I knew that. Griffin, and Liam still waited for that moment, even though they were both twenty-three. I couldn’t get rid of a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach.
It felt like after tonight my life would never be the same.
****
I looked in the mirror, willing the woman there to resemble me in some way. I lifted my arm to touch the bold ringlets and the reflection did the same thing. I shook my head trying to dislodge the shock. Nothing snapped me out of it. The illusion was persistent. The dress fit my curves snuggly, even if the slit had been heavily modified.
I kept looking at a much more beautiful version of me. The dress had changed, drastically. I now understood Keith’s explosive reaction.
I grabbed the silky material in my hand. When Rose had revealed it to me, I could have caught flies. The length had extremely shortened. A dress that once puddled at my feet now barely brushed the top of my feet. Rose had bought me deadly looking high-high heels to go with the dress. They were sleek, black, and looked like they wanted to attack me. I didn’t dare put them on until I was down the stairs and had someone to hold onto.
The dress started from the bottom left hand side, and opened a few inches above my knee. I scrunched my nose, both cautious and a bit frustrated as I experimentally bared my left leg. I flushed looking down at the shaved, lotioned, and pampered leg. Rose had come around four o’clock to do my make-up and hair. When she got here I didn’t even realize what she planned to do to me. The thought of her showing up at four for a party that started at eight was a little insane, but I did as she asked.
If Rose asked, I would do it. She was the mother I never had and I loved her dearly. The times growing up I needed a woman and Keith so was obviously out of his depth, she was there for me. I laughed at the memory of Keith’s face when I asked him about feminine problems.
“Colette,” Isaac’s voice boomed.
I was pulled roughly from my memories and thoughts. I blinked and turned to Isaac. I was hoisted up into strong arms. A laugh escaped me as Isaac twirled me around.
“Our little girl is all grown up, isn’t she? There is no way that the little girl who practically lives here is twenty-one! It feels like only yesterday you were running these halls playing.”
I laughed and pressed my face to his neck. I inhaled the scent of our Alpha. My muscles relaxed and my heart lifted.
“Isaac. Put her down right now. The dress is going to wrinkle, and, oh mercy, you are messing up her hair. Isaac!” Rose screeched from the doorway. I giggled as he twisted me around once more.
I stood on my own two feet again and Rose started to pull me away. They lived in a mansion, but it was seldom empty. Pack members stayed at their house, or visiting members from different packs. It made it almost impossible for me to detect singular smells. Being half wolf, I had better senses than humans, but nowhere near as good as a full blood. If I were a full blooded werewolf, I would’ve scented the sneak attack from Griff before it came. He picked me up almost the same way his father had.
“Griffin Isaac Lupen, you put her down right now. I have to finish getting her ready and you are messing up her hair, and her – oh!”
I asked Griff to put me down and suggested that he go find Liam and Nick. Rose looked like she was eager to get her hands back on me and finish getting ready. I didn’t think there was much left to do, but Rose had never had a daughter. Griffin was her only child and I knew how much it meant to her to help me prepare.
I looked at her dark brown haired beauty. She shared the same green eyes of the mid-American packs. I knew that she had been in a different pack, though, when she found Isaac. Or should I say when Isaac found her? She always loved telling the story on how they found each other. And I knew she’d tell the story again tonight.
“What was it like on your twenty first birthday?” I asked quietly. I was lucky enough to be born at night,