Unbroken

Party.

I quickly rushed back to my apartment after work to shower, I left my braid in and avoided ruining my hair and makeup. I flipped through the clothes in my closet unhappy with the options before me. I wanted to look my best tonight but it seems I own a lot of black and a lot of sweat pants. I notice my phone light up as I’m sifting through a newly formed pile of clothes on m floor.

‘I’m here let me in!’ The blue text popped into my screen below the name KB with a black heart next to it. Why was Kaia here shouldn’t she be helping set the party up? I go to my door and open it to a version of Kaia I had rarely seen. She looked absolutely gorgeous in a pale blue tailored suit. The pants were high waisted with gold embellishments and the jacket fit her like a glove. Her under shirt was a bright white cropped tank top that showed the perfect part of her waist. She wore white strappy heals to tie everything together. It looked a lot more formal than I was planning. Her hair was perfectly straight and parted down the center.

“Last minute change of venue babes but don’t worry I brought you something to wear.”

Thank goodness. There was no way I had something in my closet that could even match up to Kai’s sleek suit. She threw a garment bag at me as she walked past me into my apartment.

“Let’s change your hair too, It’s giving very much work vibes right now.”

I pull down the zipper of the garment bag and reveal a stunning two piece dark green dress. The top was strapless with a sweetheart neckline and perfectly placed draping. The bottom was a long flowy chiffon material with a slit cut to what had to be at least mid thigh.

“When did 6 year olds start having black tie birthday parties?” I questioned as I pulled the pieces from the bag and laid them on my bed.

“Well, when my mom heard the King was coming she decided to ‘elevate’ the occasion,” Kaia rolled her eyes,

“She even got Kaiden all excited about his ‘Fancy Party’” Kaia said with air quotes.

“He’s all excited to wear his ‘Prince Costume’ and dance in the big hotel ballroom.” Picturing Kaiden in a suit cutting a rug on the dance floor made me chuckle too. He was such a little fire cracker.

“Wait the hotel? How did that happen? We’re always booked on weekends?” I ask.

“Apparently Stephan heard me and my mom talking on the phone and he offered the ballroom. He said there was a last minute cancellation and that he needed bodies in the hotel to make sure we didn’t lose our reputation.”

I stepped to look into the full length mirror in my bedroom. The dress fit me perfect. Kai had gotten my hair to fall into their usual beach waves and twisted a few side pieces up into a half up half down look. I re-clasped my new necklace around my neck, it perfectly matched.

“Holy s**t Em you look amazing, Ohhh ohh I brought shoes too don’t worry!” She scurried to her bag and pulled out a pair of matching green open toe heals with delicate rose gold chains dangling around each ankle.

“Those are high Kai! I’m gonna fall for sure!” I’m more of the sneaker type, I rarely made heals part of any outfit if I could avoid it.

“You’ll be fine, besides they tie the whole outfit together and you can’t exactly wear your Nikes with that dress.”

She was right. I slide the heals on and find them surprisingly comfortable. The nerves start to hit us both as Kai suggests taking a bottle of tequila to have a shot before we go into the hotel. Sounds good to me l, I need to take the edge off.

As we pull into a parking space outside the hotel, I whip out the bottle of cheap tequila we snagged from my freezer. I pass it to Kai and watch her take a healthy slug back as she squints her eyes shut and purses her lips. She struggles to hold back her disgust as she hands the bottle back to me. I’ll admit it was definitely off putting but I decided to suck it up. I needed to loosen up before I forgot how to move my feet in front of Dane again. I tilt my head back as far as it will go while I chug as much liquid as my throat will tolerate. I could feel the warm burn slide down my throat and into my empty stomach. Dammit. I forgot to eat today. Pushing past the bitter taste I throw back another slug and gag at the end of swallowing.

“Damn girl. You ready?” Kai asked capping the bottle and storing it in her center console. We both exit her green bug and head towards the ballroom entrance doors. As soon as we walked through Kaiden seemed to appear out of nowhere damn near tackling us both to the ground.

“Your here! Look at my Prince costume isn’t it neat?! Did you see my cake? It like ten hundred feet tall! Everybody is wearing fancy clothes and mom said I can stay up til 8:30 tonight!” Kaiden couldn’t spit out all his information faster. We both leaned down to hug him and wish him a happy birthday. Luckily Kaia was there to steady me because those two shots were hitting me a little harder than I expected.

“Ok love you I gotta go look at my presents and then I’m gonna eat cake, I think, if mom says it’s ok.” He already sounded breathless.

“Alright buddy slow down and go have some fun.” Kai kissed the top of his head as she pushed him in the direction of the huge gift table.

That’s when it hit me. Salty air and fresh coconut. Across the room I see Dane and Daphne descending the stairs. Daphne looked perfect in a pink babydoll dress with puffy sheer sleeves. Her eyes sparkled as she looked in our direction as we approached. Dane looked even more perfect than before. He wore a black button down shirt buttoned to the top with perfectly fitting black trousers. I could see the muscular thick outline of his thighs through his pants. The tattoos on his forearm were on display with his sleeves rolled up. I got about 6 feet from him before I could feel my entire body flush with heat. Whew, maybe the tequila was a bad idea. Dane reached out to take my right hand and placed it on his lips. I could feel the heat between my legs rising even higher. His eyes were shifting colors as he looked me up and down before wrapping his hand around my waist leading me to the dance floor. My body was floating next to his. He twirled me into him on the dance floor making my body flush with his.

“I’ve heard some things about you,”

He pulled me back to look down at my face.

“Oh really? What kind of things?” He raised an eyebrow and smirked.

“I hear your kind of a King,” I reply.

He laughed, “An Alpha King in fact,” he continued to run his hand down my back edging closer to my behind.

“Well your highness, I suggest you move that hand farther north, we only just meet of course.” I tease back at him. He smiled as his hand retreats to my lower back.

“I don’t know how much longer I can keep my hands off you.” He sounded so sexy as he whispered into my ear. I felt my panties getting wet as his voice reverberated through my body. I tilted my head up to meet his eyes which now we’re no longer bright blue but a dark slate gray with blue flecks. He began to slowly pepper kisses along my jaw. I couldn’t resist him and I didn’t want to. I just wanted to be in this moment. No rational thinking. Just me and him.

I let him lead me towards the staircase towards the elevators.