Strings of Fate
The Final Chapter- Ryann
I am so insanely excited and anxious that I might actually pass out. I probably look a little pale because
Bemy puts down the box he was carrying and pulls me into a reassuring hug.
“Calm down, everything will be fine.” He promises. I rest my head against his chest and take a few
deep breaths.
“I know, I’m just worried. It was super nice of you to arrange for Maggie to get a ce in the Shifter
compound, and I’m beyond thrilled that Logan’s mum has decided he’s better off living with her full
time. I’m so excited to live near Maggie again and it’ll be lovely for Kiara to have her friend nearby.
But… what if the others don’t approve? I mean, it’s one thing for me to live in thepound, we are
engaged after all. But I’m bringing in more non–Shifters. What if people get angry?” I ask anxiously. I
know I already decided to do this, and Bemy was actually the one who suggested it when I was
stressing that Maggie really shouldn’t bet living alone and that she wanted to take in Logan but didn’t
have the space. It’s the perfect solution, but I don’t want everyone to hate me because of it. I know my
friends won’t mind, but there are still plenty of Shifters that I don’t know well yet. Bemyughs.
“It will be fine, I promise. You’re far too loveable for anyone to be really upset with you. Plus I’m sure
Maggie will have everyone on their knees begging for her to feed them in no time. What you need to do
is rx. You’re so stressed out. We get married in a week and at this rate you’re going to copse
halfway down the aisle!” He says the words as a joke but the concern is real. He’s right, I’m stressing
out. I need to rx. Thankfully, It’s kind of hard to keep stressing with his arms around me. We stay like
that for a few more minutes, then continue helping Maggie pack up her boxes. We’re just about to take
the first load of stuff down now. Maggie will be paying rent, she insists. But she can now rent out her
old ce too so she has enough money to manage it.
Kiara bounces over to us.
“Thest box is all taped up! Ibelled it for the kitchen.” She beams a smile at me. She’s ecstatic that
her best friend is moving so close. I’m going to have to keep an eye on the two of them. Logan is a
pretty mature kid, but Kiara has definitely been bringing out his mischevious sidetely. Still, she’s
changed so much in thest few months it’s amazing. She’s so much more outgoing. There are times
when she gets quiet and sad or scared, but between talking to a therapist and spending time with
Logan, she has been doing a lot better.
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She’s still nervous around strangers, particrly women, but around friends and family she is far more
herself. When I asked her to be the flower girl for my wedding she was thrilled and she’s talked about
almost nothing else for weeks.
“Good job.” Iplement her. I look around for Logan who is rarely far behind. He wanders over from
the other side of the car with a pleased smile.
“Have you finished packing all your things Logan?” I ask. He confirms that he has. Most of his stuff was
at Maggie’s anyway. It was really only a few furniture items and some clothes at his mum’s ce.
“Perfect. So, with all your stuff in the car there’s no space for you guys. But Megan and Darrien will be
coming by in a few minutes to pick you up and drive you to your new ce. Sound good?” I confirm.
“Yes!” He is bouncing in ce. I was worried he would be hurt that his mum was so willing to send him
to live elsewhere, but ‘he actually just seems relieved. He’s a smart kid, he knows this is for the best.
Besides, it’s not like his mother doesn’t love him and he knows that. She’s
just not a very responsible person. She wasn’t ready to have a kid and she just never learned.
I head inside to let Maggie know that we’re leaving and that the kids will be waiting with her. She is just
finishing a final clean up.
“Are you sure this is okay honey? You’re all going out of your way for me so much.” She sounds a little
guilty and I immediately feel better about the whole thing. Not because she feels bad but because I
remember why I wanted her near us in the first ce.
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“Of course I’m sure! You’re my family. Besides, you’ve been taking care of me for years. It’s my turn to
help take care of you. Plus, this way when Logan and Kiara inevitably decide to sneak out in the middle
of the night to see eachother, at least they won’t be wandering through town at night.” I joke. Sort of.
I’m a little bit serious. Logan DID actually sneak out once a few weeks ago. Kiara had a nightmare and
instead of waking me up, she called him. I didn’t know what was going on until Maggie called me
saying that she couldn’t find Logan. He turned up on our doorstep about twenty minutester. The
biggest surprise was that he wasn’t alone. Shaun of all people had picked him up on the street and
brought him over. Apparently Amber had asked him to wait on that corner at three in the morning, so
she must have known like she always does. Both kids got a lecture about safety and talking to us first if
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they need to go out somewhere. Logan refused to apologise. He insisted that his friend needed
cheering up and that he didn’t think the adults would let him go sote at night. Eventually we all came
to an agreement that as long as there was a GOOD reason, we wouldn’t refusete night meetings as
long as they asked first and got an adult to drive. Still, it
gave us all a bit of a fright and now I know that the kids are willing to sneak out if that’s what it takes.
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Belmy drives and we arrive at Maggie and Logan’s new home which is already bustling with activity.
Shaun and Amber got here early. Amber insisted on making lunch for everyone and she’s been
working on it all morning. Darrien and Megan arrive about fifteen minutes after we do, Maggie, Logan
and Kiara in tow. Megan is quite literally dragging Maggie by the arm into the house.
“Come on! We have a surprise for you!” She insists. A surprise? I wasn’t aware of any surprise. What is
going on? I nce at Bemy who grins. Oh he’s in on this too. Why didn’t I know about it? I narrow
my eyes at him and he winks at me unrepenteantly.
“Sorry love, but everyone was too worried you would tell her and ruin the surprise. Plus you’ve been
busy enough with wedding ns.” He takes my hand and we follow the group. Inside Maggie is
standing in the kitchen and she is near tears. I can see why. The kitchen isn’t the one she sae a few
weeks ago when she came to check out the ce. It has been reced with the most gorgeous
looking kitchen I have ever seen. With a huge oven, granite benchtops lined with a fancy looking
kitchenaid and a full set of baking tins and other supplies. It’s any bakers dream. How the heck did they
manage all of this?
“Surprise!” Megan calls out excitedly.
“This is a gift from all of us. We started a collection when you first decided to move in. You make us so
many treats we thought it was only fair. Originally it was just Me, Amber, Bemy, Ryann, Alex, Megan,
Darrien and Aaron. It was meant to be a sort of housewarming thing. But when we started looking into
it more and more people wanted to chip in. Basically the entire security team put money towards it.
Then when everyone else heard that we were making a special kitchen for Ryann’s family, a lot of
people volunteered to help out so we got most of the actual work done for free.” Shaun exins
excitedly. Wow, I didn’t realise everyone would be so excited to have Maggie here. Bemy was right, I
really didn’t need to worry after all.
“Oh you dear sweet things. I’m going to have to make each and every one of you your favourite
deserts. So you had better start a list or a sign up sheet of something. I’ll have to
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give this new kitchen a whirl!” She is actually crying at this point and I’m about two seconds away from
joining her.
“That’s going to take a lot of baking and will cost a lot. So I’m making a new rule. Anything you bake
and give out to our Shifters you can bill the ingredients to me.” He deres. Maggie
shakes her head.
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“Oh no, I couldn’t.” She refuses.
“I insist. Think of it as my keeping up morale.” He insists. The two of them go back and forth. for a few
minutes, but eventually Maggie caves and agrees to let Bemy contibute to her baking supplies. I
suspect she will need it with how the Shifters fight over her baking.
Amber is getting ready to serve lunch when Aaron finally arrives. He isn’t working today since. I’m with
Bemy anyway. But apparently this moving day has turned into a surprise party and everyone is
invited. I’m beyond excited when I realise he has bought along a plus one. FINALLY I get to meet his
mystery girl. Aaron nods a greeting to me, but his girlfriend drags him forward, holding his hand and
swinging it between the two of them.
“Hi I’m Penny. And you must be Ryann!” She shakes my hand with her free hand before
continuing.
“And your Bemy. Which means that must be Shaun and Amber. I assume that is Maggie. The cute
little blonde over there must be Kiara and the strappingd is Logan. Megan and Darrien are the two on
the other side of the counter, right?” She points us all out like she’s on a game show and she’s ying
to win.
“Uh… yeah. That’s right. It’s lovely to meet you Penny. Hey you’re not an Oracle, are you? Because
that was impressive.” Iment. Sheughs, a light tinkling sound that is strangely
pleasant.
“No, no. I’m actually half Siren.” She responds easily.
“Oh. Well how did you know all our names? Did you study up on us or something?” I ask
jokingly.
“Sure, I made up sh cards and quizzed myself. I’m still waiting to meet Alex, Cam and
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Harrison.” She grins at me, flicks her hair out of her face then continues.
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“Nah, I’m just kidding. It was easy to figure out. Aaron talks about you guys all the time.” She exins.
We all stare. Somehow it was more believeable that she had stalked us all online and
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We spend a few minutes getting to know Penny who is as chatty as Aaron is quiet. We’re just setting
up a pic lunch since we haven’t actually brought over Maggie’s furniture yet when Harry and Cam
turn up.
“EVERYONE WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!” Harry deres, throwing the front door open and
rushing in. He does pause to hug Maggie and high five Kiara before standing before us all expectantly.
“Come on, someone ask!” He whines, Cam rolls her eyes and swats him on the arm yfully.
“They don’t have to ask. I’m just going to tell them. The registration for my new coven has officially
been approved thanks to you guys! That means I can finally sell potions and spells. Just in time for the
big re–branding party next weekend! You’re alling right?” She tells us excitedly. We all break out in
cheers and congrattions. Cam needs to be in a coven to sell magic, but since she isn’tfortable
in her family’s coven anymore she needed a new one. The whole thing was Harry’s idea. He checked
the MRO’s official rules for coven registration and discovered that thews don’t specify that coven
members have to be Witches. It actually just states that they have to be ‘magic users.‘ So, Harry,
Amber and I are now the newest members of Cam’s coven. At this point it’s basically a drinking club
and Megan attends all our ‘meetings‘ but what matters is that Cam can finally operate her bar the way
she wants to. all sit down to lunch and by the end of it, Penny has signed up to join our coven and has
promised to sing at the big re–branding party.
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I watch on in satisfaction and when the colourful strings joining everyone in the boisterous. group starts
to overwhelm me, I step into the hall to get a break from everyone. Bemy follows and pulls me into a
hug.
“You know what this means?” I ask. He pulls back and tilts his head curiously.
“What?” He asks.
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“It’s official. When we were first getting to know eachother you told me that Shifters are
better off seperated from everyone else. You’re officially wrong.” I dere and heughs.
“I figured that out a long time ago. You, me, and our huge, mixed up, crazy family. We are definitely
much better off together.” He confirms. I can’t help it. I reach up on my tip toes. and kiss him. With this
lot around, I don’t know if I will ever have another quiet day in my life. But I can’t bring myself to regret
a thing and I will always be grateful for the day that Bemy came knocking on my door and for every
day I have surrounded by my strings of fate.
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