CHAPTER 4

Chapter 4: Terrible Decisions

Evelyn's Point of View

Tomorrow got here too fast. I am panicking. Kai has been radio silent on me. He didn't even tell me about the meeting. I heard about it from Landon! At least he should have given me a heads up or something. I have no idea what I'm dealing with. The most annoying thing is that I wouldn't even be in the meeting. Just Landon and dad would be in attendance while I would be out here, like a father waiting for his child in labor.

I was wearing a suit with mini skirt and heels and standing with Landon and dad. We were waiting for them to arrive. They were already sighted at the borders by the guards. It shouldn't take so long. I don't know how to feel about seeing Kai again. I feel excited and my wolf can feel that her mate is on his way and she has literally been jumping around in the back of my mind. My eyes changed colours twice this morning. It is just Kai. I'm mad at him, though. He could had at least replied my texts. Their car finally reaches and they slow to a halt.

It feels like I'm watching everything in slow motion because that's how my brain processes it. Kai looked so hot as he got down. Others joined him. That all looked so business like in their suits and unsmiling faces. I could see that Kai was beyond stressed. No wonder he didn't reply my texts. He was probably stuck at meetings all night. We take hands with everyone. Kai is the lad I share hands with an I feel the tingles again. I think he does too because he gives me a small smile and his expression brightens. Landon ushers them into the building. I'm left waiting for them. I have nothing to pass my time with and the anxiety is killing me.

I just go back to the house and my room and stress eat. I know it's not healthy but the situation warrants stress eating. I'm lucky I'm werewolf so I always look fit. I must have fallen asleep at some point. I was woken up by the sound of my ringtone. It was Kai. I probably had slept so long because I didn't get much sleep in the last two nights. I sit up quickly and take a quick glance at the mirror to check for bed hair or smudged makeup. Thankfully, the hair isn't so bad but the makeup, I look like a horror movie character. Luckily, I didn't do so much, I used some wet wipes and wiped my face quickly. I don't care if alcohol wiped aren't good for your skin, they work.

"Hi, Kai. How'd the meeting go?" I ask when I finally pick. I think it was on the last ring I picked up the call. But, Kai's smiley face filled the screen. I'm guessing everything went well.

"They're using our mating to finally fix the feud. It was stressful but finally both parties agreed." He says it so cheerfully that I catch his excitement too. This is great news. Who would have thought? Well, I ca no longer identify as a Single anymore. To all my Singles out there, I'm sorry.

"We're getting married on Saturday. They can't wait to finally unite the packs and I also cannot wait to finally get married." Kai says and all of my excitement vanished. There is no way anyone could plan a wedding in less than a week. He looks concerned about my reaction. I know these things are faster here but even for us werewolves, this was too fast. I try to muster a form of excitement but I feel nothing.

"That's much too soon." I reply, already feeling overwhelmed from all the stress I could see in the future. He explains that his hands are tied and that we were on the safer side just going along with everything. I guess so. What if we questioned it or asked them to move the dates and somehow, it offsets the balance of things? I can't push for this again. Everyone is volatile and unpredictable. Well, it would be hard to explain to Liam that I was getting married this Saturday but I'll have to try. Wow.

"Well, we're doing this. We're actually doing this. Let's get married." I tell him. Hopefully Sophie has all of her wedding Pinterest board ideas and we could just use that. Also, I have watched too many wedding Instagram reels to not know how to do this. I can do this and I will do it.

Everything is chaos. I can't do this. Right now, Sophie was at the house. I know, she's human and all but that doesn't matter. Clearly, I needed her. I could have just asked the maids to for it but I wanted something personalized to what I wanted. That was a terrible decision. The caterers are ready but right now, Sophie and I were in a battle of what look was best for the wedding. I wanted something simple but she wanted to go to infinity and beyond. It's the day of the wedding and I know we should be having a Bachelorette but, werewolves do things differently. My wedding dress just arrived and luckily, it fit perfectly. We just have to decide which look worked best. We finally decided on something and I could get to sleep. It's in times like these I miss the mother I never knew.

I wake up and I feel like Anna on Coronation day, from Frozen. It would be a night wedding because that is how werewolves did weddings and it would be beautiful. We start with my hair and then makeup. I got professionals this time because I want everything to be perfect. We're finally ready. Luckily, today I'm on time. Just as we took the last of the pictures, Landon knocks on my door.

I step out in my body hugging off the shoulder dress. It flared out at the end and formed a beautiful trail. It was simple yet classy. Dad got emotional and so did I. We never thought this day would come. Last week it didn't even seem possible. I get ready myself but there's no way I'm messing up this makeup. I walk out under the moon light, probably the moon goddess is finally smiling on me. Everything runs so fast. It still feels surreal. We were almost at the part of the vows. Of course there are no objections.

"I object!" Oh no.