The Alpha Of Serenity Springs

Chapter Three

Evangeline’s POV

After I closed my door, I found a big shirt in my drawer, taking Luciens sweater off of me, I hastily pulled on my shirt, and opened my door, hanging his sweater on the outside handle and closed the door again, getting into bed, before going to sleep. I made a mental note to apologize to him about the whole incident, even though it was innocent, I felt bad that he was getting the s**t end of the stick because I was wearing his sweater and his girlfriend was upset about it. With that, I let sleep overcome me.

I woke up to my mom shaking me. I groaned, not wanting to get out of my comfortable bed.

"Come on, Mija. We need to get your outfit". She says, giving one hard shove, knocking me off the bed. I hit the floor, which was carpeted, thank the goddess. I huff in annoyance and glare at her while she laughs, tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Mija, it was the only way to get you up, you were being difficult" she says in between laughs as she walks towards me, kissing my forehead and leaving the room. I got up and grabbed a pair of light blue mom jeans and a black cami top and pulled them on, sliding my feet into some black sandals. I decided to wear my hair down today with two braids in the front of it. After wetting my hair in the bathroom, I let it flow freely down my back, admiring myself in the mirror. I started brushing my teeth and applying lipgloss. I opened my door noticing Lucien’s sweater was gone. He probably grabbed it when he came upstairs, I thought to myself. I shrugged it off making a mental note to apologize when i see him and made my way down the stairs. Papa was in the living room watching TV. I went up to him and kissed his bald head before walking out to the car to meet my mom. We rarely drove, but when we were going to the mundane area, it was the best option to make us seem just like them, especially when shopping. I see August already sitting in the back. I made my way to the front seat and got ready for the trip to the mall.

As soon as we got there, August made his departure to go to find something to wear in another store. While my mom dragged me along to the dress store, there were so many pretty dresses, but I knew exactly what I wanted. On Wolves 18th birthdays we were to wear anything, but I wanted to wear our pack colors, since it could be my last time. My pack's colors were black, gold and white, but white was preserved for ceremonies, events and first shift night. i walked up to the dress on the mannequin. It was a short black lace and satin corset dress, see through from the top with a slit on the side with gold shimmering in it.

"I want this one" I said, taking in its beauty. My mom smiled beside me, "It's beautiful Mija, let's try it on. I'll find you some shoes to go with it", she said, walking off to the shoe section. I asked for the dress and the sales clerk passes it to me, I then walked to the dressing room and started trying it on. I looked in the mirror, trying to style my hair with the dress. I swept my hair to the side and smiled in the mirror, it hugged every curve of my body perfectly. It was scandalous but also modest. I loved it.

"Come out, let me see" my mom said, getting impatient. I walked out, and she gasped, tears forming her eyes. "You look beautiful,Evie" she croaked out. I beamed at her doing a little spin for her, laughing. "Here are the shoes" she says, passing me some black heels with a clear heel that has gold floating in them. I tried them on with the dress, and it was a match made in heaven. "Papa is going to have a heart attack". She says, laughing and wiping her tears away, hugging me. I hugged her back and quickly went back to the dressing room to switch back to my clothes. We went and paid for the dress and shoes and made our way to the nail and hair salon inside the mall. I kept it simple with the nails since it was my first time. It felt weird at first like something was suffocating my fingernails, but I got used to the feeling. I got French on both my nails and feet and got my hair straightened at the hair salon. My hair was already down to my butt when it was curly, but with it straight, it passed over my butt, wrapping around me like a silk sheet.

When we got home from the mall, I was exhausted, it was now evening, and we had been there all day. August had opted into getting a black suit, with gold accents and a hair cut. I carried in my bags and sat them down in the living room, too lazy to take them all the way upstairs, I plopped down on the couch and started watching some TV as mom began getting ready to prepare dinner.

"Evie!" I heard August calling me. I pondered for a moment if I should answer, "Yes Auggie".

"Come here" I sighed, making my way up to my brother's room. When I got there, I scrunched up my nose at how messy it was.

"Auggie, you need to clean up this room."

"Okay Mom, sorry" he teased, rolling his eyes at me. He then went and pulled something out of his pocket.

"Open it, it's my early gift to you". He said, handing it to me. I opened the box and smiled. It was a gold bracelet with an emerald on top and in the middle my name.

"This is beautiful Auggie, thank you so much, you didn't have to" I said, still beaming down at the bracelet.

"Anything for my little sister" he said, engulfing me in a hug. "I love you Evie" he said, hugging me tighter. I bit my lip to hold back some tears. I would miss these moments with my brother when I found my mate. If my mate was in a different pack, I would have to leave the pack and go with him and start all over.

"I love you too, Auggie." hugging him even harder. The hug lasted for a few more moments, he let me go and ruffled my hair, which caused me to slap his hand away glaring. I put the bracelet on and went to eat dinner and get ready for bed. Laying in bed, I couldn't help but have knots in my stomach, nervous about tomorrow.