The Princess and Her Lycan Pirate

the fitting, girls talk, boys talk

The next day the dressmaker arrived, making all the women in the house chuckling with excitement. First the two girls got their dresses fittet and chose the type of cloth and the colours. For James' birthday bash Alana chose a deep red silky gown with lots of quillings and ruching. She wanted to look her absolut best. Grian chose a honey tone silky gown which was the same cut as Alana's. The girls always chose the same cuts, they really acted like twins or one soul with two bodies as their maid used to say. Alana's dress had big and small pearls sewn in and Grian's white diamonds. No doubt they would outshine all the other females on that night!

But when it was about the dresses for the human debutant ball Alana's excitement died down. The three older women just chose colours that made her look pale or sick, like yellow, blue and green. The green didn't even go with her eyes. And to make it all worse they asked the dressmaker to make the same dresses a few times just with small adjustments so everybody would think that she herself had altered the dresses to seem to have only three but reshape them. She felt the humilation already! Her mother had a few dresses like that made for her as well. And her aunt who didn't have to pretend to be poor splashed the cash on seven brand new dresses. Alana was so jealous! Grian wasn't that happy either but that was because she wouldn't go to that ball. Or any other human festivity. It made her sad even though she understood. But understanding, accepting and not being mad about it are not the same things. And then seeing her mother getting seven new dresses in order to have a really good time in the human world! She envied even Alana, though she had to wear horrible dresses she would still be there, dancing with nice men and talking to other people not only the wolves she grew up with.

Eilidh saw the sadness in her daughter's eyes and took her into her arms “just two more years and you will have the most stunning dresses for the mating ball! Believe me, Alana will have fun, yes, but it will only be for one season! Not forever. And when she comes back, she will tell you all the saucy stories she heard about people you will never meet! Believe me you will be glad that you will never ever have to meet them! And it will be so much fun! In the meantime, your father and I talked long about it, we will allow you to travel with him to his old pack in the north. You will visit your grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins and whoever you haven't seen for two years now. Your father has a special surprise for you as well, you will go with him to the oracle and see whether you are a healer as well or just a beautifull young girl!” Grian's face lit up immediatelly: “That is what I always wanted! And if I am a healer?” Eilidh smiled at her daughter's bright face “Then you will continue to travel with your father and learn all that he can teach you. I will miss you so much!” She sniffeled a few tears away and tightend her grip around Grian. Alana came from the other side to embrace her und whispered “Of course you will become a healer, goddess I'm so jealous right now! You get to travel and see the world! I have to dance with stinking humans in their stinking houses! Listen to their boring lives!” That made Grian giggle “How do you know their lives are boring?” “I just know. They have no wolves, stink, don't go for runs and need weapons to hunt! When we will have our wolves we will go hunting nearly every day, enjoying the outside and strolling around all day long! If we could swap I would without a blink of an eye!” Grian thought about it “I wouldn't! Thinking about it I will have the better sommer!”

The girls laughed and started running around play chasing after one another.

Till the dressmaker had enough and sent them out to do her work in peace and quiet. They run to the door opened it and bumped into James and Conner. Grian squeaked “What on earth are you two doing here?” James looked at his feet “We just wanted to see whether you need long. We wanted to ask you to come out for a picknick.” having said that he turned beet red. Grian looked at him in disgust “I am your sister and you looked through a key whole to see me in my underwear!?!? I can't believe you!” James got even redder. Conner had to step in “First of all he is not your brother, you are not even related! Second he didn't look at you and finally we only just arrived to ask you said question!”

Realising what that meant, it was Alana's turn to become deep red. She glanced at James “I hope you had a very good look because that is the only thing you will see of my body in a very long time!” James head shot up in surprise “What do you mean? I never saw anything, I swear! You wasn't even in your underwear! As Connor said, we have only just arrived! Does this mean you wanted to show me something?” He took a step into her direction clearly driven by male hormones “Will you give me a speacial birthday present?” he asked huskily, clearly not able to deal with his arousal. Alana held her head high, grabbed her cousin's hand and walking past James she said “Not any more! My mother let my father wait two years after the mating and marking! Guess I can wait at least that long!”

Now it was Connor's turn to defend his friend “Of course you will wait for more than two years! You are under age! Don't mess with James' head, I know damn well that you are too much of a prude to even show him your ankle!”

James looked dumbfounded at the leaving girls while Connor couldn't hold his laughter back any longer. He pattet his friend on his shoulders and said “Blue balls, my friend, blue balls!” James turned around to him and whispered “we will see, I think her majesty will melt in my arms earlier than she thinks!” Conner found his composure . He observed his friend's expression thoroughly “listen, if you hurt my little sister or force yourself ...” “I would never do that! Didn't you see the wink she gave me?” A stupid puppy dog smile crossed his face. “I know she will melt in my arms soon! She is the most beautifull girl in the world! Her eyes are like a magical forest, her skin is like the moongoddes herself and her ...” “Enough you love sick puppy! I don't want to hear more about my sister's qualities! But you should go and have your eyes tested, there was no winking! Anyway let's go to the kitchen. Keegan and Markus will be waiting there for us with the picknick basket. I guess we have to go without the girls.”

They jogged to the kitchen catching the boys eating the picknick food. Connor didn't like that a bit “Hey, leave some for us! Just because you are uglier doesn't mean you get the food!” Markus accepted that challenge, got up, pushed his chest out and tried to sound deeper “Who do you call ugly, Fuckface? Shall we see what the she wolves in the village say? Tonight? The one with the most hankerchiefs wins?” Young Keegan shook his head in disbelieve “You two are so childish! Who cares about the she wolves or who is uglier! We wanted to go fishing, picknicking and not talk about girls! Seriously, I had enough! If having a wolf means to have your brain in your pants all of the time and try to climp on every she wolf then I don't want one!”

The older boys looked at him bewildered. James smirked “Me for my part can't wait to get my wolf! Then Alana will finally feel the mate bond as well and will be more open for a few kisses” “Haven't I just told you not to talk about my little sister like that?” Connor growled “And to you, little brother, you have absolutely no idea what feeling it is when a she wolf melts in your arm and does everything you want her to do just because your aura is maskuline and strong!” Keegan was disgusted “I will wait for my mate! Just imagine you accidentally get one of them pregnant or catch a disease...!” Connor and Markus looked at each other unterstandingly “He has absolutely no idea about s**t!” “Excactly, pathetic!” Both sighed in unity. James picked up the basket “Let's go for our day out, with one rule : We won't talk about women! I won't mention Alana and you two won't mention any she wolves! Deal?” Keegan smiled happily “Deal!” For the other two it seemed a bit harder to agree. Finally they nodded and Connor smirked: “You won't be able to keep your own deal! All you talk about is my sister! For far too long now! It will be interesting to see if you can keep your word, so deal, hell yeah I want to see you talking a whole afternoon about s**t but not about my sister!” Markus went over to the two boys winked Keegan to follow them and smirked “that is actually the best idea all day! Let's go find a man cave and enjoy the drinks I smuggled in the basket!” With that all boys ambled out the kitchen suddently running towards the woods.

Upstairs in Alana's room the two girls were sitting at the window watching the boys leaving. Grian thought about something very long and hard and now it seemed to be the perfect time to ask her cousin this important question “Do you think he is your mate?” Alana sighed “I have no idea. Yes, I do like him more than all the other men but how many men do I actually know! There are no unmated wolves allowed in the castle apart from them four boys. Two are my brothers, one is my cousin and the last one is James. He is caring, thoughtfull, gentle and all in all reeeeaaaaly handsome! I hope he is then I know what will happen in two years time. If he is not my mate everything is so uncertain. Actually I've never thought about the possibility that he is not my mate.”

“And if he is your mate will you make his birthday wish come true?” Alana turned her face away and bit her lips “And what would that be?” Grian laughed “You are so innocent! All he wants is a kiss. A very long steaming kiss, but still only a kiss. Maybe he will ask for more on your 17th birthday!” She winked at a blushing Alana. “Grian, even if he wasn't my mate, I will still kiss him on his birthday!” Now it was Grian to act prudish and said mockingly “Alana! I would never ever have thought this about you! You loose woman!”

Both girls fell laughing in each others arms and continued whispering to each other what qualities they liked about James. His ears were burning tonight for sure.