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“Won’t hurt to ask. Alright, I’m going to go look at the video. You gonna be alright?”
“Yeah, it’s already mostly healed. She just got a good jab at an artery. Hurt like a bitch and spurt like one too. I’ll be out of here after the transfusion to eat some breakfast.” Looking over my food-driven gamma and taking in his more relaxed posture and painless features, I realized he’d been putting on an act with Celeste to garner more attention and food. Shaking my head in disbelief and amusement, I left.
Later that evening, we started to gather around the table. We were just waiting for Danny. Dr. West gave me a report on Ruby. She was too dehydrated right now, and he wanted to keep her for observation. Celeste had not only made breakfast, but after some begging from Danny, she also made southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, and biscuits. She even went so far as to make sweet iced tea.
“Damn, if that doesn’t smell like my grams’ food,” Danny said, running in. “Sorry, I’m late. I needed a show… er,” he said as he came to a screeching halt, locking eyes with Maya. He sat in his seat quietly, not looking away from her.
‘Who’s the tiny she-wolf?’he mind-linked me.
‘That’s Maya, the other girl we brought with us when I met Celeste.’
‘Hmm, she looks young,’he mused.
‘She got her wolf a couple of weeks ago.’I narrowed my eyes at him.‘Why?’
‘Nothing. She’s quite pretty and smells like lemon meringue,’I raised an eyebrow at him from across the way while he loaded up a plate.
‘Eat your food and stop ogling the poor girl. She’s been through enough,’I ordered.
‘Yeah, whate… Oh, my goddess! This is better than my gram’s. Is she available for rent?’
‘WHAT?’I growled.
‘For some cooking. Get your head out of the gutter. You really need to mark her already so you don’t think every unmated male wants to challenge you for her.’
‘I’m waiting for her to be ready. We’re not all beasts like you. I didn’t wait twenty five years for her to fuck it up because I’m impatient,’I growled back at him.
‘Yeah, yeah, you’re such a gentleman.’He grinned and then winked at me, making me narrow my eyes suspiciously.
“Luna, will you marry me? This food’s delicious.” He smiled at Celeste. Atlas pushed forward before I could stop him. He grabbed Celeste and put her on our lap.
“MINE!” he growled and stuck his nose into her hair. I pushed him back but didn’t let her return to her seat just yet. Celeste laughed along with the rest of the table, and I couldn’t stop the blush that heated my face. Danny always knew how to rile Atlas up.
‘I’m going to get you back for that one.’I warned, and he just laughed harder. Celeste turned in my lap and kissed me, and my humiliation was forgotten.
‘You’re welcome,’he teased.
Chapter fourteen
Celeste
“Howcanyouguysgo nineteen years without doing hair and make-up?” Kelly asked while she moved over to the little makeshift makeup table. Maya and I looked at each other. We really liked Kelly, but Markus asked that we tell no one what happened at Blood Moon until everything came to light.
“We were omegas. We didn’t get paid much,” Maya replied. It wasn’t a lie per se.
“Well, you’re just going to have to learn quickly. The luna ceremony brings a lot of people in. I will need to look my best, so I can’t spend the whole day getting you ready. I need to look good for when I meet my mate, too,” she said. Maya and I both blushed and shifted guiltily in our seats. Kelly noticed, and her face fell. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it how it sounded. I really like spending time with you guys. I’m just a really bad teacher, and I get frustrated.”
“We appreciate everything you’ve taught us.” I gave her a small smile. After a moment of silence, her face brightened.
“Sephora has classes that teach you about what make-up works best for your face. I will sign all three of us up. It will be lots of fun!” She looked hopeful while we considered her words, that Maya and I didn’t have the heart to tell her no.
We were getting ready for dinner before the full moon run. I argued that we didn’t need to go all out because we would get naked and shift after, but Kelly said this was the first time I would be presented as future luna, so I needed to look my best.
All I wanted was a chance to let Kara run free. My attempts to shift and run with Atlas ended when Dr. West said it was better if I gained some weight first. Even though I argued that I shifted a handful of times already, Dr. West countered that Kara and I had never run before, so I reluctantly agreed to wait until the full moon. I wanted Kara to meet Atlas. Since we hadn’t completed the mating and marking, they couldn’t talk to each other. It made it that much harder to keep my own hormones in check while our wolves were pushing us to mark each other. I told Kara that I was ready but that we needed to find the right moment, and that moment never seemed to come up.
Kelly spent a long time on my hair. She wanted to tame the curls but gave up when they were not cooperating. Instead, she added a bunch of shiny stones to my hair that made it sparkle when I moved. Kelly chose a silver and black gown for me to wear, asking me to trust her choices. Giving up control over clothes was an easy decision for me. Everything about shopping exhausted me to no end. The gown had a portrait top over a black corset with silver waning-crescent moons delicately embroidered throughout. The skirting of the gown was a shimmering, delicate silver fabric that went down to my feet. She managed to gather some of my curls back neatly and fastened them in a half-crown with a silver barrette, the rest of my hair flowing down to my butt. I’d never been able to do much to my hair except braid it or pull it into a ponytail, so I was quite impressed at the pretty yet simple updo. She gave me a smoky grey eyeshadow with a hint of blue. It made my eyes a striking blue I didn't know they could look. She’d paired it with a pink-tinted lip gloss.
Kelly wore a red sweetheart dress with matching red lipstick and a beautiful ombre eyeshadow look. Her hair was gathered up in swirls. Maya was wearing a baby blue princess cut dress. Her makeup was earthy neutral eyeshadows with soft pink shimmery lipstick.
