Chapter 20: Trinity-Luna Preparations and Conditions
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Trinity
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I was just about to text Juniper and tell her that I wouldn't be in class today when I heard my door being unlocked again. That was quick for breakfast. I thought. But it wasn't soone bringing food, it was Noah again.
"There was one last thing I needed to tell you." He said seeing the phone in my hand. "It seems I might not have caught you in ti."
"What?" I asked him, perplexed.
"You are to tell no one about the fact that you are the Alpha's mate and the new Luna. That announcent will be made to the pack as a whole at the gathering this weekend." He was looking at my phone pointedly as he spoke.
"I was just telling Juniper that I wasn't going to be in class today." I told him. "I hadn't even sent the ssage yet." I groaned showing him the screen.
"That's good. Go ahead and send that ssage. I would really hate for them to take away your phone while we await the gathering." He told .
"He would really go that far?" I asked him, shock filling my voice.
"We cannot have the news spreading prior to the gathering." He told firmly.
"I won't tell anyone." I told him. "I don't want it to be true, so I am not going to start bragging." I told him flatly. Noah just nodded and left the room again. I heard the lock click once more.
I unpacked my things and organized my room. I ate the breakfast that was brought to . It was delicious, the sa as the al was from the night before. And I worked on the assignnts Juniper texted that were for the classes I had missed.
Noah ca around lunch ti with a woman I did not know. She was slightly older, tall and thin with hair that had begun to turn from light brown to silver gray. Her bright green eyes were still sharp and focused though, and she had a friendly smile.
"Trinity, this is Gina, she is the top-rated seamstress in the pack." I knew who she was imdiately. She was the one who made all ceremonial clothing for the Alphas and forr Luna. There was a seamstress before her that did the sa thing. If she were here, that ant she knew who I was.
"Good afternoon." She told , bowing to slightly. "It is wonderful to et you Luna." I looked to Noah, concern filling my face.
"There is nothing to worry about. She is sworn to secrecy, and she has been working for the Alpha's family for a long ti." Noah told . I just nodded my head.
"The traditional dress worn at the marking ceremony is always passed down from Luna to Luna, but the problem is, you are so much smaller than the others." She chatted, looking at curiously. She had helped alter the previous Luna's dress as well apparently and knew what types of changes were typically made. "And we don't have much ti." She mused aloud.
Gina set a stool in front of and directed to stand on top of it. She took several asurents.
"You're short, and your waist is so much smaller than most of the pack won." She muttered more to herself than to anyone else. "But your bosom is just as ample as everyone else's, but on that tiny fra of yours it still makes the bodice too big." She continued to mutter while sketching sothing.
Before long she kicked Noah out of the room, telling him that there would be no n permitted in the room for the next stage. Once he was out the door, and I heard the lock click into place again, she was directing to take my clothes off.
"Excuse ?" I nearly yelled before I caught myself, just barely managing to speak in a civilized tone.
"I need to pin the dress to the right length, so you need to put it on. Chop, chop, off with those clothes so you can put the dress on."
I understood what she wanted, but that didn't make it any less awkward. With slow, halting movents I managed to strip down to my underwear. But as I reached for the dress, she moved toward , the dress in hand. She was helping into the dress. Oh Goddess, this is too weird!
After several embarrassing minutes the dress was fully in place. It was not sitting the way it should have, but the feel of the fabric was wonderful. It was softer than the silk of the dress Grandfather had given .
The base color of the dress was black, but that was lost under the silver that adorned it. There was silver all through the skirt and train so that every ti I shifted it caught the light. The bodice and straps were black, but they were covered with silver that hung down to make long shimring sleeves and a flowing cape that spread out behind . The black was barely visible unless I moved in just the right way. The dress was so mystifyingly beautiful.
"I don't want to cut away too much, but I fear I will have to." Gina was saying. I couldn't let her do sothing so permanent to the dress.
"No, we can make it work." I told her.
"Really? And how?" She asked .
"Leave it long and flowing like it is, just tighten things up in the chest. Making it an empire waist should solve the problem." I told her. I didn't want the dress cut more than it needed to be.
"Hmm. That just might work." She mumbled looking at the dress and sketching sothing on her pad. "Yes, I think it will." She said looking at . "You're quite amazing Luna." She was smiling happily. I didn't know how to respond so I just shook my head, I was nothing special after all.
Gina helped out of the dress. I put my clothes back on. And then she was escorted out and Noah ca to join for lunch.
"I spoke with Reece." Noah inford , using the Alpha's na, probably in an attempt to make less nervous about him. It didn't help.
"Ok?" I said, not knowing where he was going with this.
"You can resu classes tomorrow."
"Thank you." I interrupted him.
"Under one condition." He continued.
"What condition?" I was confused.
"You need an escort."
"An escort?" I was perplexed.
"Soone from the pack to make sure you won't run away." He said firmly.
"I'll be with Juniper and the others." I told him.
"They won't cut it. They have not been trained as warriors, at least to our knowledge, and they are your friends and might likely help you escape." He said matter-of-factly.
"And risk the punishnt?" I asked him, skeptically.
"You never know."
"So, who will be escorting ? You or Carter?" I was guessing it had to be one of them.
"I cannot do it as I am Reece's personal assistant, and Carter was not chosen."
"Then who?" I asked, getting nervous now. Surely, he wouldn't do it himself, would he?
"A warrior from the pack. Soone the Alpha can trust to protect you. If you rember you were also recently attacked and will need to be guarded, in case it was not a random event." Noah was trying to use the attack yesterday as part of the cause for the guard duty.
"And I handled myself pretty well, if you rember."
"Yes, but you still lost the fight." He said sternly.
"I don't need a warrior following around."
"Then you don't need to go to class." He looked at firmly. I growled at him.
"Fine. But after I am marked, I will be allowed to go without the ard escort, right?" I asked him sarcastically. "He said he can track by my mark, so I was only under house arrest until I was marked." I told him what the Alpha had told .
"We will discuss that later, when the ti cos."
"I am not going to have so random guy I don't know following around all day every day." I snapped at him.
"Then get to know him." He snapped back.
"Dammit, Noah."
"You brought this on yourself. You were the one that got into that ss yesterday and you were the one that tried to run away. If only you had checked your ssages, then things could have been a lot different." He growled at . I puffed out my cheeks in frustration at him. "Deal with it, Trinity, and maybe it will go away soon enough." I growled again but nodded my head, accepting his terms.
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