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“Okay, so since you met Alpha Kane, what arguments or ufortable interactions have you had?”
Alex prompts,ptop at the ready preparing to take notes. I make eye contact with Bemy and grin.
He suddenly looks VERY
nervous.
“Well, my first negative interaction since meeting Bemy would have been… my first interaction with
Bemy.” Alex starts typing then freezes.
“Uh… what? But you and Alpha Kane are… I mean… oh damn. Am I supposed to know that? I can’t
remember if I’m supposed to be pretending not to notice. AM I supposed to be pretending not to
notice?” He anxiously asks, staring up at me. I can’t help butugh.
“Alex… I’m literally sitting in Bemy’sp. I don’t expect you to act dumb or pretend everything. I just
want to avoid gossip. I trust you, I didn’t think I needed to tell you that, but maybe I should have said
something carlier.” Oops, I didn’t realise that I was making Alex anxious, although he does seem to be
a pretty anxious person anyway. I’ll have to remember that. I guess part of his job is to worry about little
details, and he’s good at his job. I think he’s also very nervous around Bemy, Alex flushes red and
mutters an awkward thankyou. Bemy squeezes his arm around my waist, I think he appreciated me
comforting Alex a little. It’s something that he’s not always so good at. Megan is smiling happily
watching us and Darrien is smirking. He’s already heard mein all about Bemy plenty of times,
I think he’s enjoying being ‘in the know,”
“Uh… well, I’m going to just assume that Alpha Kane isn’t the one threatening you… Maybe you could
tell me who else is on the list?” Alex says awkwardly. I swear even Aaron smiles a little.
“Oh alright, well while I was talking to Bemy for the first time, there was my neighbour Paul who
turned up and freaked out at me for ‘associating with Shifters.‘ He got kicked out of the building for
being threatening. So I guess he might be upset about that.” I think aloud. Megan snorts out augh
and Darrien elbows her grinning.
“Yeah… that would probably count. Okay, so your old neighbour Paul. Who else?” Alex prompts. I list a
few other. people, random customers at work that threw tantrums or were problematic. Not particrly
likely candidates.
“There were the Vampires you guys had a tussle with, and whoever it was that sent them.” Megan
adds.
“I doubt it would be the Vampires, they already tried to make amends. I suspect they were sent by the
Canine Alpha trying to cause trouble for me.” Bemy concludes.
“I don’t think the Alphas particrly have a problem with Ryann, mostly because it hasn’t urred to
them that she matters. Well… except to Kohan who apparently sees a lot more than I realised.”
Bemyments. Darrien rolls his
eyes.
“Nah, the other two are just so caught up in themselves that they don’t notice anything else. Alpha
Aspen is just the only one who pays attention. Alpha Kane, respectfully… you aren’t subtle.” Darrien
looks like he’s trying not tough. I do appreciate how everyone is trying to lighten the mood while we
list people who might hate me and why. It makes it a little less depressing.
“I know someone who definitely didn’t like you.” Bemy is smirking and I have to repress the desire to
groan,
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“Don’t say it.” I whine. But Bemy won’t be dissuaded.
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“I remember a certain hostess when we went out to dinner that one time. She REALLY didn’t like you.”
He is definitely enjoying himself waaaay too much. This is too much for Darrien who bursts out
laughing.
“Wait, I know you were all pissed off that night, youined about itter, but I thought it was
because you fought with Alpha Kane, now I’m thinking it’s because you were JEALOUS.” He teases. I
re at him.
“I had nothing to be jealous of.” I answer primly. Bemy is still smirking and I elbow him in the
stomach. He lets out a grunt as I make contact but other than that, he doesn’t seem particrly
bothered by my violence. Darn him.
“I seriously doubt the hostess of the restaurant is threatening my life because I threw away her phone
number. She was the one hitting on you when you were clearly there on a non–date with me!” I object.
At that, the entire room bursts out inughter. Except Aaron. Seriously, what do I have to do to make
himugh? Does heugh? I’m starting to think that he might be a robot. It takes a few minutes for
everyone to sober up, but the smiles quickly fall from everyone’s faces when Megan speaks.
“Well, the most obvious answer on who you’ve had trouble with is Tristain. But… Well, I killed him. So I
doubt that he’s involved.” She says grimly. I notice Darrien reaching to take her hand. He hesitates a
moment. I stare at him until he makes eye contact with me then raise an eyebrow and direct my eyes to
his hand. He rolls his eyes, takes a deep breath then grabs her hand quickly, clearly just doing it before
he chickens out. I see Megan squeeze his hand back and I can’t help but smile. I’m so d that
Darrien is around. I can’t imagine how awful Megan would feel after everything with Tristain if he wasn’t
here to boost her self esteem again. I’m also weirdly grateful for my own weird magic right now. I would
be super worried about this if I didn’t know that they’re meant to be.
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Not longter, Shaun returns from taking Amber home. He looks… ted. So I guess things went well
for him. Things
to be going well for everyone to be honest. I definitely need to find Aaron’s soul mate. I REALLY wanna
know who he will end up with. But first things first, Kiara. Who else has a problem with me? Someone
actually ALIVE would be more likely as a suspect, and while listing all these people has been sort of
funny, I really don’t believe any of them dislike me enough to want to hurt me. Who am I missing? I’m
so caught up in my own thoughts that I barely notice as Bemy and Darrien are talking. When I finally
look up, Darrien is gone. At my confused look Bemy exins.
“He went to go get some of his stuff, if he’s going to be staying here for a while, he’s going to need his
things.” He points out. Oh, I totally forgot about that. It’s going to be interesting having him around,
honestly I doubt much will change, he spends so much time here during the day anyway. I’m not sure
I’ll even notice having Aaron here. He just sits around quietly judging everyone most of the time. I’m
fairly sure we should all be scared of him, he probably knows every embarrassing thing we’ve ever
done… mostly because he’s so non–obtrusive and non–gossipy that we just forget to hide things from
him. It’s a good thing he’s quiet. The things he
must know….
Darrien isn’t gone long and when he gets back we decide it’s probably time to send everyone home.
Harry has been quiet for a while. He keeps looking at his phone. Probably wondering if it’s toote for
him to go harass Cam some more. He’s the first to leave.
“I need to go walk Cam home.” He deres.
“Uh, does Cam know that you’re walking her home?” I call after him as he leaves. He just waves at me.
Okay, that’s suspicious. Soon, the house clears out and it’s just myself, Bemy, Megan and Darrien
left. Darrien’s phone rings and he smiles as he answers it.
“Hey.”
“Yeah.”
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“I did, I’m staying at the Alpha’s home for now.”
“Yes, she is here too. Yes, I know.” He looks kind of embarrassed.
“Yes, I’ll call you tomorrow. Love you too.” He hangs up. I stare suspiciously at his back as he carries
his stuff upstairs to the guest room that Megan picked out for him.
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DeliliaLa
Hmmmm Darrien spill the beans mister. Who is it that you love other then Meghan?
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