Chapter 35
Taylor’s POV
That son of a bitch. I was being nice to him, and he just told me that he has a mate now. In front of my friends, he just tells me he has a mate. Since when? What in the hell? The worst part was me breaking my phone. How am I going to go crying to my parents about him loving and leaving me if I can’t produce the pictures that I took?
I don’t care if he does have a mate. I have been telling anyone who will listen that I am going to be the Luna of the Blood Rose pack, and by the Goddess I will be. I thought that lie up pretty fast though and mom was already sending Stone out to get my new one. I mind-linked him and told him to get me the latest iPhone and I wanted a really cute cover too, because it was my birthday. Stone seems to be put out with me, but it is two hours until my party and I am about to have to go and get ready, and I don’t have time to do it myself. What do I have to do everything?
I saw the way that Tanner was looking at me. He knows I was up to something, but he will never know what hit him. I know how to work my parents; they dote on me and always give me whatever I want. And I want Tanner. I will be his Luna. I don’t care who his mate is. Too bad for her, it’s not going to be my problem. My friends all looked at me sadly when he said it, and I have to admit I was furious that he had said it in front of them, but I am calm now, and I can work with this.
Stone comes back 40 minutes later, and the phone is acceptable, it is the newest model, and I even liked the cover he picked out for me. I probably should have told him thank you, as he was gone for almost 2 hours to get it, but he is my brother, and what else was he going to do? He really doesn’t have to do anything but take a shower and put some mousse in his hair and he is done. I had a lot to do and, plus, I had to figure out a way to get into the ballroom without my parents seeing me, and then when they did see my dress, it would be too late to make me go change. It would be stupid to make me change, as I look totally hot in that dress.
I take my shower and shave while thinking about my friend's faces tomorrow when they find out that I am going to be the Luna for the Blood Rose pack. They are going to be so jealous. I am charging the phone right now, and I am going to check my cloud as soon as I get at least 80% on it, but I have a lot to do, and I haven’t decided how I even want to do my hair even for tonight.
I took my time getting ready as the party cannot even start without the guest of honor there, and I would have to come down about 10 minutes early for the party to sneak in through the backway to avoid my parents. I already know that I will be getting a BIG lecture tomorrow because they will not be happy with my dress, but it had to be done.
I wanted a dress where my breasts would be on a nice display, as I have been told several times how nice my body is, and why not flaunt it. It is my body, and it looks great, so what is the harm in showing it? Plus, I am going to be dancing with two very tall men tonight, Tanner and that big guy with the group of new people. This makes me depressed again, thinking about that girl as my long-lost sister. Why the hell did she have to show up today? Was she deliberately trying to ruin my birthday? I mean yeah, she probably had to come back here, but why today, of all days? I pray to the Goddess that she does not stay here. That would ruin my life, literally.
I had gone out and gotten my hair and nails done yesterday, so I really only had to do my hair and makeup, which I was great at if I said so myself. I was going to look stunning tonight and be the most beautiful girl at my birthday celebration, as I should be. None of my friends are as pretty as I am and even if they were, they know better than to spoil my birthday. I narrowed my eyes thinking about my sister returning. She is actually beautiful too, she looks just like mom and me and I will have some competition there. But then I realized that she didn’t have any makeup on today, and she looked like a tomboy, so I don’t think I had anything to worry about on that end. She may be in shape from obviously exercising, but she cannot complete with me. I have been taken care of all my life, I am flawless, and everyone can clearly see who the best sister is going to be.
I have my hair and makeup done and I piled my hair up on my head in a classic up-do as I don’t want my hair hanging down and blocking the view of my cleavage from Tanner or that other guy when I dance with them. I want them to get an eyeful, and I want them to want me. I know what I am doing in bed. I have been sexually active for over a year now. Tanner just needs to give me a shot at pleasing him, and he will see for himself, that no one can take care of him better than me. I put on a good spray of perfume, as I want to smell nice, and I am ready to get dressed.
I get my dress and shoes on, and I am stunning, literally, and that is not even being vain, it is simply the truth. I look fantastic in this outfit, and I turn side to side in it. The emerald green gown hugs my figure like a second skin and shows off my best attributes. The deep V shows off the top of my breasts as it almost goes down to my navel, so you get a good view of the inside of my cleavage too. I am wearing nipple covers just in case. My mom and dad really get upset, but I am their baby girl, so they will get over being angry at me. We are an Alpha family, so I can’t have a nip slip at my birthday party. I also had the lady who did my alterations cut a thigh-high slit for my right leg, so I have my long tanned legs showing with each step I take. I look awesome and I cannot wait for everyone to get to see me at my party and in this beautiful dress. All eyes will be on me.
Correction: I cannot wait for one person to see me at my party, and I am beyond excited that he is here. Everyone will see how perfect we are for each other as we dance together tonight. I have already mentioned to my two best friends that they should start a rumor about me and Tanner being together tonight. They are already helping me sneak in the back way to my party as well.
One will stay with me, and then one will go out and distract my parents if she needs to, otherwise. I will then come out when the room is full enough that there isn’t anything that can do about it. I will be wearing this dress tonight and everyone will see how beautiful I am. I put on some earrings, and I am completely ready now. I mindlinked them to see if they were ready to go downstairs as it was about 10 minutes till my party was supposed to start, and I needed to get hidden to make this work. I usually run late for everything, so my parents won’t suspect anything as they will think I will make my grand entrance from the stairwell, but actually, I will be coming down the steps from the stage at the far end of the room. My friends will start clapping for me when I emerge from behind the curtain, so everyone’s attention will be on me, as I gracefully descend to the dance floor. I got a mindlink back from my friends Marie Jackson and Cybil Conrad, telling me that they are here, right outside my bedroom.
Marie is nice, but not the smartest in any group. She is always happy and smiling, and she is willing to help me with anything I ask of her. She has brown hair and brown eyes and is a fuller size, but she is really cute. People love her; my parents especially like her. I send her in when my parents ask who I am going to be with, as they don’t mind when I am hanging out with her. Even if I am actually going out with a guy and not Marie, she always has my back and she is probably the only person that I actually trust besides Stone and my parents. If I am honest, Marie is probably my only actual friend and that makes me both happy and sad. It isn’t my fault, I am like I am. I could change, but why would I? I am getting everything I could ever want in my life. I tell my parents I want something, and they make it happen. My life is wonderful, all because of what happened to my sister when she was two.
Cybil is nice, but I know she isn’t a follower like Marie. Cybil, who I refer to as C.C., is very smart and has the top GPA in our junior class. C.C. “helps” me with my homework, so I don’t look bad to my parents. I don’t feel the need to have to apply myself, because I am going to be Luna and I don’t need to go to class to learn that it is ingrained in me, I will be fine winging it. Someone will teach me how to do it at Alpha Training. Plus, my friend just found her Alpha while she was there, and he made her his chosen mate, so I can do it too. C.C. only puts up with me because she always gets something out of it; my old clothes, my old boyfriends, and my old shoes.
Today they will both be getting a really nice swag bag with C.C. and Marie getting some additional items that the other 8 of my friends who I don’t see as much will not be getting. C.C. had blonde hair and blue eyes, and she and I have a very similar shape, she is just not quite as endowed as I am. But she does appreciate all my hand-me-downs, and I only wear something like 5 times tops, and then I go shopping again, so she gets my old clothes and changes them up from how I wore them. She does as I ask, and we get along just fine, while it suits her. I am sure after we graduate next year, she will leave me behind as she wants to be a lawyer for the pack, and she has her eyes on the prize.
I slip out of my room as Marie and C.C. are already there in the hallway and we hurry over to the freight elevator at the back of the packhouse. As soon as the doors close and they get a full look at me, both of their jaws drop, and Marie said, “Taylor, you look fantastic, but are you sure your parents are going to be OK with how revealing your dress is?”.
C.C. was more direct, “Girl, you are dead meat when your parents see you. This is a party for your 17th birthday. Not your 21st, your parents are going to be furious with you over this”.
“Hey, they said I could get it altered, and I did. They should have specified how far I could go with it. They didn’t, so I went with what I wanted to do. Plus, I want Tanner to see what he could have by picking me as his mate”, I told them.
“Taylor, he met his mate. It is done. You will have to find another that you want to go after, or better yet, how about you wait until you turn 18 and then start looking for him”, Marie said. She is so innocent. She believes in mates and forever love. I don’t want forever love. I don’t want to take the chance of getting a low-level mate. I want to be the Luna of a pack. I want to be Luna of Tanner’s pack, that is what I want, and that is what I will get. I want respect, and if I have to force Tanner to make me his choice, so be it. By the end of tonight, I will have Tanner on his knees and begging me to be his Luna, or I will ruin his reputation and our packs having a treaty.