Strings of Fate
Cam 3- Felines and favours
I’m in the back room of Witches Booze sorting inventory and working out if I need to do an order this
week or if it can wait another few days. It’s a monotonous task but one I’ve never really minded doing.
It’s sort of rxing, organising, ordering, sorting. It’s simple. There’s a wrong answer and a right
answer. If I have enough of something I put it away and if I don’t then I add it to the order list. I could
delegate this task to one of my employees but I prefer to do it myself so that I can be confident it’s done
exactly how I want it. I have a battery powered speaker which I hacked with magic to have a stupidly
long battery life and I am humming along to my ylist while having slices of the pizza I ordered for
dinner. It’ste, the bar has already closed for the night, but sometimes after work I’m a little amped up
and not ready to go home so I like to stay and get things done. Cleaning, ordering, finances. Basically
anything that means I can take a morning off and sleep in. Plus it’s always so peaceful at night when
the customers are gone and I can just rx here alone. Even better, thiste at night there’s no chance
of my family trying to call and harass me about my life. choices. My confidence that it won’t be my
mother calling me is the only reason I answer my phone without checking the caller I.D.
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“Hello?” I answer, the room feeling oddly silent since the music stopped when I picked up the call. I
switch it to speakerphone and drop it on my work table so that I can keep sorting my
inventory.
“Hello Camille.” A grumpy sounding voice greets me and I can’t help but grin.
“Hey E. Why are you calling sote?” I ask. E is a Shifter and a doctor. She helps me with some of
my more experimental potions and in exchange I keep her stocked with healing potions, numbing
spells, stuff like that. Sadly it isn’t as simple as just a one size fits all heals everything potion. Different
races need different mixes just like they do with alcohol and different spells will heal different things.
There are potions for replenishing blood, ones that are like antibiotics, ones to reduce pain, close
wounds, help bruising heal faster. Some can be mixed together and others can’t. So making them and
administering them is a difficult and detailed task. I could never decide what the best potion is to give
someone who is in need of medical assistance and E would have no idea how to mix the potions. So
we work together
and we both learn.
“I’m calling to ask you a favour, or rather I’m asking a favor on behalf of my Alpha’s mate who will
eventually also be Alpha. If you want to refuse I wouldn’t hold it against you and I
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did warn them that I will not pressure you to help. I’m only calling sote because… Well the Alpha’s
mate… She’s not what I expected. I want to help her and I think that she’s in something of a hurry.” She
exins. Oh? That’s interesting. E is well known for disliking everyone and everything. She’s grumpy
and pessimistic. For her to say she likes someone is a big deal.
“What’s the favour?” I prompt..
“They need to ask questions about Witches and details about a few specific spells. You know it’s hard
to find Witches willing to share. She grumbles. It’s amonint of hers How advanced medical
care could be if people would just work together and not be so
secretive.
“That’s true, but I could get in a lot of trouble if it gets around that I’m sharing secrets.” I remind her, a
little concerned but not really. If E likes someone, that’s really enough for me. She doesn’t trust
easily. It’s surprising enough that she told these people about me, but I guess she can’t really keep
secrets from her Alpha. Although we’ve been running our experiments for over a year now and he’s
never wanted to talk to me before now. I didn’t even
realise he knew I existed.
“Don’t go worrying now girl. I didn’t tell anyone. That new girl of his is sharp. She figured I had to have
a contact if I had ess to as many potions as I do. She asked after you.” E sounds both impressed
and pissed off that this woman ispetent. I can’t help butugh.
She reminds me of my own grandmother. Or at least how my grandmother seemed to me when I was a
kid andpletely unaware of politics, bloodlines and power. Just a cranky old woman with a bit of a
sweet spot that shows in how she acts rather than how she speaks. It makes me miss my grandmother.
Actually no, I don’t miss her, I miss the person I thought she was and I miss believing that she cared
about my happiness more than what I can do for *her. I’d never admit it to her, but I’m lonely without my
family and E… well she fills that
void in a way. Which is why there really isn’t any favour I wouldn’t grant her.
“I’m not worried. I trust you. If you think I can help your Alpha and his mate then I’m happy to talk to
them. How’s tomorrow night? They could stop by the bar. I’ll ask Cora to pick up an extra shift so I can
be free to talk out the back, she’s trying to save for a new car so I’m pretty sure she will say yes.” I
answer, already nning out my evening for tomorrow.
“Perfect. Eight O, Clock?” She confirms.
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“Sounds great.” I agree.
“Good. The Feline Shifter Alphas will both being I assume. Alpha Kane isn’t letting her out of his
sight right now if he can help it.” She talks about her Alpha the same way she always does. With
reluctant admiration. I can’t help but giggle.
“Oh don’t you start with me girl.” She grumbles.
* bet you know how it goes.” I promise.”
“You don’t need to report back to me…” She pauses before continuing.
*Til expect an update, not tomorrow night though. That’s far toote. I’m only up now as a favour. You
can text me.” She deres, then as is her way she hangs up on me without warning. It’s silent for half a
second before my music resumes. I turn it down, it’s almost
Innoyingly loud after the quiet phone call. Now that was interesting. I’m actually kind of excited to find
out what the Feline Alphas might want to ask me about, and if it means sharing Witchy secrets or
ruining my parent’s sales, then even better. I would feel bad about it, but really nothing I do is going to
even make a dent in their bottom line and even if it did. they can more than afford it. Plus they deserve
it after trying to spell me the way they did. Still, I’m excited. I finish up the inventory stuff and set a
reminder in my phone to call Cora first thing to ask her to pick up the shift. I head home to get some
sleep, but sleepes slow because I’m busy trying to decide what drink I should make the Alphas.
I’ve been making a lot of interesting drinkstely. It’s actually been pretty fun, even if I have been
making them all for one overly friendly Incubus.
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