Beastly novel Chapter 53

"I like this blue one. The sleeves are long enough and it'll keep you warm since it's nighttime." Gladys said as she showed me the long sequin gown that had a plunging neckline and long sleeves. My eyes widened as she shoved it into my hands in excitement

'You could wear that.' Keira chipped in 'If you want to look like a disco ball.'

It was true. I hated it. It was too glaring and it looked like I was putting in too much effort for something I wasn't really interested in going for. Given that my hair was already eye-catching, it would be too much for me to throw on a dress that looked like they had poured all the worlds glitter on it.

"You really don't have to do this Gladys." I said, hoping that she would leave me be

We were currently in the wardrobe, with heaps of clothes scattered all around us. I had come home to find her rummaging through to find what she called 'the perfect dinner date dress'. It was a pain and a hassle for me. After I had woken up from my little trance, I was just about ready to go into my bed and take a nap. Xander had held onto me longer than I wanted as Marcus explained that this weird plane I had entered was a means for me to communicate with heavenly beings and that although he didn't expect me to drift off so soon, it wasn't a cause for alarm.

Surprisingly, I was taking all these things well and showed no signs of being overwhelmed. It didn't change the fact that I couldn't catch a break though. I had been stressing about the meeting between Xander and Marcus and hadn't gotten proper sleep yet, but here I was, standing in a room with numerous clothes, dreading the hours that passed till I had to step out to have dinner with him.

"Oh, I want to dear. This is your first official date." she said

"That I was tricked into going for." I replied, a scowl on my face as I sat on one of the chairs "Now that I think about it, why don't we call this a business deal instead?"

"You'll have to discuss that with Alpha Xander, my dear Luna. Now, come over here and help me pick out a pair of shoes for that dress."

"Isn't there something else I could wear? No offence, but this dress is an eyesore. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing it."

She pouted and turned back to the stack of clothes "Well, there's literally nothing else here! It also doesn't help that he didn't say where you were going."

"I already told you what I wanted." My hands picked up the red silk slip dress that she had thrown nearby and I watched her frown

"That's too simple!" One look at my face was all it took for her to sigh in resignation "Fine, but you're going to put on enough jewellery to make up for how simple it is."

"Why, thank you Gladys but I think it doesn't really matter what I wear."

'Because we'd look gorgeous in anything we'd put on!' There was that and also the fact that...