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Nothing happens. Well that was anticlimactic. “So… is something meant to happen?” Harry asks. I
shrug.
“I don’t know. I’m not a Witch.” I point out.
“Well… can you let go of the bottle now?” Bemy asks. Without hesitation, Harry opens his fingers
and the GLASS bottle goes tumbling towards the floor. I gasp in horror. Bemy’s hand snaps out and
catches it at thest second.
“Oops. Talk about cat–like reflexes though.” He holds up his now free hand to Bemy for a high–five.
Bemy just res at him and hands me the potion bottle.
“Thanks. Good catch, Bels. Harry… I’m starting to see why Cam spelled the bottle onto your hand.
Why would you just DROP the potion?” I demand.
“You said to let go. I let go.” He says unrepentantly.
“I didn’t mean- Ugh. Why am I even bothering? This is a waste of time.” A thought urs to me and I
smirk at Harry. He looks at me suspiciously.
“What? What did you just think of?” He demands. I shrug.
“Oh, nothing much. Just that I shouldplement Cam on how thoughtful she was to spell this bottle to
your hand after what I just saw, I did promise her an update.” I say, promise in my tone. Harry’s eyes
widen in horror.
“NO! Don’t do that! She already thinks I’m irresponsible!” He objects. Harry turns to Bemy.
“I have Shifter friends, I knew you would catch it. Seriously, I did. I knew it wouldn’t get broken!” He
insists. Bemy looks tom between being smug and annoyed. Like he’s thinking “duh of course I can
catch it, but you’re still an ass.” Harry looks like he’s on the verge of a panic attack. I take pity on him.
“It’s alright Harry. I won’t say anything. I know you wouldn’t have broken it. Not really.” I reassure him.
Bemy still looks doubtful, but when Harry turns to look at him with pleading eyes he gives a slight nod
and I smile at him. It’s sweet that Harry is actually taking it seriously with Cam, although I doubt she
realises that yet. He isn’t great at appearing like he takes anything seriously, especially himself. As is
demonstrated by how he is currently licking the whiskey off his fingers.
“Mmm, this is good stuff. Can I get a proper drink?” Harry asks. Bemy nces at me and I shrug.
With a sigh, Bemy steps into the kitchen to grab a ss and returns with a drink for him. He also gets
me a drink, but not whiskey. It’s not really my thing. He brings me a ss of wine.
“You’re not drinking?” Harry asks, Bemy shakes his head.
“Nah, not right now. I’m having a great day. Don’t really want to dull it with alcohol.” He says cheerfully
with a wink in my direction. I blush.
“Oooooooooh.” Harry says in his most childish teasing tone.
“Did something HAPPEN?” He looks pointedly between Bemy and I. Bemy smirks and I roll my
eyes.
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“Fine. Yes. But I’m only going to say this once, then you need to leave and I don’t want to hear a single
word from you. Harass me in the group chatter or something okay?” I stare him down. Harry mimes
zipping and locking his lips then throwing away the key. I take a deep breath.
“Okay. I told Bemy I love him.” I force out. Harry looks like he is repressing a squeal. Bemy steps
up beside me and hooks his arm around my waist, pulling me close to his side.
“And I said it back, in case that wasn’t
to the front door.
Vious.” He adds. At that, Harry rolls his eyes. Then he starts heading straight
“Okay, I’m leaving and saying noth
as promised. But keep an eye on the group chat. In the meantime, I need to go remind Cam that she
totally owes me for helping with that delivery.” He grins and leaves in a hurry.
“Well, I guess I should put this somewhere safe until we find someone who actually knows Kiara well
enough to be able to use it.” I say. I can’t decide if having the potion is exciting or depressing. It’s like
having the key to a car that doesn’t work. Sure, it’s great. You have a car and it MIGHT be useful. But
unless you can get it working, all it does is take up space and make you feel guilty, particrly when
you know how useful it COULD be. Bemy agrees and offers to put it in the safe. I frown.
“You have a safe?” I ask. Heughs.
e shows “We do. Yes. In the office. I’ll show you,e on.” He says cheerfully, leading me by the hand.
In the office he shows me how there is a safe built in behind one of the bookshelves. It’s kind of
awesome. The type of safe that you only see
on TV.
“I’m so impressed. This is really cool.” Bemy shows me how to open the safe and gives me the code.
Most of what is in it is random paperwork, but there are a few other items, jewellery, weird looking
artefacts. I ask about them and Bemy exins that most of the Shifter’s spelled or confiscated items
are kept here. Most of them aren’t really all that useful. He also keeps paperwork, proof of ownership
and the important documentation for the many businesses the Shifters are involved in. I carefully ce
the potion in a little empty corner, pushing it back to make sure that it’ll be safe and won’t tip out or
anything when the safe door gets opened again.
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Since we’re in the office anyway, Bemy takes a moment to ch*ck his emails for anything urgent
before we get ready for bed. I climb into the recliner and push it back as far as it goes. I have every
intention of just zoning out, maybe scrolling aimlessly through some social media. Except wait, I have
another message. It’s from an unknown number.
Unknown- Good afternoon, I don’t know exactly how to address this but I have an issue I was hoping to
get help with. I’m not sure that Alpha Kane is the right person to discuss it with. A few of my friends
suggested I message this number. They said you and the Alpha are good friends and you might be
able to help me. It’s okay if you can’t. I just thought I would try.
Unknown- My name is Sara by the way.
Oh, wow. I know I gave out my number, but I didn’t think anyone would take me up on the offer so
quickly. I answer immediately, not wanting her to think that I’m not willing to help.
Ryann- Hello Sara, you can call me Ryann. If you tell me what’s wrong I’ll see what I can do to help you
out. I understand that sometimes it might be hard to approach Alpha Kane with certain matters.
my
Unknown: Maybe Sara- Thankyou! Okay, so my issue is that my dad is REALLY overprotective. Like I
love him and
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everything but it’s getting ridiculous. I’m eighteen years old and he won’t let me go out alone or with
any other men as protection. I never get to go out unless he is with me. I’m stuck with him ALL the
time. I understand that right now there are additional warnings in ce for young women and I’m not
trying to ignore them. But this has been going on for ages. I want to go to university next year but
unless he ns to attend sses with me, I’m scared he’s going to refuse to let me go. I know I could
just move out, get a job and all that, support myself. But I don’t want topletely cut my dad out or
leave him alone. I just want him to understand I need a little more freedom. I’m not a little girl anymore.
I didn’t think Alpha Kane would understand, I mean his sister is in university but she has a guard all the
time, so maybe he would agree with my dad. But there are plenty of other Shifters who get to go out
without babysitters. Sorry, I know this is a lot, but I just really don’t know what to do. I just really need
some advice please!
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