Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 129

Sloan’s POV

B***d Rose pack

I am so excited about tomorrow. The big trial had ended last weekend and we all needed this kind of joyous occasion to bring us all together. The smaller trial of Anna and Jennifer occurred two days later. My whole family was allowed to attend as Vincent and King Sebastian have been friends for a number of years and made a special allowance for us to have witches in the courtroom. The trial was conducted very quickly, as compared to Stephanie’s, Cassidy’s, and Jasper’s. Anna really thought that her standing up to say how sorry she was for the confusion about me being Dawson’s mate was hilarious. They had no idea how many videos we had on them, and what all we knew. Every defense they came up with got blown away by the lawyer that Dawson hired to address the Council on my part. Dawson didn’t want me to be anywhere around Anna, or Jennifer, because he knew just how much they hated me. Dawson was also scared that they would attempt to hurt our pups too. I agreed with him, and I sat safely between Dawson and Vincent for the whole case. I have to say that them getting the death penalty helped me to sleep better at night.

Gabi had thrown the families of Anna and Jennifer out of the pack about a week and a half after their attempt at killing me. She did it because they kept approaching me, trying to get to me agree to just let the girls off with a stern warning. They kept getting more and more aggressive with me about dropping the charges on Anna and Jennifer. They were not aware of the mountain of evidence that they both had against them and just felt like I was bullying their daughters about this whole thing. They figured it out at the trial. The shame at their daughter’s actions came off of them in waves after the videos had played. They got to see how their daughters really were, when they weren’t kissing up, or playing like they were innocent like they did in front of their parents. No one other than their parents had shown up in support of the girls for the case, except for their defense attorney. I have to say that he tried, he believed what the girls had told him. He ended up looking like an i***t up there because of it. He walked off fuming as soon as his clients were picked up to be taken and dealt with. He did stop by my seat and apologized for having believed them when they had come to him for help.

Jennifer’s parents did come up and tell me that they were sorry for what the girls had done. I could tell how upset they both were over it, now they knew the truth of what happened, and not just what they had heard from the girls. It was all because of Anna’s and Jennifer’s own actions that they were receiving the consequences that they were right now. But it took them actually seeing what all the girls did on video for them to finally believe it. I knew that hearing the girls making their plans, and seeing Anna put not one, but two droppers full of poison each, into my drink without hesitation, was a shock to them. That action was finally what showed them who Anna really was at her core. Anna’s parents didn’t speak to me or approach me after the trial. I could sense how bad they felt towards me after all the hateful things that they said to me when they still believed what Anna had said happened. They both just nodded at me, probably feeling terrible about all the bullying that they gave me to try to get the trial stopped, before walking away. I could understand wanting to protect your pup. I am extremely protective of the two I am carrying now. I have a tiny little bump already that I enjoy rubbing and talking to as if they can understand me now. We already love them so much, and Dawson and I cannot wait to get to see them.

Peyton and I are staying in the same suite tonight. We are having some spa treatments with our bridesmaids, parents, and friends in what I was told would be a “fun girl’s night”, but I have no idea what all that is going to entail. Really very few of us did, including Peyton, Cassidy, Elena, and Michelle who were also in the dark about it as far as the spa treatments I got my hair trimmed a little bit, and my nails done. Dawson liked my hair long, so I wouldn’t cut very much off, just got a trim so it looks its best for tomorrow. The lady that cut it was the lady who would be doing my hair tomorrow. She told me how nice my hair was as soon as I sat down in her chair, and that she wanted to do a deep condition on it before she washed and cut it. I agreed and it was very relaxing feeling her do a scalp massage for me as well. I have to say that she was right about deep conditioning. My hair looked glossy, and beautiful when she got done with it. She ran her fingers through it so I could see how even more silky it was after the treatment. While she let the conditioner sit, I sat there with my head in a damp towel under the portable dryer. I watch Gabi and the stylist talking animatedly with each other and the stylist nodding at something Gabi had told her. I enjoyed getting spoiled, getting to eat some really good food and just having a relaxing night with my friends and family.

I got a deep pink color on my toes, as I wanted that pop of color as I walked down the aisle. I went with a lighter purple color, a periwinkle, on my hands because my flowers are varying colors of purple roses, from lilac to deep purple in my bouquet. My nails have a little iridescent shimmer to them, and I think that they looked beautiful. I had my ring finger done in a darker purple to stand out. The deep purple roses were my absolute favorite. The outer ring of the flower was a rich, deep purple and then had a pinkish-purple color closer to the center, with a periwinkle color in the actual center of the rose. I have never seen such gorgeous flowers before, and my excitement over them made Dawson laugh at how happy I was over them. Just looking at them gave me joy, and I cannot wait to walk down the aisle tomorrow.

I had picked purple for my bridesmaid’s dresses, the girls all got the same shade a beautiful violet color. I didn’t care what style of dress they wanted, they got to pick whichever one they felt looked best on them. All of our bodies are different shapes and sizes, and I want them to look their best too. I didn’t care about anything other than marrying the love of my life. That was going to be the highlight for me. I have family and friends now, and that still makes my heart swell with happiness.

I have Michelle, Moira, Morgana, and Alyssa who are all going to be with me walking down the aisle on the happiest day of my life. I feel like they are sisters to me, along with Peyton and Elena, and I love all of them so much. I feel like the Goddess blessed me with all of these wonderful women who have been so much better than the sister I was actually given for the last 20 years. I never in my life thought that I would have such a big wedding or wedding party. I never even allowed myself to even think that I would be able to get mated actually because I believed what my mom and sister said to me repeatedly. That I was a freak that no one wanted, and that I would die before I got to leave Golden Moon. So, the life that I am living now is like a dream come true for me. A handsome and loving mate, and babies on the way. My mind is still blown by all of it, and I firmly believe that Dawson being my mate saved me. The Goddess sent him to Golden Moon, and my Omega being sick, so I had to come down to get lunch, allowing him to scent me. It was no coincidence that it happened that way. It was all the Goddess working for me, to protect me, and to bless me with what she had planned for me. I will forever be in her debt for the rest of my life. I could never repay her for all that she has blessed me with in my life now, it was worth everything I had to go through to get here.

Elena will be standing for both Peyton and me, in her gown which is a light pink base, with a purple tulle overlay that goes from the straps of the gown down to the floor. The light pink shows strategically on both the top and bottom of the dress. The overlay stops being mostly purple around her thigh area and starts blending with the light pink at that point. It is just pink from her knees down to the floor and it is a beautiful, and original dress. The dress looks stunning on her, and the colors look great on her. It is a V-neck ballgown and I believe that Elena steals the show in it. She is absolutely gorgeous in it, and we are all so happy to have her standing up for both of us wearing it. This wedding is going to be one of a kind, and Gabi’s brilliant mind worked everything out to the minute details that usually fall through the cracks. Gabi wanted this to be perfect for her boys, and it shows in all that she has done for us all. Tomorrow will go off without a hitch, I am absolutely positive about that.

My cousins are super excited about the wedding and getting to participate in mine. I have even more cousins, in the Coven, quite a few in fact, but they all wanted to meet me. In fact, Dawson had gone with me as we went to their coven to introduce me before the wedding. There are a number of witches coming to the wedding, and Dawson was cute growling out warnings to some of the unrelated young adult males who looked at me longer than he felt was appropriate. The warlocks thought it was funny Dawson was jealous, right up until Vincent straightened them out that I was not available to them, for anything. The warlocks got out of there pretty fast after that. I got to meet a lot of families that were excited to get to meet me at last. They all told me how much they missed my grandmother. Which at first made me sad with missing her, but hearing all the stories about things they did growing up was so much fun. Getting to see pictures of her when she was young and seeing how much they loved her really made it a special day. I am looking forward to seeing them all again at the wedding.

I am already missing Dawson, and I just saw him a little over an hour ago. This will be the first night sleeping away from him, and I really didn’t want to. I sleep better next to him, as I always felt safest in his arms. The men are in another room, separated from us. They are doing the same thing, spa treatments, skin treatments, and haircuts as well on their side. Gabi wanted all of us to look our best for the pictures. I know that she is so excited about the wedding, and she has really been focused on trying to make it perfect for all of us. She doubled up on everything. The photographers, the caterers, the elders doing the ceremonies, she had thought of everything. She had listened to what we wanted for the flowers and food. She had actually tripled up on the makeup artists and hair stylists. She told us that in the morning there will be three more of each showing up to get everyone done in time for the wedding. She told us that the men would have two of the hairdressers until they were all ready and then the extra would come over to the women’s side to help get us all prepared. That the missing stylists were on the men’s side right now doing the hair and spa treatments, making sure that all of us would be looking our best tomorrow.

Gabi had spent who knows how much as everyone had been given their own robes and slippers to wear. She did it for both the men’s and the women’s side and there were a great number of people here. We had taken over the suites on the east side of the packhouse, the men were on the opposite side of us. There were usually reserved for visiting Alphas and their families Council members, and extended family members. So, the interconnecting suites had all been unlocked and left open for people to wander around in and us still be together. One room was for visiting with each other, food, drinks, and snacks. The middle room was for haircuts and skin care treatments, and the last room was for our nails to get done and had also been blocked off by some hanging curtains to block the three massage tables. None of the she-wolves really had an issue with nudity, but it wasn’t just she-wolves here tonight, and Gabi wanted everyone to be comfortable. I was torn on the massage as I thought it might be nice to try it, but with me being pregnant, I was unsure if it would hurt the babies. I decided to wait, as I could treat myself to one after the babies are here. I will not ever take the chance on them getting hurt, and with the women here split between it being safe and unsafe, I decided to just err on the side of caution.

Tonight, was all to do with calming nerves, eating, drinking, and enjoying getting to spend time with each other. I have to say that I enjoyed my mask and facial, my face was glowing, and not just from the pregnancy. I felt like a Queen with all the special treatment that I was receiving tonight. I was enjoying getting to listen to the other girls talking and joking around, as they were having a lot of fun too. Queen DeAnna was here with us, all of our bridesmaids, Beth, Teresa Phillips, and Gabi. I think back to earlier when we had the wedding rehearsal. Walking up that long aisle to Dawson was easy as the seats were basically empty, but I just focused on Dawson and went right to him. His smile of joy as I walked up the aisle to him made me smile too. I think that he is even more excited about tomorrow than I am.

I saw some of the decorations in the hall after the rehearsal tonight before we all had a special dinner in the meeting room. There were about 50 of us in there, with the wedding party, extended family, and parents. Then when we parted after dinner Dawson tried a number of things to get me up to our room for a little while. I knew what he was thinking, I wanted to go with him too. But Gabi only smiled and said, “One day won’t kill him” and escorted me away. I feel like I went from being cubic zirconia to a shined-up, and well-cut diamond from all the spa treatments tonight. The ladies started dropping off about two hours later. They went to find their mates and go to bed. It was down to Gabi and Queen DeAnna now with Peyton and me. Beth had just left a short time earlier, leaving with Moira and Morgana. The rooms had been cleared out, and the hair and makeup stations were set up and ready to go in the morning. There were a number of dresses set up and hanging off of two rolling racks. They looked like a beautiful pastel rainbow with the dresses lined up on the racks. Peyton’s dress was hung up on a stand, with all her items right there with it. My dress was hung up as well, and the realness of it all sets in. I am getting married tomorrow. Two of the bedrooms were set back to normal for me and Peyton to use for tonight, and Peyton and her mom headed into her room to speak quietly together. I know that having her mom here with her is a comfort. Even if mine were still alive, she would have tried to cause problems the whole night. I feel nothing but relief that she and Brandi were not here to be able to cause problems like I know that they would have tried to do.

“How do you feel, Sloan?” Gabi asks me, looking at me like she could read my mind.

“I am fine, thanks, Gabi. Seeing Peyton with her mom brought mine into my mind, but honestly, if mom and Brandi were here, they would have ruined the whole night. I couldn’t have eaten or had anything to drink because they would have probably still been trying to kill me. Mom never loved me, and neither did Brandi. I know that I am way better off without them in my life. But I am glad that I have Peyton, Elena, and my cousins, who actually love and care for me. I never thought that I would be able to find a mate, let alone him love me so much that he would want to marry me. I am so thankful that the Goddess gave me Dawson” I said to Gabi, and then sighed. This is going to be so much harder than I thought that it was going to be.

“I want you to know that both Tanner and I are both here for you. I think Tanner walking you down the aisle as he did in rehearsal, was the wrong choice for me to make. I think that we need to talk about that because I could see how much pain your father was in seeing you walk down the aisle with Tanner. I know that you have a very difficult relationship with your father right now, but he didn’t know about the abuse. Vincent and Beth checked his memories, and I think that you need to think about that. I just let Tanner do it because he volunteered, and I had been too busy to stop and ask you. I knew that you would need time to think about it. Tanner loves you, and Peyton, very much already and was glad to step in to help. He would indeed agree to do it for you tomorrow as well, but I think you should take tonight and decide if that would make you happy or not. This would be a large first step in having a real relationship with your father. He loves you, it is clear to me how much he loves you. He just didn’t realize who Meghan was until it was too late. I think a good second option for you is Vincent. Either of them would be so glad to walk you down the aisle. You just think about it and tell me in the morning. Whatever you want to be done, is what I will make sure happens. I just want your day to be perfect. I don’t want you to think back on it, with regret. I want you to remember your wedding day with only love and happiness” Gabi told me and then gave me a k**s on my cheek before she left.

I haven’t even thought about it. I guess I just didn’t think about it because I didn’t want to deal with it. Rob had told me when I got engaged that if I wanted him to walk me down the aisle that he would. I guess I just assumed that was what was going to happen but forgot to tell Gabi that Rob was going to do it. But he would be much happier if he just got to sit and enjoy the wedding with Isobel. I am still so happy at his finding his mate, I have Peyton and the Alpha King to thank for that. Isobel was training Peyton on how to use her second gift and doing very well at it. The Goddess knew what she was doing there too, my brother has never been happier either. We have already signed a new treaty with Golden Moon to protect them, and Isobel, from anyone finding out about her abilities. The Royal Knight pack and Ever Green pack had signed a treaty as well. Immediate family in other packs were also involved from the Crimson Shadow pack to the Black Night pack, for protection for Isobel. The way their family protected each other and included us, as the twin’s mates immediately in it as well, was something that I am still getting used to. They were so welcoming and loving, and I am used to family being the ones who hurt you the most. This change is a good one, that I can get behind.

I headed for bed, I will shower in the morning before I get ready for the biggest day of my life. I have some pretty big decisions to make tonight, and I already know that I won’t be sleeping well thinking about it. I pray to the Moon Goddess for guidance in this, as she has shown herself to have my best interests at heart. She will know if I need to just play it safe and let Vincent walk me down the aisle, or not. She will also let me know if I need to extend an olive branch to my father, and maybe let down the wall around my heart that I have for him. It is going to be tough for me to decide. Mom telling me that he knew that she was hurting me, or told her to do it to me, had always hurt me. It was hard not to believe her as it did seem that he didn’t care enough about me to stop her from doing it. I know now that she really was a great liar. I saw how emotional he got at the bridal story when he cried at just seeing me in my wedding dress. I know that I can trust Vincent and Beth completely, but I don’t know if I am ready yet for a real relationship with my father. What if I am wrong? What if he ends up being worse than mom to me, or breaks my heart like mom did? I look at the ceiling thinking for hours, before finally drifting off to sleep after midnight. Knowing that tomorrow I will either break my father’s heart or allow him to have a second chance in my life.