Cheryl's POV

I made plans all the way back to the packhouse. Raven was having Kevin spend the night with the boys on the Alpha floor. Anton went home to freshen up, change clothes and pack a small back to spend the night. I asked him to pack a bag for tonight, but I wanted us to just sleep together, not necessarily have s*x, but I will see how it goes. If he kisses me like that again, I will be a goner and putty in his hands. It would be embarrassing for me to have to spell it out for him, so I tried to say it, without actually saying it. I also asked Alexei what would be the best choice for dinner for Anton. He didn't give me a smirk, he seemed very pleased that I was thoughtful enough to ask, he knew I did it because I cared for his brother. Before he could answer I could hear a familiar voice behind me. "You can get him a steak, rare, a little blood on the plate is good. A Baked potato, salad, or asparagus, just pick one of those. He won't be needing a lot of food. I will make sure he brings a bag or two of blood with him to keep his energy up. I would also suggest that you get a power smoothie for energy for yourself. You are going to need it, our men are known for their stamina. Take your vitamins honey, you are going to have a very good night." Nadia said, and she gave me a wink before she slid into the SUV to leave. "Yea, she is serious about that, all her points were accurate. Don't overthink it, Anton has been waiting for you to know how he truly felt about you for over a year now. He is happy just to be with you, in whatever way you two decide to be for now. No pressure, just take it how it goes. Welcome to our family, Cheryl. I don't think that Anton could have made a better choice than you. I am just glad he stopped dragging his feet and decided to move forward. I think that you two make a wonderful couple" Alexei told me, and I could feel the prick of tears in my eyes as he entered the SUV, They followed Anton's car out, as he had just pulled up to meet them. His car was still at the packhouse and he had to go get it. I watched them pull out of the area heading toward the gate. I suddenly realized that I am standing here with only a shirt, and nothing else on. Everything shredded when I phased. I feel embarrassed all of a sudden, I mean nudity is natural for us, but some of us were more modest than others were about it. I went to the packhouse and headed upstairs when I felt a hand on either of my arms and Raven leaned in to say. "I will get your food order in for tonight, with the chef, but first we need to pick you out a dress."

"Yes, we are hitting my closet first and if we don't see something there, we will go to Raven's closet next," Stella said. They were both giggling like we were schoolgirls talking about sneaking out of the house to go to a party. I smiled at the thought of how well the night might go with Anton, and I get excited too. Even if we do not have s*x, I am still planning on sleeping with Anton in my bed tonight. I already know that I will feel safe in his arms, and I cannot wait for tonight to get here. I have more anticipation about this happening, than I have looked forward to anything else that I can remember. I realized that I needed to get a nightgown too. I only sleep in old T-shirts, and a pair of underwear. That is probably not sexy at all for Anton. He is experienced and cultured. I am jealous at the thought of him with other women, but that kiss lets me know that he does. I can still feel his mouth moving on mine, and his tongue swirling in my mouth. My heart rate increases at the thought of it, but I calm myself down with the fact that I won't pressure him. I wanted him to let me know that he does want me like that, and I will let him lead tonight. I am up for whatever he wants to do.

I was zoned out thinking about our kiss again when the sound of laughter makes me realize that we had arrived at Stella's room. I noticed that they were both standing in front of me watching me with smiles on their faces and laughter in their eyes. I blushed and said, "What?" a little sharper than I meant to. Their laughter increased for a moment, but Stella managed to say, "I picked out 5 dresses for you. You are still too thin, but one of them, I think is perfect for you. I tried to fit into it, but it doesn't work for me. My hips are too wide, and my breasts are too big, I loved it so much, that I bought it at first sight, but didn't try it on. That won't happen again, I loved that dress so much, it literally hurt my heart not to be able to wear it. Truett is going to be upset at me for giving it away, as it is gorgeous. But I will remind him of the positive, it gives him an opportunity to go get me another dress. He loves those trips, he will be just fine with me giving it to you. It is the midnight blue one, with the slight shimmer to it."

As soon as my eyes went to the bed, they went straight to the dress that she just mentioned to me. It was a gorgeous deep blue. The cloth had some sort of shine to it, and she was right, it was truly a beautiful dress. I walked over to it but was scared to touch it. The price tag was still on it, and although I loved it, I didn't want to spend $300 on a dress. It had actually been years since I spent money on just something for me. I still have guilt over spending money on myself, when Kevin might need something, so I don't. I am struggling over this, as I really want the dress, but I also want to save up for a space for me and Kevin here too. We don't want to be in the packhouse anymore. It is too much like our old home. We wanted to get a cottage built, and Brandon had quoted me a great price for it. He owns his own lumbar mill, which comes in handy for building the pack up. He was just going to do it for cost, as when we move out of the cottage, it would then belong to the next family that needs it. He told me to think about it before I made any decisions about building it, but I do not see how I could possibly pass it up. The only input Brandon had was to request that I build a three-bedroom home. He reminded me that most couples had a couple of pups, and three bedrooms were usually the most common ones that were needed inside the pack.

I wanted to pay the hospital for my stay here because they saved my life. They acted quickly and in doing so, saved my life. I wanted to pay for it, so I did that, Black Adder has done enough for me and Kevin, and I wanted to repay some of their kindness. They pay the staff, as well they should, and I didn't want to just sponge off the pack. I got clothes and shoes for Kevin every so often. He is growing like a weed and moves through his clothing quickly. The good news is that Raven is very frugal, all the lightly worn clothes that the children outgrow, she has cleaned and stored for emergencies. They are used when we get new members here, as they usually only have the clothes on their backs when they arrive here. I am proud to donate to it too. But I know I need to keep the money that I do have for as long as I can. I plan on staying here, but I also plan on contributing more around here too.

"Try it on, I know it will look perfect on you," Stella said to me, and Raven had a huge smile on her face. I think that they were more excited about my date than I was.

"Not possible. I cannot wait for him to come back. He helps to calm me down. He makes me happy, just being around. I don't care if he is a vampire or not. I will take care of anyone who has an issue or a comment to make about it" Akayla tells me. I know she will, she lost her s**t when she thought that Blake was going to attack Anton in their fight. I couldn't stop her as she didn't even think about it, she just sprang forward to protect Anton. I haven't shifted in a very long time. I couldn't, as she was too weak. She isn't weak anymore, and she is spoiling to show anyone that wants to mess with our man, that she will not allow it.

"Our man, I like the sound of that Cheryl, excellent choice" Akayla smirked as she said it. It was the first time that I acknowledged it myself, but he is. He is ours, and I will fight for him.

"Stella, it is a gorgeous dress, but right now funds are tight. I have been working on my mental state this year, I didn't have a job, and I feel like I need one. I was going to be a warrior, but I would worry about an attack and leaving Kevin by himself. I don't know if you have heard that I spoke to Brandon about getting a house built for us, so now I really have to watch my funds. I appreciate the offer, but I think this dress would look fabulous on you. Just wear it in here with your mate, if you think it would be too tight to go out for date night" I told Stella.

It took a few moments before I heard Stella say, "What are you talking about? I am giving them to you. All five of them if you want them. I pulled these out for you while you were thinking about something, or someone else." Her smile said she knew exactly what I was thinking about and my blush told them both that she was right.

"Stella, that is too much, I cannot accept that. You do not have to give me all of these. Where would I even wear them?" I looked back down and they were of all lengths and materials. Each one was beautiful, and I would love to try them on, but it was too much. I couldn't abuse our friendship like that.

"Just come with me," Stella said as she headed into her bathroom, and into a huge closet. She had two full racks of just dresses, not to mention jeans, slacks, shirts, and an area with her workout clothes folded neatly in place. It was a beautiful setup, and she had a lot of clothes.

"Yes, I see you have more, but it is too much. I don't want to take advantage of you. That is easily more than $1000 worth of dresses in there. I only really need one of them. I have nowhere to wear them anyway" I told them.

"I am quite sure that soon you will be going out a lot more than you did, let's call it intuition. After we get past this upcoming issue, we plan on having a ball here at Black Adder. Just take the dresses. I want to give them to you, and I was careful to make sure each of them would look great on you. So just let us dress you up like a doll for the night, OK, we really want to do this. We will even get your hair and makeup done for the night for you" Stella pleaded with me. She was cute, sticking out her bottom lip and giving me puppy dog eyes like I was doing her a favor, and not the other way around.

"OK, thank you so much, Stella, for giving me these dresses, they are beautiful. I have never had anything so nice before. I will take very good care of them. I do want to try the blue one on" I told them. Stella squeals and runs back into the bedroom to get it and brings it back before I can change my mind. As they both go to exit for me to change, Raven calls back to me, "We are still going to get some stuff from my closet too. I already have Justin pulling some dresses for me for you to try on too. No need to go through this again, just accept them, and enjoy it. I will have him pack them up for you, to be brought down to your room later on today. We have plans for the next few hours."

I don't know anything about any plans for today, but this dress is a stunner. It is the color of deep ocean water. A deep teal, with some blue mixed in with it, giving it a gorgeous hue that makes my eyes pop. It has a cowl neckline that runs low between the thin spaghetti straps, which allows just the swell of my breasts to show. It curves in to emphasize my narrow waist, and the short skirt shows my strong legs. I am still a little too thin, but I am gaining at what I considered a pretty good rate. I know not to overdo it, and I have to admit, I have never felt this sexy in my life. I have never worn something this short, and I know that this is one of those club dresses. My dad never let me go to one, he was grooming me to be Luna here. After that fell through I was with Blake, he was so possessive he would have lost his mind at me wearing this where any pack members could see me. This would have been something to wear in private, and only for him. I turned to look at the back of it in the mirror, and the back was low, curving down towards the lower back right above my butt. This dress demanded attention. I didn't realize the back was this low. I almost changed my mind about it, but when I turn back to look at my reflection, I know that this is the dress. Maybe I can just leave my hair down tonight, and that will cover the back of it.

I immediately shake my head to clear it from allowing those thoughts of my ex-mate in my head. Blake had no business being here in my mind. For a petty moment, I think of taking a picture in this dress when I get all done up, and sending it to him. But I won't because he would lose his s**t. As it is I already know that he will be in the area tonight, because he knows that we are going out. If I sent him the picture he would try to get in here tonight, and I just don't want to deal with him. I want some quality time with Anton, and another kiss like the one I got earlier today. I stepped out of the bathroom to see what they thought. The screams they made were almost ear-piercing to me, and they were gushing over how I looked in it. Making me turn around to see the whole dress. "Oh, my Goddess!! You are stunning, that dress was totally made for you. I am so glad I bought it now. You are going to knock his socks off," Stella yelled out.

"You are gorgeous. That dress is perfect for you. That IS the dress. Go get changed again, Cheryl we need to stop by your room for you to get some shorts on and we need to hurry. We will drop off these dresses on our way, so hurry, we do not have much time" Raven said and motioned me back to the bathroom. I have to admit that I was glad to get Anton's shirt back on. It makes me happy to take in his scent, and we each grabbed a few dresses. I noticed two pairs of heels in Stella's hands too, as we hurried down a level to my room. I see a number of dresses now hanging in my closet, and Raven said, "Those were my dresses. I had one of my assistants bring them down after Justin packed them up. I asked her to hang them up for you so they didn't get wrinkled. I asked her if she would put them into your closet. You can go through them to see which ones you like."

I hurried into my bathroom to put on some underwear and shorts and I grabbed a pair of socks, and my sneakers. I didn't know where we were going, but I was having a good time with them. Plus this is making time go by so quickly, I am happy with the distraction. We usually had a couple of children with us, so it was rare for us to be able to just be adults, instead of moms. I didn't know my way around here that well. It has really changed a lot since I left here. It seems like another lifetime it has been so long, almost 17 years now. I knew about the dining room, the hospital, our room on the Gamma floor, and the training area. I still didn't feel comfortable just wandering around here. Not everyone was glad to see me come back. Some were still pissed off at what I had done before. Back when I still cared about pleasing my dad. They knew all the bad things that I did, and so I just stayed to myself. I didn't bother anyone, and that was another reason for us to get out of the packhouse, and into a little place of our own. Raven takes off down a back hallway past the dining room, off the entry hall. She goes to the back of that hallway and it turns to the right, and we head down that one too before she stops and I see that we are at a salon. I am stunned. Who has this in their pack? Then I remembered why. She left for the day, and Reagan and I ruined her life. She could have been killed that day by her jealous mate, and the part I played in it, makes the bile rise up my esophagus. How could she, or Brandon, have forgiven us? We were undeserving of it. Their precious baby, Jaxon, could have died because of us being so spiteful and jealous of her. I can feel the guilt making me sick and my feet refuse to move forward. Goddess, I really messed up, I was such a horrible person to her. I know exactly why this was here, and I can see just how badly we hurt her by looking at this salon here in front of me.

She was probably too scared to leave here again in case something else like that had come up again. We had inside information on that, and we really set her up well. I don't think it would be successful to try it again, but I guess she is covering all her bases now. I see her smiling face as she turns back towards me. I see her noticing my expression and her expression of concern for me as she comes to comfort me. I did wrong, and so did Reagan, but she feels bad that I got upset for hurting her. She is unbelievably kind, and I really don't deserve it.

"The whole pack needed this actually. I just thought since we had thirteen hundred members, that we would put this in when we built this extension for the packhouse. I still went out to get my hair done, but I don't have to now. Don't overthink this Cheryl, I have had several years to come to grips with it. It was a mistake, and we all make them, don't think any more about it. Today is your day, and I wanted you to be happy, not sad. I wanted you to have the works, well, as far as we can do them here. I made sure that we had the place all to ourselves for three hours. They moved some appointments around, and those ladies were happy to do it, as I am paying for their treatments for tomorrow. It is a win/win for all of us, come on, you need to decide on what you want to get done" Raven tells me and pulls me inside. I cannot remember the last time I got my hair cut. I think it was around our 8th anniversary. So, over 8 years ago. It is pretty long now and looking at it in its current condition, it is indeed in need of some help. It is down to my waist and I usually put it in a braid, a ponytail, or a messy bun on my head. I am not as excited about this as Raven is, but I am looking forward to getting it cut and looking healthy again. Three ladies stepped forward to greet us, it was clear that they were waiting on us. They were almost as excited as Raven was about this. "What did you want to do today Luna?" the obvious leader asked, and two more ladies came out of the back. "Well, Cheryl here needs a cut, and that is up to her, the length, but I think she looks great with long hair. I believe that she needs some highlights to play up her beautiful natural blonde hair. She will need to get her nails painted too, hands and feet. If you can do her makeup that would be great. She has a first date tonight, and we wanted to get her even more stunning than she already is" Raven told them. Her excitement is contagious, and they are excited to help me. I have to say that I am excited as well, but I can do my own nails. I am used to it, and it is no problem at all. She has done enough for me today. I am already beyond excited about getting my hair done for tonight. I can just see about painting them while I am getting my hair done, I don't want to bother them with doing it when I can do it myself.

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