Strings of Fate - Chapter 293
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| make it to the bar in under thirty minutes and spend the next half hour anxiously cleaning the already immaculate bar. Cora did
a great job closing last night, the place is exactly how | like it. I’m going to have to make it up to her. Honestly I think | need to
hire another bartender, we’re getting more and more busy. | should really give her a raise or a promotion or something. She’s
more than earned it. | end up sitting on the customer side of the bar and | basically stare at the front door while | swing and kick
my legs anxiously. Finally, Ryann arrives, but she’s not alone. She has three people with her. Megan, Darrien and Aaron. Shit,
how am | going to have a proper private conversation with her in front of all of them? | left the front door open so they let
themselves in. Darrien greets me with a small smile and Aaron nods. The two women are a little less friendly. Megan raises an
eyebrow at me and
Ryann crosses her arms over her chest.
“Well?” She says expectantly and | sigh.
“| suppose you want an explanation for why | would call Harry’s best friend over the day after he essentially dumped me.” |
answer flatly.
“Pretty much, yeah.” Megan chimes in. My eyes dart to the guys nervously. Darrien is nice but Aaron intimidates me a little, he’s
so big and quiet. It makes him kind of unapproachable.
“Uh… is there any chance we can have this talk in private?” | ask weakly. Ryann shrugs and Megan laughs.
“There’s no point. They’ll know everything we talk about sooner or later. Besides, Harry sent a LONG and detailed message to
the group chat last night and pretty much every hour since then so | doubt there’s much you can say that we haven’t all heard
already.” Ryann says, a little sympathetically. | take a deep breath and let it out again.
“Fine. In that case, I’m an idiot. | screwed up and | need your help to get Harry back.” | tell them boldly. | honestly expect them to
say no, | mean why would they want to help the girl who screwed over their friend?
“Sure. What can we do?” Ryann asks happily. Huh, what? Why is she being so cooperative? | narrow my eyes at her
suspiciously. Is this a set up of some kind? | don’t get it. | was expecting to have to beg and plead for their help. Or that at very
least | would have to get
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them drunk first. My thoughts must be clear on my face because Ryann finally drops her arms to her side and Megan relaxes.
“| know, you thought you would have to grovel. But honestly, | am in no position to be lecturing you about your relationship
decisions. | screwed things up with Bellamy in my own way and it took me months to pull myself together enough to fix it. I’m not
going to leave you to do the sanfe thing, for you and for Harry’s sake.” Ryann says kindly and | want to throw myself at her in a
hug. Megan nods her agreement.
“Yeah… And | almost married someone who wanted to kill me because | was so oblivious that | didn’t even consider Darrien as
an option. So I’d say neither of us are exactly the poster girls for good relationship decisions.” Megan says, shooting an adoring
look at Darrien who takes her hand and tugs her close to his side.
“So… What you’re basically saying is that you’re just as terrible at this as | am and asking you for advice is probably not the
smartest plan I’ve ever had?” | joke. Darrien laughs.
“You’re not wrong.” Megan elbows him in the ribs and me makes a big deal out of pretending to be in pain.
“Actually, that’s why we bought Aaron, he gives weirdly good relationship advice assuming you can actually get him to answer
you.” She winks at me. | suspect that she is making things up because she just wants someone else to join her in her mission of
pestering Aaron into trying to talk.
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“Well as much as | appreciate you bringing the apparent relationship guru, it was actually you | wanted to talk to.” | admit. Ryann
nods.
“Go on.” She prompts. | delay a little bit longer by suggesting everyone gets settled at a table. and | fetch drinks for everyone.
“No spelled booze for us please, we’re still working.” Darrien chimes in, gesturing to himself and Aaron. | make sure to just serve
them regular alcohol. We’re all sitting at a booth and | finally ask my question.
“So, | need to know about Incubi, especially about their magic and how it works. I’ve been running off a whole bunch of
assumptions and stereotypes and I’m starting to think that
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“| can help with that. | grew
most do. Do you have any specific questions?” She asks. | flounder.
un around Incubi so | learned a lot more about their magic than
“| don’t think | know enough to even ask what it is | need to know.” | sigh.
“Okay, so Incubi for beginners. For
starters all that rubbish about being
demons and stuff is completely fake.
They just happen to have magic that
affects emotions. But deep emotions
are harder to affect, it works easiest
on shallow emotions, like lust. Partly
because they’re the ones you don’t
usually think about too hard or try to
explain away but also because Incubi
influence ene by ag)
reflecting thet Gwh’emotions back
onto someone. So if they’re happy
they can make you feel happy, or
horny they might make you feel…
lustful. Basically you feel what they
feel, but if it’s not something you
would actually feel then it won’t stick
for long. Lust is the one most
commonly felt because, well to be
honest most Incubi are hot and they
are still guys after all and due to their
appearance and reputation not a lot
of people try to resist their magic.”
Ryann starts. Okay, so | kind of
already knew that Harry could
influence other emotions, but | didn’t
realise it was only ones he was
already feeling himself. It’s good
information, although mostly it just
tells me that since his magic usually
makes me hot or relaxed that he
tends to feel that way around me. A
good start, but hardly new since he’s
been pretty honest about that from
the start. | latch onto the comment
about resisting Incubi magic. Harry
accused me of not even feeling it.
Could | actually be resistant? | ask for
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“Oh, well it is possible to learn to
resist Incubi magic, but really the
best way is just to avoid interacting
with them too much if you don’t want
to deal with their magic. Buildin
resistance takepypxes and years of
kadtiod Lise on being able to focus
on the emotions you’re feeling that
are definitely your own. I’m pretty
good at it since I’ve been doing it
since | was at kid. There were a lot of
teenage Incubi around where | grew
up and their self control is less than
amazing.” Ryann shudders. Okay, so
it’s super unlikely that | have any kind
of resistance to Harry’s magic, I’m
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“What do you mean about control? Do Incubi control their magic or not? If it’s linked to their feelings it seems like it would be very
hard to control.” | follow up.
“It is pretty difficult for them to control. Their magic is very instinctual. They tend to share a lot of magic when they’re feeling
emotional. It’s kind of like a defensive thing? Harry has
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better control than most and | know
he’s been actively working on it for
the last few since RGE us
ent hayes wt rendships or
relationships left.” Ryann Saya
proudly. | frown. If Harry is controlled
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