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The next hour passes peacefully. Megan and I go through tons of items of clothing and sort through
what we like and don’t like. I try to limit the number of items I say yes to, trying not to overdo it but
Megan has no such scruples. Bemy hovers around, tidying the kitchen and asionally chiming in
with his opinion about specific items. Megan is just entering Bemy’s credit card details which she
apparently has memorised when Bemyes and hugs me from behind. He seems more thrilled
with the purchases than I am, which is probably the reason I feel okay about it.
“It’s almost time for the meeting. We should go make sure the link is working properly and everything.”
Bemy says eagerly. I look up at him and I can see excitement on his face. I hadn’t realised he was so
enthusiastic about this, but I suppose he is almost as invested as I am, he’s just not quite as
traumatised and exhausted as me right now. Megan heads to the living room, letting me know that we
can just holler if we need her for anything while Bemy and I return to his office to get set up.
I insist on moving a second chair behind the desk so that we can both fit in the camera’s
view.
“You could just sit on myp.” Bemy suggests with a cheeky grin. I roll my eyes.
“Yeah because that’s a good first impression.” I answer sarcastically. Bemy shrugs.
“I’m pretty sure if I was meeting someone for the first time I would be impressed if they had a girl as
gorgeous as you on theirp.” He points out. I choke out augh.
“I was talking about their first impression of me!”
“I already know they’ll love you. Who wouldn’t? Five minutes with any of our Shifters and they love you,
why would these people be any different?” He reasons as he waves me away and moves the chair
from the opposite side of the desk that is usually used by guests, behind. the desk next to his seat. He
shoves his chair to the side a bit so that my spot is more centred
to the camera.
“I’m fairly sure that not all the Shifters love me.” I object and Bemy shrugs.
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“Okay, well maybe a few of them are jealous of you. But that’s only the ones you haven’t spoken to
directly and charmed yet. All the ones you’ve actually had proper interactions with
like you plenty.” He seems reluctant to admit that any of the Shifters don’t like me. But it is
true, I’m
realistic enough to know that. I also suspect the two men from this morning probably aren’t having
particrly fond thoughts about me right now since I tore into them a bit. Not that I regret it, I only told
them things that they needed to hear. But people rarely actually like to hear the truth. That actually
might be why I get along so well with Harry. He’s always been willing to hear the truth. I settle into my
spot and Bemy sits next to me in his
seat.
“There should be an email with a link for the video call in my inbox. I had Alex set it up properly and
send all the invitations, just in case. I figured it eliminates the chance of me messing it up.” Bemy
exins. I nod and open up his email program. As usual, he has a ton of emails. It’s the most recent
one that grabs my attention though. It came through maybe ten minutes ago and it’s from Shelly. Did
something go wrong that she was too shy to tell us about? I click on it immediately.
Good Afternoon Alpha Kane,
I wanted to thank you for your assistance this morning dealing with Rick and Adrian. I really was at a
loss on how to deal with them and you while this morning was obviously kind of awkward, at least it’s
over now. I would also like to ask if you could please pass along my thanks to your houseguest Ryann.
I really appreciate her input and I think she really got through to them.
I hope I am not overstepping when I say that I believe you have chosen very well and she is great
Alpha. She seems lovely and you deserve that. I am ashamed to say that I was initially ufortable
asking you for help. Please rest assured that it isn’t because you’re not a good Alpha, you are. But
more because it is a sort of sensitive matter that I had only really discussed with my close female
friends. But when their fighting became public there didn’t seem to be any point trying to conceal the
issue and keep it private any longer. Still, my point is that it is the kind of issue I would have been more
comfortable approaching a woman with. I thought it might be worth telling you that I’m actually not the
only one who feels this way. I did notice that you have yet to make any kind of public announcement
regarding the female Alpha, but I was wondering if it would be okay to let some of the other women
know that Ryann is around and that they might approach her for help asionally if they aren’t
comfortable talking to a man…
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Thank you again for your help,
Shelly
I stare at the screen nk faced and Bemy scoots forward a little so he can read the email
too. He frowns.
“I don’t understand, how did she know we’re together? Did I do something to give it away? I understand
how Rio figured it out, that was a stupid mistake on my part, but all I did was
introduce you as my friend.” He sounds honestly baffled. I’m about to answer when Megan yells from
the living room.
“ARE YOU SERIOUS BELLAMY?” shees thundering down the hall so loudly that if I didn’t know
better, I would have thought that someone twice her size was approaching. She skids to a halt in the
doorway with her hands on her hips..
“What?” Bemy asks, an eyebrow raised.
“Are you stupid?” Megan asks bluntly.
“Excuse me?” Bemy res at her and Megan rolls her eyes.
“I’m sorry but it’s obvious to anyone who is paying attention that you guys are together. Bels, I mean
this in the nicest way possible… but you don’t really HAVE friends. Now suddenly you have a female
friend who is staying with you for an extended period of time. Not to mention she is attending formal
mediation meetings and is even contributing. You might think you’re being subtle but Bels, you wear
your heart on your sleeve and anyone who knows you can tell. that you treat Ry special.” Bemy looks
like she’s punched him.
“I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, in fact it ispletely, sickeningly, disgustingly, sweet. But it is also very
obviously different to how you treat anyone else. As it should be.” She says with satisfaction. Bemy is
still lookingpletely dumbstruck. I’m fairly sure he is mentally reying everything that happened
this morning and trying to work out what he did that was so unusual. Megan whirls around and
dramatically heads back down to the living room. Bemy angles his chair to face me. He looks kind of
embarrassed, I can see a tinge of red flushing his cheeks and the tips of his ears. It’s sort of adorable
actually.
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“I… I would have warned you or given you the option to stay upstairs if I knew that the meeting would
be such a giveaway. I thought I was ying it cool but… apparently I was wrong.” He sounds guilty. I
grab his hand and squeeze it in mine.
“It’s alright. You didn’t realise. Besides, I like that you treat me special. No one has ever done that
before. I told you when Rio found out. I don’t want either of us to lie or fake anything. I just don’t want
too much attention on us all at once.” I remind him. He smiles at me happily.
“Either way, I feel kind of bad. What do you want to do about her request?” He asks, his eyes flicking
back to the screen. He looks… hopeful. I know what he wants from me, the question is if I’m ready for
it.
“I’ll think about it. Just give me a little time.” I answer awkwardly. Bemy nods supportively and
nces at the time.
“It’s almost time, we should join the video call.” I nod and with my heart racing in my chest, I
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