Fated is overrated

Lola POV

Although I am usually not a fan of princess style ballgowns, the dress in front of me is drop dead f*cking gorgeous. It is nothing like any dress I have ever seen, it is out of this world. I feel my eyes tear up at how much thought Zeke and Zane put into this. The dress reflects my personality and preferences to a tee. It's a ballgown princess style type of dress, with a tight body on top in a slight V neckline, accompanied with puffy shoulder straps.

The body is a beautiful shade of yellow, completely covered with gorgeous black lace. As the dress continuous downward, the yellow of the body slowly fans out to the sides, leaving the middle of the bottom increasingly black.

"Wow." I breathe out unconsciously, while running my hands along the dress. I hear my father sniffling, and as I turn to look at him I see him wiping away a few tears from the corner of his eyes.

I close the small distance and embrace him in a tight hug. We remain hugging for some time, before we hear a knock at the door. Right after I yell to come in, Xena comes walking through the closet doors.

She looks at my dad with a twinkle in her eyes, before asking me "do you like the dress?". "I LOVE the dress!" I gush. She smiles warmly at me, as does my dad, before she continues "OK, let's get you ready, dear! It's almost time".

Xena, my dad and I get to work, and before I know it the dress is on, and I am stood before the mirror looking at my own reflection. For the first time in my life, I actually think I look beautiful.

"I wonder how Zeke and Zane are going to react" I find myself whispering at my own reflection. My dad and Xena chuckle beside me, as Xena responds "I am pretty sure they will be as speechless as we are right now.To access the complete chapters for free, visit J o b nlb.com. You look breathtaking, dear". I smile warmly at her, while grabbing her hand with mine, and using my other hand to grab my dad's.

"Let's do this!" I exclaim. And with that, we head out the door with Xena up front, and my father beside me with my arm looped through his. "I am so proud of you honey" my father croaks out, and I can hear the emotion in his voice. I almost tear up, but I don't want to ruin my makeup at the last minute now. "I love you, dad" "I love you too, honey".

As we get closer and closer towards the staircase, I can hear the murmurs of goddess know how many people. My anxiety begins to peek again, I am still not used to having all eyes on me. Especially not with this many people.

We reach the top of the staircase and as I glance down, I am almost overwhelmed with the amount of people here. It must be thousands of people.

My breathing hitches, and my dad nudges me softly, while mind linking me 'everything will be OK honey, I am right here. His words don't really ease my anxiety, but bless him for trying anyways. The murmurs die down completely upon seeing us, and I gulp anxiously. Everyone continues to stare at us and you could hear a pin drop right now.

My anxiety is through the f*cking roof, my heart feels like it's about to burst out of my chest, until I hear Zeke and Zane in my head 'it's alright baby, just look at us' 'filter everyone out, pretend it's only us and your dad'.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes, steadying myself. I feel the love and comfort from my mates through our bond, and it helps to soothe my anxiety thankfully. I open my eyes and focus on my gorgeous mates, who are standing at the far end of the hall in front of the most beautiful décor I have ever seen.

There is a big arch full of black and yellow flowers, and I notice the entire hall has been decorated in the same color scheme. I feel my eyes tear up at how much thought they put into it, and how they have decorated everything according to my taste, even though it is a special day for them too.

It warms my heart, and I couldn't be happier about the decision I have made in accepting them as my mates.

My anxiety melts away completely when I take in their drop dead gorgeous appearance. I smile broadly when I see their black suits, accompanied with a yellow tie that matches my dress. All of a sudden I am eager to weave my way through the crowd to get to them, so I pull my dad forward.

He looks at me surprised, but I just smile at him in return. I feel genuinely happy right now. As we pass through the crowd I see some familiar faces here and there.

I wave at Alpha Culio, who is looking at me with a warm, genuine smile. I see Chris, Nadia, and even Jason. As we reach the end of the long *ss line, I see the royals from the other kingdoms.

The Fae, the witches and warlocks, and even the vampire prince. Well, King actually now. They all smile warmly, except for Felix, who mouths at me 'not too late yet, before grinning widely.

I shake my head with a small smile. After the royal section comes the family section, and Damon and Xena come in to view. Zion is on the stage with Zeke and Zane, looking very smart in all black attire as well.

Zeke and Zane walk up to me and grab one of my hands each, before guiding me onto the stage. As is tradition, the King will perform the ceremony. Zion smiles warmly at me, before addressing the crowd.