Keeper's Knowledge (Balancer's Soul cycle) (84 page)

She
rubbed
her
eyes and they were beginning to adjust. “What time is it?”

“We have just over
three
hour
s
to get ready
for the last dance party.”

Sarah
eyes were now wide awake
at hearing the approaching deadline
. “I’ll be out s
oon.” She
jumped out of bed and slid on
her
clothes.
She
opened the door just moments before
her m
other. “Is Father gone as well?”

“Of course…” Jillian
stretched and yawned. She continued by saying “The boys must have left early because they might have complex costumes.”
Her m
other grinned brightly. “They won’t be able to beat us though.”

“Speaking of…” She
looked at the large wooden door
that was nearby
. “I need to gather the
finishing touches
of my costume before heading down. I’ll meet up with you two in a little while.”

They waved
goodbye
as
Sarah
walked into the sanctuary.

She left the door cracked because she
wasn’t going t
o spend too much time in here. She
walked into the clearing
and t
he sounds of the
insects
were the first thing to greet
the senses
.
She
knew
just
what
she
had to get to finish
off
the
costume.
She
searched around the field until
she
found a few
vibrant
wild flowers and picked only three yellow and
two
white
Daisie
s.
S
mall twigs and so
me perfectly sized leaves
were easy to come by
,
plucked
fresh
from an oak tree.
She
held
the
simple
items in both of her
hands.

She
left the sanctuary and closed the door with the heel of
her
right
foot
.
Sarah
didn’t have breakfast, but
she would need to eat before departing
later today.

Sarah
walked down the long hall and could hear all the women ge
tting louder the closer
she approached
. Dropping down onto the stone floor
,
Jillian wa
ve
d
her
over and
Sarah
saw
that
she
already
had
her
dress in her hand
s
.
At least I didn’t need to go fishing for it.
She
thought to
her
self
absently and smiled inwardly. She
could easily see Veronica already in costume.

Veronica wanted to do something funny for her costume and she made it. It became a dragon costume. She designed black rods to hold satiny black cloths. Now she looked more like a dragon one would imagine. Her top
was a light blue sleeveless shirt and she wore shorts with a hole in them for
her long
tail
to snake through
. Veronica smiled and said to her dear friends
“I cannot wait until I show Sorono this new outfit. He’s going to laugh once he sees it.”

“I don’t doubt it.”
Kara grinned.

Veronica
glanced at
Sarah’s in her m
other’s hands and said “
You had better hurry and put that on. Otherwise you won’t be able to make Connor’s jaw drop
.”

“Alright already,
” She
stepped closer to
her m
other and she handed
over the dress. Sarah
sat
her
finishing
materials on the ground beside
Jillian’s
foot and she said
that
she’ll keep an eye on them.
Sarah
walked behind one of the twenty
privacy curtains to change quickly. She
stripped off everything except for
her
panties.
She
opened
the
simple dress and smiled as
she
held it in front of
her
so
she
could get one last good look before putting it on
. It was a simple and strapless sheath dress
,
made of silk. It was the color of evergreen with a gold tr
im around the top of the bust. She
slid
her
legs through it and carefully pulled it up into the correct position. It hung tightly to
her
every curve
and left little to the imagination
.
She
brought it over
her
breasts and the end of the d
ress went all the way down to the
knees.
She
didn’t have shoes because this costume d
idn’t require any. Before leaving
the changing area
,
she
fluffed
her
hair
, tossing some over her front to give it a wild and delicate look,
and grabbed
her
clothes.

Sarah
returned to see Kara’s costume. She looked as pretty as ever and her hair was now just past her shoulders. She smile
d once her silver eyes caught her approach
. Kara’s dress
looked like a sexy French maid with the entire black and white outfit. She had a feather duster in her hand and black high heel shoes. She said “Woo hoo! Hot Mamma In The Building!!!” She turned to
Jillian
and said “Go ahead Jillian. I’ll work with her. Go and put on your dress too.”

“Thanks Kara.”
Jillian
grabbed her red dress and hurried off to a
momentarily
vacant dressing room.

Kara grabbed the gathered
flowers, twigs and Daisy’s to help put them in. Kara carefully slid all of
the materials
into
Sarah’s
hair
,
once she
turned
her
back to her.
Sarah
felt her winding the stem of the flowers into
her
hair. It took about ten minutes until she
felt
satisfied with
her
perfect
results
.

At the time Kara finished,
Jillian
made her way
back
. Her dress was red, yellow and orange. The top of her dress flared and showed
off
her ample bosom. The middle of her dress
i
s blood red and showed her perfect hourglass figure. The lower portion of her dress came about half way to her knees. As she moved she looked like she was walking while being on fire. Her golden eyes and dark hair were almost surreal for her dress. It was a disturbingly beautiful sight.

Jillian
stopped in her tracks and said “Sarah, you look amazing. You’ve yet to tell us what your costume is exactly.”

Sarah’s
feet were on the cool marble, but
she
spun once and said “I’m a
W
ood
N
ymph. Since Connor is a being of nature I decided that as his mate
,
a woman of nature would be a fun twist.
”

“It sure is a twist alright
.” She
turned around to see Amphrite
standing
behind her
.
The tall woman
was wearing a blue and green mini-dress. It looke
d like the flowing of the sea. Sarah
looked down at her long legs and saw that they were encased by
sexy
green
fishnet stockings. She also had
on
sky blue high heels. “Your mate won’
t know what hit him
.”

Sarah
shook
her
head which made
Amphrite
confused. “I’m more worried about what he’s got in store for me. I woke up this morning and he was gone.”

“You know him better than I do…Good luck anyways.” She smiled softl
y as she looked down at Sarah
. “If we don’t get a chance to see each other again, I wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting everyone. And I won
’
t forget about our little
competition
either.” She grinned and leaned down to give
Sarah a quick hug. She
returned the gesture with a simple squeeze. Before she left she said “Good luck raising your
first
child, Sarah. You’ll do terrific.”

With everything complete
,
all the women in the room lined up in f
ront of the stairwell. Luckily Sarah
made it closer to the front rather than the back.
Unfortunately she
lost the others in the large group, but knew
they
would meet up later today.

Then everyone started mo
ving forward and up the steps. She took to the steps and made her
way up. Every step let
her
know Connor was that much closer.

Sarah
made it to the third level and followed
the bond to her mate. She
froze instantly once
she
saw him
standing with
the other men. Sorono wore a black toga with a gold clasp
over his left shoulder
. In his left hand was a huge javelin
as tall as he is
. He looked like an ancient Olympian
giant
. Mark wore a mafia style
gray and black
business suit with a
matching
hat. Over his right shoulder was a
bloody
baseball bat.
Jack
decided to make
a Viking outfit and since he is a still breathing Viking warrior
,
it made his look all the more
striking
. He had an open fur covered tunic and leather pants. On his back
rested an actual
two bladed battleaxe.

Connor was by far the most impressive of them all. He wore shoes that looked more like a cloven hoof. His legs were covered by brown
, furry
animal skin. He didn’t wear a shirt and his tattooed chest was open for everyone to see. On his left arm
remained
his silver armlet and it too looked impressive. On the top of his head
sat
silver wrap
ped
like a crown
and two silver horns were attached. The horns
were large as they
sloped back and up.
She
instantly
came to the realization of
what his outfit
truly is
. It was the
God of the Wilds, the
Greek God Pan, but with Connor it was Pan on steroids.
If anyone else wore that costu
me they would look a fool, but her
husband could pull it off.

All of
the women were moving around her
and
Sarah
realized that
her m
other and Kara caught up
and stood to either side of
her
.
T
hey too were openly gawking, but
not at Connor she
soon realized
.
Sensing hesitation the
four
men made their way
over
, because
they
were frozen in place.

Mark spoke to Kara first with a smile. “A sexy
French
maid huh… I guess you’ll help me later after I take down some local punks
who have a debt to pay
.”

Kara snapped out of it and brushed his wide chest
with the duster
. “Why of course, Honey. Just be sure to leave the bloody bat at the scene when you’re done.” They laughed and walked off
,
blending into the crowd.