I hate trying on dresses but here we are a half hour later with Laura telling me no to each one. There are only 2 left on the rack, out of the 20 that were there.
“Laura, you know I cannot wear any of these.” I looked at her pointedly.
“Sure you can! Yes they might expose too much skin for you per se, but we can put mesh between the exposed pieces of skin so that you are more comfortable.” She says.
“This woman thought of it all didn’t she. I bet she has had wet dreams of getting us into a dress.” Fen b*tches. I only chuckle.
The next dress I try on is a burgundy velvet dress that reaches the ground. It has thicker straps and already has mesh covering the exposed parts of my body. I walk out of the bathroom and Laura gasps. “THAT’S THE ONE!” She all but squeals. I just shake my head and go to look in the mirror. It is pretty. The mesh that is on the sleeves also covers the V that is in the neck line and the U that the dress makes in the back. It actually hides all my scars and tattoos.
“We look like a sexy badass. You know we can still move in this dress to kick some ass if we need to. AND the blood would match the dress.” Fen says getting excited.
I haven’t heard her this excited about anything other than killing in a long time.
Yeah, it is. Fen actually likes it too. I tell Laura.
“Hell yeah she does, you look hot!” Laura says. Laura has been my friend since we were in grade school. She is the only one that makes me feel like I’m normal, even when others know I’m f*cked up. She is also the only one that Fen doesn’t have a problem with. Fen may grumble about Laura, but I know she likes having at least one person we trust that is not our family.
“Well now I have to make sure I have everything ready for this weekend. Aren’t you excited? She asks me. I just look at her. Really? Even if I find my mate Laura, it won’t end well. That’s why I am keeping my handy dandy necklace on at all times.” I say grabbing the necklace around my neck.
“NO you can’t wear that, your mate won’t be able to find you. It nulls the mate bond. What if this time it is different?” She asks.
“I will NOT deal with that again, Larua, and you know why.” I say as I grab the dress and head out the door. “Thank you for the dress, I will see you tomorrow.” I say as I close the door and head to my mini apartment I have in the packhouse.
I wake up at 2:00 shaking and in cold sweats. I am trying to steady my breaths to calm me down.
Damn nightmares again. I know I wont be going back to bed now.. “They aren’t night terrors if they are memories.” Fen says matter of factly.
“They ARE night terrors because they terrorize us while we are sleeping.” I argue back.
“Then wouldn’t they be called sleep terrors?” Fen counters.
“Whatever Fen I know they bug you too you are just better at not showing it.” I say.
“We are the same person dips*t, of course you know. Let’s go hunt. We won’t be able to all weekend because of that stupid ball. I need to go kill some a*sholes.” She says to me and I agree.
We get back at 5:30 giving us a half hour to clean up and get in the car. It is only an hour drive to the palace. Our pack is one of the closer packs to the kingdom.
Once we check into the hotel Laura comes straight to my room to get ready for the ball. It is 9:00 and the ball doesn’t start until 4:00, I don’t understand why she always thinks that it will take long to get ready. She insists on doing my hair and makeup to help hide some of the facial scars I have. When she is done I look in the mirror and feel mixed emotions. My black hair is curled and pinned up so that it drapes down my back and my makeup isn’t too much but enough to accentuate the best features of my face. It makes my green eyes look shinier than normal.
I put my dress on and looked in the mirror again. I wonder if this is how I would have looked if everything did not turn out the way it did. I sigh and turn to look at Laura.
She is wearing a long black dress similar to mine, but hers has no mesh and has a long slit up the side that exposes her leg if she stands or walks a certain way. She straightened her red hair and barely put any makeup on. She stands next to me in the mirror and puts on her heels. Normally she is about half a foot shorter than me, but with her heels she stands at the same 5 foot 11 height as me.
“Damn girl you look smokin!” She says to me,
“I might be smokin, but you are on fire.” I say to her and we both start laughing.
We get interrupted when Alpha Jona knocks on the door and comes in.
“What if I was indecent?” I ask him and he rolls his eyes at me. Even though he is the Alpha and Fen doesn’t like him too much, I still joke with him for Laura’s sake. He looks dashing with his blond hair slicked back and his black suit and a red tie to match Laura’s hair.
“You both look amazing. Laura I knew you would help the runt of the pack look nice, but darling, don’t you think it is too much.” He asks her.
“What do you mean too much? She questions back.
“I mean she actually looks like a normal human being.” He said as he side eyed me.
I playfully punched his shoulder and said “Well ALPHAA I need to blend in and try to be as you would say “normal”. And compliment your mate won’t you. I’ll be downstairs waiting while you too get it on.” I wink at them and leave.
Jona is my best friend’s mate, so naturally we banter and have fun. That is when nobody is around of course, I do not need people thinking I am fun, then they wouldn’t leave me alone.
“As we pull up to the castle Fen starts pacing in my head. Damnit Fen really? Again?” I say.
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