A/N: this is gonna be a LONG LONG ASS chapter, I'm talking like 1000 plus words. So get ready, you have been warned.
Skai's POV
Later that Day
After my Inaguration Ceremony, I came upstairs to lie down for a bit. I was really tired and the real party hasn't even started yet. The thing is, I wasn't physically tired, I was mentally tired. My mind was on so many things at once, from being 18, getting mated today to seeing this strange man at the forest and to the beautiful and expensive looking necklace that I think he had left for me, plus the mysterious black wolf.
Point is, my head was spinning and it was really NOT helping the situation at all. I sighed as I stared out the window. Everything was really happening so fast and I couldn't just put an end to it. If only it was that easy.
I sighed as I continued to stare outside, I closed my eyes and took in the cool air.
Why do all of this have to go away in a matter of hours? I thought.
A knock at the door interrupted my thoughts. "Its open." I yelled and the person came in, it was Alaya.
"Come on birthday girl, party can't start without you." She smiled.
I tilted my head. "I'll be right there."
She frowned a little. "Is something wrong, Skai?"
I shook my head. "No, nothing's wrong."
She narrowed her eyes at me, then her eyes widened as she tilted her head to the side with her mouth opened.
"What's wrong? I asked her, she stood still for a while before finally raising her hand pointing behind me.
I frowned before turning around slowly and the sight was (ummm, I don't even know how to describe it.)
I backed up as I saw three wolves prowling at me, there was a big white one with a silver streak along its back and it had ocean blue eyes. The other two had the same color eyes and the same silver streak, but one had grey fur while the 3rd one had fur of a burgundy color. They looked majestic but at the same time menacing.
"Blood Eclipse." I heard Alaya mumble.
As soon as those words left Alaya's mouth, the three wolves lifted their heads and retreated, they were ready to turn away until the white one turned and looked at me and a kind of protected feeling came washing over me again.
I closed my eyes as I felt myself being drawn towards the wolf as it peered at me.
'Mate.' Lani sighed in contempt.
My eyes widened in shock as I continued to peer at the wolf as I stood there.
'Go closer.' Lani swooned.
'I really don't want to.' I said to her and she instantly got angry.
'Skaitra Valentina Hendrickson, I said go closer! This is OUR mate for crying out loud!' She shouted at me.
I blinked as I got closer to the wolf and it just continued to peer at me.
"Be careful." Alaya said and I had forgotten that she was still here.
'Bruh, she ain't important right now.' Lani said again.
'Shut up would ya?' I said back to her.
I reached out to touch the wolf and it backed away from me.
'Why am I not surprised? It must have sensed your hostility, way to blow it for us you blockhead!' She yelled at me.
I closed my eyes and pinched the brigde of my nose.
When I opened my eyes, the wolves were gone. I looked out the window and saw nothing. I turned to Alaya and she had the same expression on her face.
Alaya and I stood there for a while and after about 10 minutes, she shook her head and walked out without a word.
'Awkward.' Lani sand in my head.
'Again shut up, Lani.' I said.
'Whatever.' Lani said dramatically.
I rolled my eyes and crashed on my bed and I hadn't even closed my eyes for 5 seconds when I heard a knock on my door.
"It's open." I said with my pillow face clasped over my face.
In came Alaya with my 2nd dress and her large metal suitcase, she stopped and looked at me with an expectant look.
"So?" She shook her head slightly.
"So, what?" I blinked at her.
Alaya smirked at me. "You're pretending as if I wasn't in here 15 minutes looking at-" I stopped her.
"Let's pretend that that didn't happen."
"Suit yourself." She shrugged and walked over to me and grabbed my face and examined it. I didn't mind at first but when she started squishing my cheeks, I had to say something.
"Umm, what are you doing?" I asked her.
"I'm examining your face."
"Okay captain obvious, I see that but what exactly are you doing?"
"I'm looking for the best place I can apply this highlighter, you know this is your birthday ball and I'm your makeup artist, okay okay?" She said then walked up to her suitcase and opened it, taking out every kind of makeup you could imagine. Alaya then stood up and clapped.
"Let's get this party started." She laughed and came closer with her bottle of foundation.
10 minutes later.
"Tada!" Alaya clapped her hands and smiled.
"Can I look now?" I asked her.
"Yes, you can look." She giggled.
'Wow, what a beautiful, majestic, aspiring young woman' Lani started and then paused....................................
..,'oh look Skai you're here too.' She laughed.
'Bitch, shut up.' I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
'Just stating facts ma'am.' She laughed again.
When I looked in the mirror, I saw something that I had never seen before. A woman; beautiful, aspiring, empowering, bewitching and all the other perfect descriptions you give to a perfect majestic creature-
'Stop being so over-dramatic, it's just makeup, can someone really look that good?' She asked.
"I love it." I said to her and she smiled.
"Okay so it's time to put on your dress." She clapped then grabbed my hand and rushed me into my closet.
I walked out of the closet a few minutes later to find that more people had entered my room with the likes of my mom, my dad, Julia and my little sister Sophia.
They all clapped once they saw me.
"Omg, sissy you look beautiful." Sophia said to me.
I smiled and looked at her, then at my parents who had tears in their eyes.
I hugged them.
"It's okay guys." I told them and my smile immediately turned into a frown.
How was I going to tell them that I had already found my mate. I had to suck it up and continue with or without my mystery mate. Hey who knows maybe he'll show up again tonight.
I looked at everyone who was in the room, I held up my dress and shouted. "Let's get this party started!"
Everyone who was already dressed marched out and I was the last to leave the room and upon closing the door I looked back to see my mate.
The white majestic wolf peered at me and I blinked and just like that, he was gone again.
A/N: might not be gone for long Skai.ð
But could you imagine how Camila would look in this dress tho, DAMN!!
Next chapter will be last of the birthday ball and of course major surprises up ahead, stay tuned!!