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after store and dress after dress. I feel like I’m in an 80’s movie montage stepping in and out of the dressing room in outfits more and more ridiculous before finally deciding on a pale emerald gown. The fabric is gossamer silk, smooth and light and I feel like I’m floating when I wear it. It’s cut in a Grecian style, with one shoulder bare.
Lunch is nothing special, just Chinese food in the food court, but the company makes it seem magical. There’s also a piano player serenading the guests and a small fountain where little kids are tossing in pennies and making wishes. After lunch Cerus drops me at the salon and promises to pick me up for dinner in a few hours. I am ushered inside and quickly whisked to a room where I don a robe. First I am treated to a massage, then a manicure, and a pedicure. Just having my nails polished and I already feel super girly. Make-up is next and I decide that less is more. I take the same approach with my hair, just pulling it up off the sides of my face and letting it cascade into soft curls down my back. Since I usually wear my hair in a pony tail the change takes some getting used to as curls tickle my back and bare shoulder. When I put on my dress and step out of the changing room I feel like a queen.
The limo pulls up and Cerus climbs out. I hide a smile as the salon staff ogles him. I was right, James Bond personified. Mysterious and sexy, and every woman in the salon is suddenly envious of me. When he sees me he stops mid-step. His crystalline eyes slowly take it all in; I feel them like a physical touch from the top of my head all the way down to my slippered feet.
“My Queen” he bowed to me, rising to take my hand. He placed a kiss on my knuckles and directed me to the waiting limo. For the first time, I really did feel like royalty.
“My Prince” I replied. “Let’s go to dinner.”
Chapter 6
The Scent of Spicy Woods and Green Grass
Dinner went by in a blur. Soon we were driving back home and toward prom. The school gym looked good, for as good as it could being that it was a school gym transformed into ‘A Starry Night’. We had our pictures taken, we danced, we laughed, we drank punch, and for one song Sam and Cerus switched partners. It was fun. The evening started to wind down and the DJ announced the last slow song of the evening. Cerus took my hand and led me to the center of the dance floor.
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For today, for this, for everything. Thank you.”
“I would do anything for you Alexa. All you have to do is ask me.”
Content, I sighed and rested my head on Cerus’ shoulder. The twinkling lights bathed the gym in a soft romantic glow. I had that good tired out feeling. Maybe it was because I was so relaxed, or maybe it was because things had been going so well for a while. Either way I wasn’t really prepared for what happened next.
One by one the strands of lights went out. The music changed from a sweet melody to a discordant wail. My classmates froze in place around me. I stopped dancing and looked around. Even Cerus was stiff, his eyes glazed and staring into empty space. The only light was in the center of the gym. Slowly, carefully, I stepped out of the shadows and into the circle of light. I reached out with my senses. Darkness and wrong washed over me so strongly that I was forced to my knees. I tried to let go of the earth energy, but I was trapped in the offensive strength of whatever was affecting my surroundings. Gasping I struggled to stand as I heard a menacing laugh grow louder and louder as its owner approached.
“Oh sweet Alexa. Is something
Lunch is nothing special, just Chinese food in the food court, but the company makes it seem magical. There’s also a piano player serenading the guests and a small fountain where little kids are tossing in pennies and making wishes. After lunch Cerus drops me at the salon and promises to pick me up for dinner in a few hours. I am ushered inside and quickly whisked to a room where I don a robe. First I am treated to a massage, then a manicure, and a pedicure. Just having my nails polished and I already feel super girly. Make-up is next and I decide that less is more. I take the same approach with my hair, just pulling it up off the sides of my face and letting it cascade into soft curls down my back. Since I usually wear my hair in a pony tail the change takes some getting used to as curls tickle my back and bare shoulder. When I put on my dress and step out of the changing room I feel like a queen.
The limo pulls up and Cerus climbs out. I hide a smile as the salon staff ogles him. I was right, James Bond personified. Mysterious and sexy, and every woman in the salon is suddenly envious of me. When he sees me he stops mid-step. His crystalline eyes slowly take it all in; I feel them like a physical touch from the top of my head all the way down to my slippered feet.
“My Queen” he bowed to me, rising to take my hand. He placed a kiss on my knuckles and directed me to the waiting limo. For the first time, I really did feel like royalty.
“My Prince” I replied. “Let’s go to dinner.”
Chapter 6
The Scent of Spicy Woods and Green Grass
Dinner went by in a blur. Soon we were driving back home and toward prom. The school gym looked good, for as good as it could being that it was a school gym transformed into ‘A Starry Night’. We had our pictures taken, we danced, we laughed, we drank punch, and for one song Sam and Cerus switched partners. It was fun. The evening started to wind down and the DJ announced the last slow song of the evening. Cerus took my hand and led me to the center of the dance floor.
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For today, for this, for everything. Thank you.”
“I would do anything for you Alexa. All you have to do is ask me.”
Content, I sighed and rested my head on Cerus’ shoulder. The twinkling lights bathed the gym in a soft romantic glow. I had that good tired out feeling. Maybe it was because I was so relaxed, or maybe it was because things had been going so well for a while. Either way I wasn’t really prepared for what happened next.
One by one the strands of lights went out. The music changed from a sweet melody to a discordant wail. My classmates froze in place around me. I stopped dancing and looked around. Even Cerus was stiff, his eyes glazed and staring into empty space. The only light was in the center of the gym. Slowly, carefully, I stepped out of the shadows and into the circle of light. I reached out with my senses. Darkness and wrong washed over me so strongly that I was forced to my knees. I tried to let go of the earth energy, but I was trapped in the offensive strength of whatever was affecting my surroundings. Gasping I struggled to stand as I heard a menacing laugh grow louder and louder as its owner approached.
“Oh sweet Alexa. Is something
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