A Secret Alpha Mate

(1sla) As soon as we got back to Moonstone, there was not a moment of rest. Abigail and I were thrown back into planning, this time finalizing the ceremony that was two weeks away. When we told Gianna our ideas she gave us the numbers of who to call and what to ask for. She took over the invitations and we were already getting responses, most of them coming. This time we weren't inviting other packs, we honestly didn’t have the space for everyone visiting as it is. We were going t have to ask pack members if they were willing to open up their homes, and spare rooms, to some of our visiting member Lucas, Abigial, and I sat on the floor of my office, going through the long list of vendors together. “No, three hundred of the table cloths, not three” Lucas says into the phone, making eye contact with me and rolling his eyes. “Yes, that's correct. We need them set up too, preferably the day before the ceremony.” Abigail says. “Hello?” The man on the other side of my phone brings me back to my conversation. “Oh, hi, sorry” “That's okay, Luna. Everything is set up for the flowers. They will be delivered the morning of the ceremony.” “Thank you I say handing up and checking the flowers off the list. “Whew, how much more do we have of this?” Lucas slumps down on the floor. “Only five more vendors,” Abigial checks the list, “If you want to call one more, Isla and I can take care of the rest and me: you downstairs for lunch.” Lucas sits up and grabs his phone, “Yes! I'll make sandwiches!” He grabs the list and dial a number. Abigial smiles and we finish up the last few calls meeting Lucas downstairs. “t made my famous BLT." Lucas slides two plates in front of us. “These actually look good.” Abigial says, taking a hesitant bite. “Actually?” Lucas puts his hand over his heart, “I'm hurt I laugh and start eating mine. “Luna?” An omega comes up to me. “Yes?” I set down my sandwich looking at the young omega. “There's someone here with dresses for you, they want to know where to put them.” I look at Abigial but she shakes her head and shrugs. “I'll be right back” 1 say to them as I follow the omega to the front. A long rack of dresses in black garment bags are in the foyer, a man in a suit standing next to them. “Hi, can I help you?" I ask him with a smile. “Luna” He bows, “These were sent by the previous Luna, Gianna, she wants you to pick one and then we can arrange to take back the ones you don't like.” Oh, this was Gianna's doing, of course. “We will pick them up when we take the rack fr a Ms. Abigial” I look at him confused. “We already dropped a rack of her dress choices to her house, someone was there to sign off for them.” I nod, “Where would you like these?” “Do you mind showing him to my room?” I ask the omega, she gives me a wide smile and shakes her head. “Of course not Luna, it's a pleasure. Follow me, sir" “Thank you so much.” 1 say to both of them. “Luna” the man says giving me a short bow of his head. I rejoin Abigail and Lucas who is now making sandwiches for all the omega’s in the kitchen, I can't help but smile at this pack that I was so blessed to be a part of. “Now now now, ladies. I know you're all excited to taste the best sandwich that has ever been eaten, but” There was a de laugh that came from behind me. “Best, sandwich, my as. Move over, Beta, I'll show them what a real sandwich is.” Lucas gives Jackson a bored look as he goes back to flipping his bacon. “Oh you mean your famous grilled cheese?” He retorts, “Give me a break, its just cheese and bread, no one could mess tf up!” He snorts. jackson rolls up his sleeves and gets down some large pans and stands next to Lucas, “I hope you all are hungry.” Jacksor says to the kitchen staff and they give him soma applause. Jackson smiles at Lucas and raises an eyebrow. “Sure sure, you're the Alpha, even if they hate it they wont tell you.” “As much as we would love to stay for this ultimate showdown, Abigial and I have some dress shopping to do.” Abigial tur to me, “Gianna sent you a rack of dresses to choose from.” She shakes her head and smiles, “That woman was sent by the goddess herself” “Lucas, we still need your help this afternoon. I'll link you when we're done.” “Yes, Luna. I am at your service." “I love you." Jackson calls over his shoulder. “I love you more!” Lucas shouts, earning him a jab in the ribs from Jackson. “Hey, hey, don’t mess up my form, bacon flipping is an art.” Abigial and I laugh as we head to her cottage. There's a rack as big as the one that was in my room by now. “Wow,” Abigial rushes up to it and excitedly runs her fingers on the garment bags. Jim comes out of their room fixing his t “Hello, ladies. Just had to change my shirt” He kisses Abigial on the cheek, “Gianna sent a bottle of champagne, it's in the fridge. She said that it was for your fashion show.” He laughs, “I'm sorry, I do have to run, have an appointment in five minutes. I'll see you this evening." “Bye, Jim." 1 call out as he closes the door. Abigial already pops the champagne. She hands me a glass excitedly and bounces around. I love seeing her act like this without a care in the world. “Go on, open them” I take her champagne glass and put them on a table. She slowly opens the zipper of the one in front, and pulls it out. An ice blue floor length dress, with thousands of tiny crystals sewn down the bottom, it looked like movi water when she moved it and the crystals reflected even in the dim light of the cottage. “Wow.” Abigial breaths, “This is a dress fit for Elsa” She jokes, but her face is serious as she runs her fingers down the trai “Try it on,” I encourage. “You don't think we should open the rest?” She looks longingly back at the garment bags. I take a seat and sip my champagne, “Go for it." She flashes me a wide smile before going back to the rack. There were seven dresses in total, all varying shades of blue, and one silver. The colors we chose for the ceremony, we wanted the entire thing centered around the full moon that it would take place on. Abigial tries them on one by one, twirling for me. All of the dresses were beautiful, it for a queen. Abigial insisted I take pictures to send to Gianna. Finally, we narrow it down to three dresses. The first Elsa one, a silver one that has embroidered stars short sleeved that bunches on one side in a thick material, and a dark blue one that had a gorgeous matching jacket made out of the same material, that went down to her knees and had tiny buttons down the entire front. “We're going to have to call Gianna." She sits down and sighs, taking a long sip of champagne, “It was impossible to get it even down to three.” I pull out my phone and Gianna's face appears after the first ring, “Is everything okay?” She asks I smile, “Mostly, yes. We do have a small predicament, Abigial happens to look amazing in every dress that you sent and v can't choose one.” She looks visibly relieved and smiles widely,. “Show me what we're down to” I send her the photos of the last three dresses, “Hmm I do see the problem. You look absolutely radiant in all of them.” She tells Abigial who is now standing behind me, earning her a wide smile. “Which one makes you feel the best?” Gianna asks, Abigial thinks for a moment. “This one, I absolutely love. I think it might be my favorite dress I've seen.’ She motions to the one she’s wearing, the dar blue with the matching jacket, “But it seems a bit too formal, I'm not sure how to describe it. It feels like something I wou want to wear at my wedding” She turns bright red, “I mean, you know, theoretically, if I ever, you know.” “I think I understand.’ Gianna says, “I think we can shelf that one for now, and come back to that design,” She pauses givi me a wink “In the future’ Abigial goes back and tries on the silver dress again, I turn the camera around to show Gianna, “I think that's the one, you look like a beam of moon light yourself” Abigial can't help but blush as she spins in the dress, “There's a white coat that I can order for that too since it's short sleeved.” Abigial beams and walks up to me, “Thank you so much, Gianna. I can't wait to wear this." “I need to take you girls on a proper shopping trip soon. Once things settle down, I know we've been saying that for the past few months, but I can feel it, things are going to get calmer for us." “Phew,” Abigial wipes her arm across her forehead, “I thought things would never settle down.” “Now, I've got to get back to my husband, he's hopeless without me, but don't tell him that.” “I know that,” William walks in the frame and kisses Gianna on the cheek, “Hello, Isla, Abigial you look absolutely radiant! “Thank you both." She says to them before they hang up. I take a moment to look at her, beaming, in a gorgeous dress that fit her perfectly. I wanted to give her everything that I could and I was finally in a position to be able to shower her with everything that she deserves, a small payback for everything she’s done for me. “Are you tired, or do you have time to help me choose my dress?” Abigial takes my hands and spins me around, “My Luna anything for you” I giggle. “I think the champagne has gotten to your head.” The search for my dress didn't take as long. I eliminated a few before I even tried them on. They were beautiful but one h a long train and the other seemed more like a ballgown, not really my style. I wanted to be as comfortable as possible, I knew from my first Luna ceremony there was a lot of walking and talking to b done. Maybe one day I would be able to feel comfortable in a dress like that, but it was still early days in my life as someone who attended these events, not worked them. Jackson knocks on the door as I walk out of our closet, “Champagne for my ladies.” Jackson comes in with an ice bucket a four glasses, Lucas follows behind him looking slightly upset. “Oh no” I study his face, “How did the sandwich-off go?” “The whole this is rigged, this whole pack is rigged." He throws up his arms and plops on the couch next to Abigial, “Next time we're doing a blind taste test, you make a BLT and I'll make your grilled cheese and then we will see who comes out victorious." jackson looks over me appreciatively, “He's just a sore loser, and you, my dear, look divine.” His eyes flash black as he loo me up and down letting out a low growl. “You are the Alpha,’ I try to change the subject, mostly so I didn't get pulled under by his probing eyes,” I bet they didn't want to upset you. I reason with him. “Oh come on, you've tasted my grilled cheese." His eyes turn back to their steely blue, I laugh and put my hands on his fir chest, “Yes, I have and it is incredible, but I also had Lucas’ BLT and it is fantastic, as well” “Hal Even the Luna is on my side.’ Lucas pours some champagne for Abigial and brings me over a glass, ignoring Jackson. “Is this the one you decided on?” Jackson takes my hand and spins me around once. “Jackson, slowly! I don't want to spill anything, 'm only keeping one.’ “Keep them all if you want.” He murmurs, securing a lock of hair behind my ear. “I haven't decided yet, 'm down to two. This one” I motion to the one I'm wearing, “And one more, lucky, I have you two here because Abigial can't make up her mind either.” All of the dresses were white, Gianna explained it was essentially another Luna ceremony, and white went with the blues and silvers we were using so I didn’t mind. This one was long and form fitting, with thin sleeves, it hugged my curves and the fabric felt like cool water against my sk moving with my every motion. I loved this dress, but for some reason it seemed a bit too provocative once I put it on, eve though nothing was visibly showing. “50 this is the first option.” I hand Jackson my champagne flute and twirl around, “There are a few jackets that Gianna sai could go with it.” We were having the ceremony outside again but we were going to use our dining room and ball room for dinner before th ceremony and then to house some of the reception. We were essentially having two large packs here and the guest list w far greater than my Luna ceremony, even though we didn't invite outside guests. “What's the second option?” Lucas asks refilling his glass. I go and change into the other option, a bit more understated, but it felt more regal, more like the Luna I strived to be, th one Gianna was, the one my mother was. I adjust the dress in the mirror before walking out. This one had a square neck made from a thick fabric with, thin, strapped sleeves. There were longer sleeves that went ou from the straps made out of gossamer with starts and moons embroidered in silver coming down to my wrists. There was small train that didn't touch the floor even, more like a cape that was made out of the same gossamer material. It was different from any dress I've seen before and it felt like something that I would have worn to a royal court. I also liked the fact that it would go well with Abigails who had similar embroidery down her silver dress. I walk out to three expecting faces, “Well damn Isla, you look like a queen in that” Lucas says. “She is my queen.’ Jackson comes up and hands me my glass, Lucas rolls his eyes in the back. “I think this one is perfect” He whispers in my ear pulling me close, “I don't think I would want anyone else seeing you in the other one, but we're keeping it. Just for me." His hot breaths fans my neck making goosebumps arise, he pulls back to look at me and his eyes are black again. My mouth feels dry, and my body heats up under his touch. “Well then, I guess we made our decision.” Lucas says loudly, breaking our trance. “You look every bit the perfect Luna you were born to be.’ Abigial wipes her eyes. “Thank you!" I give them a smile, “Now I'm going to get changed because we still have a lot of work to do before the night “ll help, my afternoon is free” Jackson rubs a finger lightly on the exposed skin of my neck. “Only if you plan on actually helping." 1 briskly turn, I couldn't focus with him touching me, damn mate bond. We had a lot to do before people started arriving for this ceremony.