I was in someone’s arms; they were holding me from behind. I was slipping into consciousness. Someone was holding my face in their hands, and placed a soft kiss. They did not move their lips until I responded, I was fighting hard not to, but I failed. Their soft ones started to move with mine, and then they pulled away, making me growl.
“Tease.” I said under my breath, making them chuckle.
“Wake up babe.” Evan whispered into my ears. I guess Edwin was the one that teased me. His voice made me shiver, and he held me tighter into his toned body.
“Lia.” Edwin groaned seeing Evan had given in. “Today is a big day, let’s start it right.” I grabbed his face to mine and kissed him shut up. He gave in and kissed me back. I started to move against Evan’s body behind me. I could feel their excitement.
“Okay, I’m up.” I told them, stopping moving and kissing them altogether.
“Tease.” They both said under their breaths making me laugh.
“What am I doing today?” I asked them seeing I had no clue.
“First, have a shower, and then our mother will meet you, she will take you to the salon to get ready along with my sister.”
“Your family should be coming in for this evening; they will be at the ball. Your dress will be downstairs. You need to get it fitted before you go to the salons. I will take you to it. Then I will take you to my mother, while Edwin takes care of some things.” Evan finish.
“I can’t wait but cannot help thinking it is going to be a long day.” I said burying my head in Edwin’s shoulder, tightening Evan’s arms around me, if it was possible.
“Don’t worry. Just take it as it comes along.” Evan said, his warm breath on my exposed neck.
“By the end of the day, you will be our Luna, and Queen.” Edwin said, raising my lips to his once again. I shivered.
“And you my Kings.” I said with a smile. “Join me in the shower.” I ordered them. We all had alpha blood in us, but they did not argue with my order. Instead, Evan got up and carried a giggling me, while Edwin opened the door.
After the long shower, Evan picked out what I should wear, as usual. Edwin they were both dressed casual formal. Edwin gave me a kiss good bye.
“I’ll see you before the ball unfortunately; I wish we could spend the whole day together.” He said, making me smile.
“Love you.” I told him, giving him a peck on the lips.
Evan took my hands .Then he took me to a room on the same floor as our bedroom. The mirrors covered the walls, make up everywhere along with whatever was needed to get ready. I saw his mother there, and he left me in her hands, not before giving me a toe curling kiss. Making me blush because he it was in front of his mother. Then he kissed my blazing cheeks, chuckling at me.
“Aw, I remember those days. Well it’s still like that now…” Amanda said trailing off leaving me smiling at the look she still had for her husband. “Ready for the day ahead?” she asked.
“Yes, let’s get this day on the road.” I said smiling.
“Good, this is Wendy; she is here to get the dress fitted right on you. You are the last one, me and Kath has had our dress fitted.” That’s when I noticed a young woman in the room. She was pretty. She started to walk towards us. She bowed her head at me.
“Nice to meet you Lia, your dress is in the behind the curtains. You can go try it on and come out. I will see what needs doing.” She said with a smile.
“Okay.” I said, going into the curtains to the room the other side. It was like a dressing room. I saw the dress. It was beautiful, one fit for royalty. It had one shoulder; it was full length with no puffy style. It just flowed down to the floor. It had a belt under the bust. It was a jade colour, but the over lace colour was black. Evan surely knew what he was doing, I had no doubt in his abilities, and he never failed. I took the dress of the hanger and put it on over my head. It had no zip, it fit me perfectly.
“Lia honey, are you done in there?” Amanda asked from outside. I drew the curtain back and showed her the dress.
“You look beautiful.” I heard a voice say. My mother was here. I ran to her and hugged her like I haven’t seen her in months, when in reality I left her yesterday. Everything was going by so quickly, I needed some rest.
“You’re here!” I said, with surprise and happy.
“Hello Amanda, I’ve missed you.” My mother said to the queen after realising me.
“I’ve missed you too Judy, how’s Harry? Are the boys here too?” Amanda asked.
“He is fine, talking to Raymond. And yes they are. They could not wait for coming here a second time. So we got the flight not long after my daughter took off.” Mum answered.
“Is Patty here?” I asked.
“Yes, we all are going to get everything done for the next hours. But first you need that dress tailored.” Mum said.
They exited the room, saying they will be waiting for me on the grown floor, and left me with Wendy. I stayed quiet while she did what she had to do.
“I am finished; your dress will be ready at your return.” She said after a short while of pinning needles where they needed to go.
“Thank you.” I said smiling at her. I went to the curtain and changed back into my original clothes.
Waving her good bye I walked out the room and went in search for the girls. on the way there I saw my brothers and ran up and hugged the first one in my way bringing him to the floor. When I looked up, I saw Bob smiling up on me.
“Hey sis.” He said laughing.
“Bob! What’s new?” I asked him, still on top of him.
“Ah nothing much, it’s not every day that I get tackled to the floor by my sister.” He replied to me.
“I almost feel jealous.” Ben said laughing at his brother situation. He held out a hand and lifted me up to my feet leaving Bobby lying on the floor. He drew me into his strong brotherly arms and hugged me.
“I miss you around.” He said.
“I missing you too, not that you guys gave me enough time to do so.” I told him laughing. He released me.
“I hope you are looking after my Patty.” I told them with a stern look on my face. Making them smile at my protectiveness. I kept a straight face to tell them that I’m not joking.
“Of course Lia; she was fine at home. We met her parents yesterday, and they decided to move closer.” Bobby said on his feet.
“Good. I have to go now. I’ll see you at tonight.” I told them.
I ran down the rest of the stairs to see the girls talking to each other. There was Amanda, my mother, Kath, and Patty. My mother turned to me.
“You ready?”
“Yes mum.” I said. “Hey Patty.” I threw my arms around her, she did the same. We embraced each other like usual.
“Damn life is good.” She said giggling.
“Tell me about it.” I replied.
“Let’s go.” Amanda said. We all went into the limo at the front and it drove off. There were conversations between my mother and Amanda and me and the girls.
“So Kath, when did you find out that Luke was your mate?” I asked.
“When my brothers left. They were so protective of me and kept me away from Luke and any other guys. When they left I met him for the first time since I was 16 and it hit me.” Kath said with a dreamy look on her face.
“Wow, I wonder if my brothers would have been that protective.” I said voicing my thoughts. I always wanted a brother to protect me at school from those boys that shouted to me, or slapped my arse. I wanted brothers to send them that glare that made them run. But at the same time, I wanted to have boyfriends and experience things I have never done before.
I felt someone jab me and jolted from my thoughts.
“You okay, Lia?” my best friend said. I nodded and showed her a smile. “Good because we are here. And how was your first date with my brothers?” Both me and Kath were interested in this little conversation. Patty blushed and told us the detail and said the day was ended on the flight. It was all new for her, and me. We enjoyed it and were happy for her.
I looked out of the window and noticed we had stopped. We were in a different part of the city to last night. There were shops everywhere, but we did not come here to do so.
“Okay, the first stop is the spa, we are going to get a massage and shave only, I booked us all in then we are going to go to the hair dressers to get out nails, hair and makeup done. Then we will head home in time for the ball tonight to get our dresses on you know the rest.” She said still in the limo.
We all nodded and made mental notes. Then we went to the spa. This place brings me peace. As soon as we entered the building we were called for massages and then we were shown to separate rooms. I took off my clothes and covered myself with a towel. I’ve never done this before. I lay down at the comfortable table and waited. The door opened and I looked up to see a young woman come in. She bowed her head and introduced herself.
That was the most relaxing thing I had done, and I felt the calmness with me even while walking into the salon.
“Queen Amanda and guest come right this way.” A woman said leading us into a separate part of the salon. There were five women there ready to do our nails, hair and makeup last. “Take a seat and then they will get started.” She said, bowed her head and walked out.
We did as we were told. The time was 5:30pm when we finished. We walked out of the salon, everyone looked perfect and I could not wait to see our mate’s expressions. We went home through the back door. Guests were arriving and we could not risk getting seen. We walked around, everyone going to their rooms where their dresses would be.
I walked into mine to see my mates half dressed.
“How was your day? Hope our mother did not drain you.” Evan said with a wide smile placing a kiss on my lips.
“It was good, we relaxed.” I said to them.
“Are you sure you relaxed? Knowing my mother she dragged you from one place to the next.” Edwin said laughing.
“Nope, I had fun with my girls.” I said with a smile.
“Good because you look beautiful and radiant.” He said with a smile on his face. I reached up to kiss his soft lips. When he pulled back I growled, making him laugh at my expense.
“You need help getting into your dress?” he asked me.
“Nope I’m fine.” I said trying to being independent.
“If you say so.” He said, chuckling. What was I that dependent? Hmph. I went to my walk-in wardrobe to see my shoes and dress in front of me. I unzipped the dress from the bag and stepped into it. I put my arm through one shoulder, doing good so far and then I put my heels on. Then I noticed I needed to be zipped up. Trying all the angles I could to do so, I only got it up half way. I let out a frustrated sigh.
“Can someone zip me up please.” I said pouting making them laugh at me again.
Edwin came over, laughing to himself. “Told you.” He said placing a kiss on my pouty lips. I rolled my eyes.
“Just zip me.” I said.
“Yes ma’am.” He saluted making me shiver. Damn I wish he could repeat that.
“What did you say.” I asked him wanting to hear him repeat it.
“Yes ma’am.” He said in a deeper, more inviting voice. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, then opened them and saw him smirking, knowing the effect it had on me. I ignored it, even though it was illegal to have such a good fake smile on a man’s face, and I turned my back to him and asked him to zip me up. The current from his arm is the pass, all the way to the base of my neck, the end of the zipper. He moved my hair to one side to get close to me, and when he was finished, he kissed his mark on my neck, leaving me gasping and falling back into his chest. His arm seized me.
Evan came over all dressed and took my hand steadying me. “Are you ready to go?” he asked. All I could do was nod. They were both handsome, wearing grey suits and jade coloured ties. They noticed me checking they were doing the same to me.
“You look beautiful Lia, we are lucky to have you.” They said placing a kiss on the hand they held.
“As do you my soon to be Kings, handsome that is.” I told them smiling at them. We walked out of the room and down to where the stairs were.
“You ready to meet Green Ville?” they asked me.
“Ready as I’ll ever be.”