I looked at myself in the mirror and got out of the small dressing room, raising my eyebrows at the two people who were waiting for me in question.
"Hmm," Elise looked at the dress I wore, assessing it, "What do you think Gwen?"
"It's alright but not that good enough," my best friend replied, "Maybe we should try in a different style, a little flow in the back?"
Gwen had come to Presaxil, the witch-kingdom to meet my parents and to spend time with me until the wedding day. The demon king had accompanied her while he had left his kingdom in his son's care.
There were only two days left for the wedding. Two more days and I would be married to Luke the crazy vampire. He was in the castle with Canrart working on papers and preparing for the coronation ceremony.
Elise and Gwen had come to shop with me for my wedding dress and other items that would be required. Mom was with Luke's mother, Heather, both of them decorating the palace grandly. Too many things were going on and the palace was quite busy right now.
"Aren't we supposed to be buying a white gown for the wedding?" I asked Elise looking at the smooth black dress I wore. Wedding dresses were usually white and this one was opposite. Maybe this was an evening dress or something that I would wear after the wedding was over.
"The four kingdoms of the supernaturals have different ways of getting married to each other and while burying the dead," Gwen added the last part as she leaned forward on the stool she sat.
"That's right. The vampires have a different tradition when it comes to a wedding. The bride is supposed to wear a black gown instead of a white one," Elise explained it to me as she got up walking towards me, "The fabric seems too smooth. Could you get us something different?" She spoke to the clothing store's assistant who nodded and went out of the room to get more gowns in black.
I didn't know what to say as I always imagined myself in a white gown if I was ever going to get married. The black wedding gown was unusual not that I was complaining if it was a tradition I didn't mind following it. After all, my life had been more than unusual until now and this one would just add to the list.
"What else is different in a vampire wedding when compared to a regular wedding? Is there some kind of biting like in movies?" I asked Elise jokingly as the assistant came back holding a set of clothes. Elise gave me a gentle smile making my smile flatter. Oh, God.
"Don't worry about it, Lilly. You'll be fine," Gwen encouraged me.
"Yeah," we'll see, I thought to myself. The anxiousness was slowly building up and it was giving me a slight headache.
"Ah, look at this!" Elise exclaimed going to look at one of the gowns the assistant held, "Try this one," she said handing it over to me.
I took the gown in my hand and went to the trial room to try the gown out. It wasn't exactly smooth but not a chiffon fabric either. It was really different and it fit my body perfectly, with a sweetheart neckline and a zip to its back. Except for the material it wasn't anything special, just a simple gown.
We were sitting in one of the restaurants now having lunch when we were done shopping. I had ordered a chicken Caesar salad and was stuffing the sliced meat in my mouth as Elise and Gwen chatted.
"Awe that's so sweet of him," Gwen gushed with a grin on her face as Elise explained her wedding day, "Cole was thinking about it too. We might get married in a few months from now," she said.
"I guess the demon king is excited for the wedding knowing that his son won't run away from the kingdom as he'll be tied to you," Elise said taking a sip from her glass.
"Are all supernatural kings like that pushing their responsibilities? I mean they seem to have more leisure time than anyone," I commented making Elise chuckle.
"Yes, but with don't go with what they appear to be. A king might look lazy but he's the one with the most power in his hand," she replied, "Looks are the most deceiving thing," she said and I nodded my head in agreement. Elise excused herself to go to the washroom, leaving Gwen and me alone at the table.
"Sam said Rick and he was going to attend the wedding. How are they going to cross over?" Gwen asked scrunching his brows.
"Canrart and Marc will be going to the human world to get them here tomorrow night," I answered as I stabbed the lettuce with my fork, "So how has life been in the demon king?" I asked her.
"It's been the best. The king is really chill and the people there are really nice or maybe they are being nice to me just because I will be marrying Cole. Hey, we'll both be queens!" she exclaimed getting excited making me laugh.
"My parents are planning to move back to the demon kingdom," I conveyed the information to her, "They stayed back for me all this time but now that I'll be living here, they have no reason to stay there anymore."
"What about the house then?"
"They are assigning a caretaker for that, if ever they or I am going to visit the human world we can stay there," I answered her. Truth was that our memories were built surrounding that house and leaving something so precious by giving it to someone else was hard. Though in the end, it was only memories that were left behind.
"So did you guys make any progress?" she asked me and I gave her a questioning look, "
You know…hugs, holding hands, kisses or well sex," she listed out.
"Kiss," I replied her in a single word not wanting to elaborate it right now as I saw Elise making her way to the table. As we were best friends we had the tendency to share few things like this and I wasn't going to tell that the kiss I shared with Luke was so raw and mind-blowing that lips till tingles at the thought of his lips on mine in front of his sister-in-law.
"That's good to know," and she began humming a song before she and Elise began chatting again while I zoned out.
Gwen was an easy person to get along with and sometimes I wished I was her. I was glad that people whom I wanted to be there at my wedding would be present that day to celebrate my new life. As I let my eyes roam around, my eyes caught a familiar face with a helix piercing that made all the blood drain out of my face. No no, I chanted to myself as my hands grew cold yet sweaty.
Ace stood at the end of the room his black soulless eyes watching me as I stared at him.