Chapter 98: A Night to Remember

Freya’s P.O.V

Malaya opened the door to reveal Cameron and Darcia, standing outside the door with nervous looks on their faces. Surprisingly, both of them were twinning in black jackets, dress pants and a white shirt underneath. Both of them had also had their hair gelled back to give a sleek look.

The instant they laid their eyes on us, their jaws practically hit the ground.

I felt breathless as Cameron looked at me from head to toe, his electric blue eyes sparking fire as he took me in. I felt a blush creep up my cheeks at the desire in his eyes. I didn’t even realize as one by one, everyone left the room, including Malaya and then it was just the four of us, standing in front of each other.

Darcia entered the room first as he extended a hand to Sarah, who took it gracefully with a blush on her cheeks. She gave me a final wave before leaving the room with him, leaving me alone with Cameron.

“Nervous?” He asked as he came forward and knelt in front of me.

For a second, my mind went blank as to what he was doing as my heart thrashed against my ribcage, but then I saw him reach for the blue pumps that were placed only a couple feet to the side and I realized what he was doing. Cameron took the shoes and helped me put them on one by one, purposefully lingering his fingers at my calves, making my skin tingle.

“Yes,” I almost squeaked out. “I’ll be meeting the entire pack for the first time.”

“They already know I have a mate,” Cameron stood up to look down into my eyes. “They have known since my birthday. But today, they will know you for the beautiful, strong woman that you are. I promise you, this will be the most memorable birthday for you.”

“Thank you.” I swallowed past my nervousness. Cameron obviously had more confidence in me than I had in myself.

“Let’s go, shall we?” Cameron held out his hand, a warm smile on his face. “The party is about to start.”

Nodding, I took his hand and we began walking to the elevators that took us to the exact same event room that had held Cameron’s birthday party. Although my experience from that day had been less than memorable, I was more nervous today than I had been then. Because the second the elevator doors opened, everyone’s eyes were on us…specifically me.

“I’m right here.” Cameron whispered so only I could hear him. “Don’t be nervous. You’re the future Luna.”

It was easier said than done because the first person that came to greet me was none other than Andre and Samantha Parker, Sarah’s parents.

I had only seen them in passing once or twice in the last few months that I had been here, owing to the fact that I hardly left the pack-house. Both of them were extremely gorgeous people, Andre with light brown hair and green eyes and Samantha with crystal blue eyes and blonde hair. Both of them were also extremely powerful and intimidating people; and according to Sarah, extremely strict. Tonight however, they gave me pleasant smiles.

“Welcome to the pack, Freya.” Samantha gave my hand a light shake. “I’m glad you’re our daughter’s Moon Kissed partner.”

“Thank you.” I gave them a smile in return; not knowing what else to say.

Thankfully, I didn’t have to say much as Charles and Malaya drew the other couple away and then I was led further into the room to be introduced to several more guests. Alex’s parents were next and his father was an extremely pleasant man who was always smiling. His wife was just as jolly as she was a chatterbox and it was hard for me to understand how Alex had turned out to be the quietest of the bunch.

Slowly but surely, I began to loosen up more and more as I met more of the pack members. They all welcomed me with open arms and I didn’t see one hostile expression…except maybe the famous trio, Laura, Trisha and Cindy, all of whom were at the very end of the room, huddled together and giving me mean looks. Surprisingly, their parents weren’t half as stuck-up as they were. However, the trio’s parents all did work out of town, leaving them alone too often.

One pair that didn’t come close to greet me however, was Derek’s parents. It’s not that they looked hostile, but I think they were more embarrassed to face me than anything else…according to what Cameron whispered to me.

“Here.” He handed me a glass of watermelon smoothie. “Drink slow while I get you something to eat.”

“Okay.” I gave Cameron a reassuring smile as he left me temporarily to get me food. Honestly, I hadn’t had anything since lunch and the whole makeover had taken over five hours. The fact that it had already been an hour since I had started mingling with the guests also added to my hunger. I was literally ready to devour anything in my line of sight.

“Freya!”

I turned towards the familiar voice, to find Maggie walking towards me with a champagne flute in her hand. The flute brought back unpleasant memories once again, but I pushed it to the back of my mind as I greeted her.

Maggie wore a blue halter dress that reached her knees and flared at the waist. It had tiny crystals all over that glittered in the light. Stunning, but not overly done. I would’ve thought that the color wouldn’t have matched her flaming hair, but in fact it did and she looked just gorgeous.

“Hey.” I smiled at her as she reached me. “Thanks for coming.”

“Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.” Maggie grinned at me. “I’ve always heard the MacGyver’s gave a stunning party. Oh, I heard you’ll be breaking your seal today!”

I frowned at Maggie. Did any of the packmates or Darcia mention anything to her? How did she know that my seal would be broken today?

“Don’t worry, I heard a couple of witches from the coven talking about it.” She motioned to the far left where a few women stood huddled together, all wearing white gowns. All of the women had distinctive dark cock-screw curls and Alpha Charles was talking to them along with Malaya.

“Maggie!” Cameron came to stand next to me with a plate full of finger food. “Glad to see you made it.”

“Thanks for the invite.” She grinned at him. “You guys carry on, I’ll just go get myself another drink.”

“See you later.” Cameron waved her off before shoving the plate onto my hand. “You’re going to finish that right now.”

“Thanks,” I told him as I picked up a devilled egg and shoved the whole thing into my mouth before moaning. “Mmmmm! So good!”

Before I know it, Cameron’s fingers were on my lips, wiping them off gently as I stared up at him wide eyed.

“Careful, Freya.” His eyes hazed over with desire as he looked down at me. “Noises like that are reserved only for the bedroom…with me.”