Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 118

Gabi’s POV

B***d Rose pack

After what happened this morning, I was trying to figure out what I could do to get the focus off of what had happened with Meghan and Brandi. They had done wrong and had to pay the price for it, but we don’t need to keep thinking about them anymore. It was over and done with now, and we are going to move past it, starting right now. Since I had both girls here, I decided that we need to do something big together, and I linked Elena to see if she and Michelle were available for a little trip to Redding today. Elena was excited and said that she was going to go get her cousin Alyssa, as well as Beth, Moira, and Morgana. The way Elena responded to my question let me know that it would be a great idea to wipe away the sadness of the day, with something that will bring joy.

It will help us to bring everyone out of their depression and funk and refocus on something positive and beautiful. I got with King Sebastian next, who thought that it was a great plan and reached out to his family to meet us there, which gave them time to arrive around the time we do. Tanner called to pull some strings before we headed out so that the shop could prepare for us. They needed to call in a few extra people to help us all and they agreed to shut down the store to the public for the day. They didn’t mind doing it as a great deal of money was about to be spent there. I was glad that Rob and Gerald wanted to go with us, and they drove Vincent, Beth, and Dominic in their SUV. It will give them time to talk and get to know each other better. I did not tell Dawson, Sloan, Percy, or Peyton where we were going, just that they needed to come with us. Heath had already called Von and told her to come and bring Cassidy with her to meet us, and they were ecstatic about it.

Jerry was driving Heath as he took Elena, Alyssa, Moira, and Morgana in his SUV. You would think it would be punishment for him, but he dotes on Elena. She was me made over, and he got to watch her grow from a tiny pup. If ever he loved someone more than me, it would be her. I hope that she gets a great mate too because Goddess helps whoever hurt her, Heath will bend heaven and earth to protect her. Although Jerry might have a headache by the time we get there from all the chatter and music that they will be playing. I looked up into the rearview mirror and I cannot help but smile at the love I see reflected back. Sloan is not a hateful person, but I have to admit her mother was a real piece of work, and never stopped with the hate and judgment. She held onto it until the bitter end. She was wrong in her thoughts and beliefs, but she clung to them like they were her security blanket. It is good that Sloan used her power to finish this. She won’t realize it today, but through her own strength, she ended it herself. She showed Meghan and Brandi that no matter what they had done to her that she had survived, she had grown, and she had excelled, despite them and their actions.

It is hard taking a life, especially of someone you know, but in this case, it had to be done, and I know that it is tough on Sloan. It will eventually help her take her power back from them, as abuse like that stays with you, for a long time. I will gently guide her, and when she is ready, I will have a specialist that can come to the pack to help her. I already know who we need to get anyway. She can deal with it in her time. But for right now, Dawson and Sloan are in the row behind us, and he is making slow circles on the back of her hand, as he holds her hand. He is focused on her, and she is watching the scenery as we fly down the road. She will occasionally look at him and smile, and I am glad to see some happiness back in her eyes. Today is the first day that all of her demons have been slain, and it will only get better from here. My eyes drop to her stomach, and I get excited again at the thought of my grand pups.

Oh, that brings me so much joy, and I smiled at Tanner who can feel my emotions, he already knows that those babies are what I am most looking forward to, even more than the upcoming ceremonies. I glanced back to the last row and see Percy right up next to Peyton. He has her pressed into his side like he would die if she wasn’t touching him, and I suddenly remember that Peyton had thrown up yesterday. Now it could have been from the stress and anxiety that she had at hearing what Brandi and Meghan had done to Sloan. But it could have also been because she was stressed, and pregnant. I will have to see about speaking to her, and maybe she can go to the pack doctor to get checked out too. I cannot even suppress my excitement at the thought of the possibility of both my boys having babies of their own. I can’t tone down my smile and I know that Tanner is silently laughing in his mind at my excitement. I am over the moon at just the thought of it, and I started praying to the Moon Goddess for her to make my dreams a reality. Von would be over the moon too, and I can’t wait to tell her my suspicions. She and Heath are the best grandparents and will make the best great-grandparents too.

No one is really speaking right now. We are all trying to give Sloan her time to process. She will let us know when she is feeling better. She is just glad to be with us, even if she doesn’t know where we are going. About an hour into the trip, I hear Sloan ask, “Where are we going today?”

“Well, I wanted to get our minds off the bad, and onto something good, so we are going to see about finding your wedding dresses and tuxedos today. Are you OK with that?” I asked her. She gives me a beaming smile in return to show her approval of my idea, and Peyton starts squealing from the back. Dawson and Percy just grinned at them as they can see how excited the girls are now. Both girls pulled out their phones and start looking at wedding dresses. Periodically showing a dress to the other, or to their mate for their opinion on it. The SUV is completely different now, instead of the heavy, oppressive atmosphere from before, it is now light and happy. I am glad that she is happier, and now refocused on something that makes her happy. The happiness won’t last forever, but as long as I can get her mind off this morning, and onto something better, I will do it. Plus, we will have wedding planning, food, and really everything that needs to be done still to discuss. I know that getting her mind off of it, is the best thing to do. In time she will heal, but it can’t hurt for me to help her along the way.

We arrive an hour later, and I see that Von is already there, and she has Cassidy, Jasmine, and Faith with her. I know that Peyton will be happy at seeing them all again, she hadn’t seen Faith and Jasmine since the k********g. Faith was still training for the testing, but she had been worried about Peyton and wanted to come with them, as she can do double duty as part of the security detail as well. I was glad to see Kevin driving them, as I wanted to thank him myself for the help that he gave us in getting Peyton back. His knowing about that hiding spot really helped Percy out, and Kevin keeping a level head, following at a distance, that was what made it possible for us to get her back. I also see another familiar face, the tall, thin teenager from the rogue cell is with them too and he is already gaining weight. He is going to be a big guy when he gets all the way filled out, and I am happy to see how happy he is to be here. I see his eyes light up when he spots Percy and Jerry.

We are all greeting each other when two more SUVs pull up and it is the security detail with the Luna Queen DeAnna, Christian, his mate Amanda, and Bryson. They also have another person with them, I have never seen her before, but she is a beautiful woman. She is 5’7” tall with long pale blonde hair and pale grey eyes. It almost seems as if she can see right through you when she is staring at you. She looks to be about my son’s age, but with supernaturals, appearances can indeed be deceiving. I heard a commotion and I see Rob walking up with a loving expression on his face as he slowly approaches her. We all watch as she turns to look at him, and we see it when it happens. The sudden connection between them as they walk towards each other with smiles on their faces. I see Sloan crying happy tears for her brother, and I know that this is the Goddess’s way of letting me know that we were supposed to be doing this today. I see Gerald standing there with a proud smile on his face. Both of his children now have mates and are doing well. The door opens to the shop, and we all start entering so they can lock the door back behind us. They have run out of chairs and had to bring in folding chairs from the back, and it is still not enough, so half the security detail was allowed to leave and go get lunch for two hours, and then they will come back and trade out with the other half.

I got to meet Rob’s mate, her name is Isobel Newton, and she is a hybrid as well, half-witch, and half-fae. She is a stunner, and I see when her hair was tucked behind her ears the familiar points at the top of her ears. She looks to be around 20, but I know with her being a witch and a fae, they both have long lives, and she is probably much older than she appears. As I was speaking to Queen DeAnna, she told me that Isobel was actually here to help train Peyton on her second gift of visions and premonitions. I think that it would be good for Percy and Peyton to stay at B***d Rose for the next week, or two, while she trains. Rob’s pack is very close to ours, or she and Rob can stay with us, while Gerald gets Golden Moon straightened out, and ready to be transferred over to Rob. Now that he has found his mate, there is no reason to wait. I also spoke to DeAnna about my idea for the wedding, and she thought it was a good one if the girls wanted to do it. A line formed starting with the brides with Amanda happily walking up to join Sloan and Peyton, as she was now engaged to Christian. They all gushed over each other’s rings, and Amanda asked Peyton to be her maid of honor. Which Peyton happily agreed to and was already excited about trying on additional dresses now.

We split into groups and let the men head to the other side of the shop for now, because they would be getting done quicker anyway. I was right, after 3 hours they have all been squared away and had gone outside to talk while we took over both sides of the store. I hadn’t even looked at dresses yet, as I was here as the mother of the bride for Sloan, along with Beth. I was prepared to be here for Sloan in whatever capacity she needed me to be in. I was also making notes on the invitation list and making plans for the wedding that I was hoping I could pull off. Beth was working on that for the witch’s side of it too. I was making them on my phone at first, but it was getting harder to scroll back and forth, and I like to look at the big picture.

I had asked for a notebook and pen, and I knew that Tanner went to the store to get them, as I saw him bring the bag in. I had the choice of three notebooks, and he had bought my favorite pens. He is one of the few people who know how much I love office products. He gives me a grin and turned to go back outside, and I had to stand up and run toward him to give him a k**s. I love him so much, he is always with me in that he backs me in whatever I want to do. I can depend on him to hold me up, to back me up, to defend me to the death. Whatever I ask of him, he does it for me, even when he didn’t really want to, as not all of my ideas are perfect. He gives me a wink before leaving this time, and I can’t wait to get him back home, I knew what that meant. He still makes my heart beat like I am a teenager and I watched him leave. I heard a throat clear and then Sloan said, “What do you think?”

I turned around and my breath catches in my chest. Sloan is a vision, and it is like the dress was made for her. Sloan never wears dresses, she is not a big fan of them, and I am right there with her. I love my jeans and comfortable clothes, but she looks like a Goddess in the dress. It clings to her like a second skin and the satin seems to shimmer in the light. She is wearing a satin slip dress with a little bit of a cowl neckline and thin spaghetti straps on it. A deep V in the back stopped about 2 inches above her butt, and its shape fit her perfectly. It seems like it had been made just for her. No adjustments will be needed on it, both the length and size are exactly how they need to be, and she looks like perfection in it. I start to tear up just looking at her, as Von, Beth, and Queen DeAnna all nodded their heads quickly in agreement at this dress. Beth was tearing up the same as me, as we both think that this IS the dress.

Before I can even speak, I heard someone else sobbing quietly behind us, and I turned to see Gerald standing near the door to the store. He had seen her come out from the dressing rooms while he was outside, and he had come in to get a better look. I know that he had probably been on the lookout for her anyway, and had seen the other dresses before she came out in this one. He has excellent taste, well, in dresses, not in mates. I know he stayed outside to try to give her room, and not pressure her, but anyone around him can feel his pain at thinking that he has lost her forever. He didn’t catch the abuse, but he honestly didn’t know, and I think that will play in his favor. Sloan gives him a tight smile, I know how much she wants to have his approval, she just didn’t want to get her hopes up too much. Gerald steps forward slowly and said, “You will be the most beautiful bride that I have ever seen.”

“I agree with your father. You look stunning in it, almost like it was made for you. It is perfect. What do you think though? Do you like it? Or do you love it?” I asked her. That was the real question, how does she feel about it? This was the fourth dress, and we want her to find the one. The one that makes you feel like this is the most perfect dress in the world for me. She turns to look at herself in the mirror and I stepped up behind her and said, “I think that you should wear your hair up to show off the back of this beautiful dress. It is perfection on you, and I think that we should get you a lovely veil and something sparkly for your hair too.” I held her hair up with some of the tendrils coming down and I know that this is exactly how we need to get it done for the wedding. Her black hair will show off a sparkly headpiece very well. The dress is satin with no embellishments on it, so she can get both a headpiece and a veil to make a statement. I started to cry with her, and she said, “Yes, I love this dress, it is so soft, and has a dreamy feel to it. I can’t wait for Dawson to see me in it.”

At the mention of Dawson, I see Gerald seem to wake up and turned to make sure that he was the only man that had caught sight of Sloan. I did too, as his seeing her coming down the aisle is more special when he hadn’t seen it before. Tanner however had both of our boys with him, and they were not where they could see into the store, and I gave a sigh of relief. Tanner is two steps ahead of me today.

I found a beautiful crystal headpiece that had a large round crystal on the front of it, with crystal pieces running down both the upper and lower side of the wire running back to the comb that will anchor it in her hair. It was duplicated on both sides and was a gorgeous piece that will draw attention to her lovely eyes. Dawson loves Sloan’s eyes, and they will be played up very well with this piece. The crystal will drop down to almost right between her eyes looking like a crown of crystals shaped like flowers and leaves running up on the wire. She and Dawson will look stunning in their wedding pictures. It totally completes the Goddess look that we are going for, and I love it. I placed it on the counter for me to buy. I want this to be a little surprise for Sloan from me and Tanner. I will let her pick out the veil and I went and picked out a total of three of them for her to choose her favorite from. I got all of the sheer veils to showcase the bold back of her dress.

My favorite one was the one that would drag on the floor behind her as she comes up the aisle, it had lace work and beading on the end of it. It caught the light so well and kept sparkling, even in this low lighting in the store. The lace was low in some parts and then would rise up to about a foot and a half from the end of the veil. It had flowers and leaves sewn into the details of the lace, with the flowers shining because of the little crystals sewn on them. I wasn’t going to lead her though, I want this to be her decision. It is her wedding, and I want it to be exactly what she wants it to be. Sloan exits from the back, back in her jeans and a t-shirt and holding the dress across her arm. I gave her a big smile as she walked up to me. I had gotten the staff to put all three veils on stands that were set to her height, so she would know how much length would still be on the floor behind her, and what it would look like. The Manager gets the dress from her to hang back up and get it ready for us to take with us.

She looked at them all and I kept seeing her glancing back at my favorite which I had put to the far right. I didn’t want her to know which one I liked the best, I know how much she loves me and values my opinion. I don’t want her to pick it for me, I wasn’t here to pick it for her. “I know that it is a tough choice, but you need to go with the one that you love and want to wear the most. Any of them will do, but I want you to be the one who makes the decision. They will all be lovely with your dress.”

“I love this one,” she said, and she bends to pick the train off of the floor to look at the detail better. It was the one I loved too, and I smiled as I motioned to the salesperson to order the veil Sloan was holding. Sloan went to sit with Beth and DeAnna as the girls tried on various dresses and then Queen DeAnna asked the hard question, “Sloan, did you or Peyton decide on who will be your wedding attendants? Did you figure out the bridesmaids?” I know that DeAnna had a good point. I hadn’t mentioned my idea to them yet, so Sloan and Peyton had not had time to think of it yet.

My head snapped up, that is right, we need to get that figured out and I mindlinked Tanner to tell him to get the boys thinking about it too. I need to get this nailed down, and I was working it like I was about to plan a mission. I will make sure that both girls have the best time ever at their wedding, and I need to get some of this nailed down right now.