I leaned back as sat in front of the a mirror. When someone knocks. "Yes?"
"Can I come in?" Mother asked.
"Yes." I called back. "What can I do for you?" Mother came in with a bag.
"I had your Father shadow me to the camp and I grabbed a few things." She said as she started laying out make up.
"Make up?"
"Some of it not all." She said laying out a few other things.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"I know you probably know how do do this but can I do your make up today?"
"Honestly." I said softly. "I am not that good at it Loren and Reene have tired to teach me but it's not really my thing. So yes please since I was waiting for Loren since she does this for balls since I am not very good at it."
Mother chuckled as she set to work. I blink at myself when she is done. "You look gorgeous but let's see if we can get your curls out." She said as she played with one of my almost curls.
"Normally I can only get them out when its wet." I said.
"Yea mine too." She said as she grabbed a bottle of something and then she put it in my hair to bring my curls back out and then she grabbed a clip and pinned back my bangs and then sprayed my hair with hair spray.
"Oh wow." I said softly.
" I would say you look gorgeous my dear."Mother said with a smile.
"Thank you mother and this will go well with the dress but Logan picked out for me." I had to tell her as I moved over to the closet and pull it out.
"You're right you are going to look magnificent in this." She said as I get in the dress.
"can you help me lace this up." I asked her after I got it on and turning my back to her.
" Of course." She said if she help me get the lacing on the back of the dress fully tied in a bow.
"I am just glad there's built in shorts in case something happens and I need to move quick." I tell her as I ruffle the skirt around trying to get it into place.
"That was indeed very smart of him." Mother agreed with me.
another knock came to the door. " Diana?" Loren called out.
" come on in." I called out.
"Oh you're ready." She said, blinking.
" Yes Mother, help me." I said.
"And mom you did amazing." Loren said.
" Thank you my dear, do you need anything else or are you ready to go?" Mother asked her.
"Well I mean I could use a little help with my hair but beyond that I should be fine." she said.
"Come sit in this chair." Mother told her as she pointed to the chair I had been in.
"Yes Mom." She said as she sat down.
Mother did something similar to her hair and she did mine but where Loren's hair is shorter she braided the front part back and she pulled out 2 headdresses. The first was silver with an elegant woven metal with an opal in the center drop. She set that one Loren's head making sure it set right. The second one was black and silver with the metal forming elegant dragons. The black one has red eyes and the silver one has green eyes. She set that one on my head. "And now you two are perfect!"
"Thank you mother." both of us said.
"I don't think me, my dears." She said yes somewhere else knocked on the door.
"Yes?" I asked and the door opened.
" Diana have you seen." Renee stopped as she looked at us. " Oh don't you two look wonderful. lady Cornelia you have outdone yourself."
"Oh please just call me Cornelia." mother said.
"Very well Cornelia." She said smiling as Father appeared behind her.
"Well if you did not have your Horata I would have to beat males off with a stick on both of you." Father said
"I would have thought you would have beat them off with that metal pipe that is sitting in your shadow." I said with a laugh.
"That too." He said softly.
"I have a feeling we will still need to keep some people away from them to keep Logan and Magda from making an incident." Reene said with a chuckle.
"Tell me about it but what about you Cornelia." Mother blinked.
"What about me?" She asked .
"Surely you are going to the ball as well, Mother." I spoke up.
"I don't have a dress." She said.
"Did you not think we would not have you covered?" Father asked as I pulled out the dress and set it on the bed.
"Come on." Loren said as she took her hand making her set down in the chair and set to work.
"You don't need to." Mother tried to start.
"You're a member of the Arcaria family and the mother of the Queen to be." Loren said.
"You may not understand but even if you weren't the Lady of the Dragon Coven you would still be a Lady of the Northern clan because you're our family." Father tells her. "When she is done let me know and I will come back in." He said as he shut the door.
After ten minutes we had mom ready. "You look gorgeous." Reene smiled at her.
"Thank you." Mother said.
"Father, you can come in now." I called out.
He came back in and looked over mother and walked over to her. "I have a third person I am going to need to chase people off of." He said as he pulled out a necklace charm.
"What is this?" She asked me.
"This is the Arcaria crest." He said, placing it in her hand. "I know you wear the crest of your coven but I also wanted you to have this as well as you are family."
She looked at it and smiled as she pulled off her necklace and put the other crest on before she put it back on her neck. "Thank you Nicodemus and I will need to get one for you when we head out." She smiled at him as I slip my sword into the loop for it.
"Thank you Cornelia." He said with a smile at us.
"Are we ready?" I asked them.
"Indeed." Mother said with a smile and we headed to the ballroom. We meet up with Logan and Magda at the end of the hall.
"Wow." Magda breathed.
"You look gorgeous yourself." Loren samiled.
"Hello love." I said kissing Logan.
"I am going to need my sword tonight." Logan said as he stepped back and took my arm.
"That is what I was worried you would say." Father groaned.
"Shall we head in?" I asked them.
"Indeed." Father said with a sigh. "Before my Brother comes looking for us."
"Too late I am already here." Uncle said.
"Uncle Varance!" I smiled at him.
"Oh gosh I am glad you have your mate or we would have issues with people swarming you and Loren." He hugged us.
"When did I get added into this King Varance?" Loren asked
"When my Niece claimed you as her sister. When Icarus and Natialy have kids they will be my niece or nephew." He said. "And it's Uncle Var to both of you."
"Yes Uncle Var." I said, rolling my eyes.
"Whatever you say Uncle Var."
"Good!" He said with a fangy smile.
"King Varance." Owen said as he came up to us.
"Yes Owen?" He asked him.
"The Bloodbound King wants to speak to you after the ball." He said and then he looked at me. "You look Lovely Princess I will have my axes at the ready if you need me to chase off people."
"Will all of you stop? I am not that good looking and I have a mate to be and I still say not many people want a female who can hand them their tails." I huff at them.
"We will have to disagree with that." Owen said. "But I understand your thoughts."
I huffed and pushed the doors open and headed in. I walked over to the table full of blood and took a goblet and looked around. I almost pulled my sword when several of the males looked like they wanted to eat me. Okay maybe I see what they are talking about.
"Now do you see what your father, mate and uncle were talking about?" Mother asked me as she walked up to me.
"Yes but if they want to try something I have my sword and I can handle myself." I remind her.
"I am sure everyone knows that after last night." She laughed as Jason came up to us.
"Jason what can I do for you?" I asked him.
"My sister wanted to let you both know she has some tea by the kitchen door for us." Jason said.
"Thank you Jason." I said with a smile as I set the goblet down and went to get both mother and I tea.
"I see you have a favorite." Vicky said as she stepped out of the kitchen.
"You have me addicted to tea." I told her.
"I am just happy that your father was okay with doing a supply run before we came here." She smiled.
"I would have brought you." I told her.
"You were busy with Connor when I realized I needed things." She tells me.
"Oh." I said softly.
"And I swear if that chief in there does not stop hitting on me I am going to zap him." She mutters.
"Hitting on as in flirting or hurting." I asked her.
"Flirting." She said.
"Have you told him you have a hatoro?" I asked her.
"Yes but he still does it." She huffed.