I have never heard any crazy stories about him going on rampages on anything like I have for the


    canine Alpitu. Hopefully, he wont be too bad.


    Suddiemity, I excall another vatory from the news a few months ago. A Shifter Alpim and his wife


    were both killed in a avfall car ident.


    What the tellime Alpha?


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    I’m not sure. We walk through the house, we pass a door where my blue thread leads through. Megan


    must be through there somewhere. Shaun leads me to an ornate looking wooden door at the end of a


    ridiculously long hallway.


    I hear a familiar voice from behind the door and my red thread leads straight to it. So apparently


    Bemy is here. I knew whatever this is was his fault. Shaun opens the door and enters without


    knocking. I expect to see at least two people in the room and I am surprised to find only Bemy. He is


    on the phone but as we enter he apologises to the person on the other end and hangs up. He stands to


    greet us..


    “Alpha Kane. We have bought Ryann Gale here, as you requested.”


    I try and keep myplete and utter shock and horror from my face.


    BELLAMY is the Alpha?


    Of COURSE he is.


    Because if I’m going to have a soul mate, it has to be with the mostplicated guy in the immediate


    area doesn’t it? I sigh internally. I probably need to pay better attention to Shifter politics, I get the


    feeling I am going to be mixed up in them plenty sometime in the future.


    Still, Bemy is the Alpha. Does this mean I should be treating him with more respect or something? I


    disregard the idea immediately. He isn’t MY Alpha. Besides, he basically just ordered me kidnapped.


    Not cool.


    “Thank you Shaun, Aaron. You may leave.” Both men give him a deep nod before turning and leaving


    the room. It urs to me that Aaron literally didn’t speak to me at all. He must be a very quiet person,


    or maybe he’s just shy.


    I decide to y it cool for now and to see what Bemy wants before I chew him out for kidnapping me


    and potentially getting me fired for skipping work.


    I put my hands on my hips and stare him down, keeping my face as nk as possible. Bemy


    gestures for me to take a seat opposite his desk but I shake my head.


    “I would rather stand.” I manage to get out without saying anything particrly aggressive to


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    him. So a win for my self–control I think. Bemy moves to sit on theer of his desk.


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    “I have decided that if you really have the power you im to have, then I should use it. You will spend


    some time and confirm the rtionship, threads you called them? Between my sister and Tristan. If it is


    true that he has another soul mate then you will help me locate and identify this person.” He exins.


    I stare at him incredulously. Does he honestly think I won’t have a problem with his demands, or being


    kidnapped? He literally just said he wants to use me. I’m not a toy he can pick up and y with!


    “No.” I state simply. His eyes shoot up to mine, he looks angry. I work not to drop my gaze as


    I usually do.


    “No?” he repeats.


    “Exactly. No. Okay, so I nned to hold my temper but I just can’t do it.


    “Why on Earth would I do anything you tell me to do? You’re ordering me around like I should care


    about what you think. No. I have no intention of listening to anything you have to say. You show up at


    my home and invite yourself in. Then, when I tell you to leave, you yell at me, and now you have


    basically kidnapped me! I was at work. I am probably going to lose my job now because I left early.


    What gives you the right to do any of this?” I demand. Bemy res at me.


    I am th


    Alpha here and leading people is my job.” He states boldly. I roll my eyes.


    “You aren’t my Alpha and you’re definitely no leader. You’re only a leader if people choose to follow


    you, I had no choice ining here. That makes you less of a leader and more of an asshole.” I


    exin.


    Bemy stands and steps closer to me, ring down at me.


    “You didn’t exactly leave me any choice. You refused to speak to me when I was at your


    house.”


    “Because you pushed your way in and demanded my time. Did it never ur to you to ASK


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    me, or maybe invite me to meet up with you? If you recall I got myself into this mess because I want to


    protect your sister. I’m not going to suddenly abandon that. I am perfectly willing to help your sister.


    What I am not willing to do is run around after you and obey your every


    order like some kind of pet.”


    I expect Bemy to be fuming by now.


    Instead of yelling back at me, he takes a step away and turns away from me. He sighs deeply and


    begins pacing the room. He walks back and forth at least three times before he turns back


    to face me.