SWNOVELS Chapter 37
Honestly, I was a bit skeptical wearing an off-shoulder because I was worried that it will not fit. There was this weird thought in my mind that it will slip down my shoulders or the neckline will be plunging.
But the dress is simply beautiful, the lace on the neckline fits perfectly to my collarbone, and not once I feel like the dress is slipping down.
I had to wear something which shows my mate mark, I think nothing else could have been better than this dress for me.
My eyes fall on Donovon’s mark on my neck that is clearly visible for everyone to see. This brings a smile on my face as this will be the first time everyone will be able to see my mark.
In any Luna ceremony, the first and most important thing is the acceptance of your mate. Showing your mate’s mark to everyone is necessary, it means that your mate has accepted you and even you have claimed your mate.
If a girl who is supposed to be a Luna doesn’t bear a mark of her mate then the Alpha can’t claim her as his Luna. Because it is assumed that the Alpha has gone against the will of the girl which is a punishable offense.
My face turns towards the door even before there is a knock on the door. Julia opens the door just enough that she can see who is on the other side while I already sensed the person who is at the door.
She and Jenna are helping me in getting ready for the ceremony. Ophelia wanted to stay but she has to be with other elders who have also arrived for the ceremony and now staying at the guesthouse of the pack.
My heart starts hammering wildly inside my chest when I hear Donovon’s voice from the other side as he talks to Julia. This is the first time today, that I am hearing his voice or we are this close because from last night we have been separated and he spent the night at his parents’ house.
We are talking only through mind link which feels nothing like hearing his voice in real.
“Ow!” I scream when Jenna accidentally pokes me with a needle as she got a little bit aggressive with my dress zipper and now she is fixing the tear near the zipper.
“What happened?” I hear Donovon asking at the same time Jenna apologizes.
“Nothing.” Julia turns her head inside to check, then turns back to face him.
“What do you mean by nothing? I hear her scream.” Donovon argues, “Let me see her once.”
“You can meet her later, now go.” Julia quickly closes the door on his face and walks towards me carrying something in her hand and keeps it on the bed.
"Are you okay?" Donovon mindlinks me the next moment.
"Yeah, I am fine," I reply as Jenna starts my makeup, "Jenna accidentally poked me with the needle while stitching my dress."
"God, I hate that I am not able to meet you." He groans which makes me start laughing.
“Keep your face straight.” Jenna lightly slaps my cheeks.
"Why are you laughing?" Donovon asks.
"When you groaned, it felt ticklish like I have my headphones on listening to some ASMR sounds," I answer him.
"Have you ever listened to ASMR sounds?" I ask while stretching my lips into a smile as Jenna puts blush on my cheeks.
"No." I can clearly picture him shrugging.
"Okay, then we will listen to them together," I reply to him.
"When we will be together, we will have better things to do than to listen to some stupid ASMR sounds." His voice has a hint of mischievousness.
"Donovon." I groan which makes him laugh so loudly that I can actually hear his laugh.
“If you both are done with sending which other dirty mindlinks then can we focus on other important things like getting ready?” Jenna places her one hand on her hip and arches an eyebrow.
Julia clears her throat loudly and pretends that she has not heard what Jenna has said.
But my face heats up because she might be thinking that Jenna is right even though we were not talking dirty.
“We were just normally talking,” I say confidently while keeping my face straight.
“Yeah, as if I don’t have a mate.” She rolls her eyes, “Trust me, honey, most of the time these guys have only one thing in mind.”
“Shut up, Jenna!” I look at her completely horrified and subtly points towards Julia who is trying so hard to look busy. However, I can see she is attempting to hide her laugh.
“What?!” She shrugs, “She found her mate way before us, she knows everything there is nothing hidden from her,” she says nonchalantly while I feel like dying of embarrassment.
“Actually, Jenna is right,” Julia says not able to hold her laugh anymore, “All males are the same when it comes to their mates.” She nods her head.
“See? She is Donovon’s mother and Donovon would not be here if Alpha Arthur and she didn’t do the tango,” Jenna says unabashedly as she moves to do my hair.
While this is the moment when I actually want to crawl somewhere and never come outside. All thanks to my friend.
I glance at Julia when she lightly laughs looking at the flowers Donovon has given her for me when he has earlier came to my room.
“What’s the matter?” I ask her curiously.
“Donovon is just like his dad.” She fondly smiles and brings the flowers to me. “He brought only gardenia flowers for you.”
“Yeah, he has told me that he will only bring white flowers, even though I have asked him there are so many beautiful colorful flowers around here, then why just white.” I run my finger on the gardenia flower and inhale its sweet pleasant scent and notice most of them are gardenia.
“White flowers around this area are hard to find, especially these.” She points at the bouquet, “Even Arthur had given me gardenias at my Luna ceremony. And just like Arthur, by bringing these flowers Donovon is conveying his love for you and these flowers are his promise to you that he will go to great lengths for you.” She smiles cupping my face as her eyes well up.
“Shhh... no crying today.” She quickly wipes my tears which escapes from my eyes. But it is impossible for me to control my tears as my heart is overflowing with love as I am so touched with his gesture.
“I am sorry, I can’t.” Looking upwards, I wipe my fingers beneath my eyes trying to stop myself from crying, “I just love him so much and this is the most beautiful thing that he has done for me.”
“Can I please meet him before the ceremony?” I request, “I want him to be the first one to see me with these flowers.”
No one deserves to see me first other than him. He has shown his love in such a beautiful way, even I want to do something special for him.
I want his eyes to be the first one to see me, before anyone else... not even mine.
“It will be going against the rules of the ceremony.” She sternly shakes her head in no, but then a playful smile appears on her face, “But then rules are meant to be broken.” She nods her head as I grab her in a bone-crushing hug.
“Thank you so much.” I hug her.
“MoonGoddess could not have made a perfect match for my son other than you.” She hugs me, “I am so glad that you are my son’s mate.”
And I am so fortunate to have him as my mate.