Surprise Mating (2 page)

“
We don’t have time, this is a stage four alert.  You, Thomas, and I are being introduced to,
like
everyone
tonight.  And when I say everyone, I mean
everyone
.  The girls found out about the mating.”  Kiki threw his hands up and then rested them on his hips as he cocked them to one side.

“
Uh, okay, but we aren’t mating anytime soon, I told you and Thomas,” Sydney said and then cringed when Kiki threw back his head and laughed.

“
You were serious about that?  Listen I get it, the whole two-mate thing, but you could
not
have been anymore surprised than me.  I mean, sweetheart, I have been gay since I can remember, and you are the first woman that's given me the urge to like drag out the anatomy book to see what is what.” 

Sydney
laughed as he wiggled his eyebrows at her.  He was charming, and sexy, and damn it, she needed to convince him they would not be mating.

“
Yes, I am very serious,” Sydney said quietly, so far she hadn’t even shown her true self. She didn’t want to until she met Ms. Praton, and when they found out she had been fooling them for weeks, it wasn’t going to go down well.  There was nothing she could do about that now though, she made her bed, and intended to make sure she had to lie exactly where she needed to be.

“
Oh, aren’t you just cute? Okay, well that aside, we don’t have the time for the whole kissy-huggie thing.  Although, we are gonna have to dive into those waters soon.”  Kiki laughed at his own joke and Sydney jumped at the noise.  “Twitchy little thing, aren’t ya? Okay, shower, hair, make-up, and clothes, in that order.  If I know the girls, everyone will be there and we all want to look our best.  ‘Cause I gotta tell you, they are vultures.  Yes, they are my best friends but also wonderfully conniving bitches and all that.  Well, chop chop, into the shower with you, I will set up.”

Sydney had no idea what the hell was going on, but she had to play her part it seemed.  She definitely didn
’t want to piss anyone off before she reached her goal. 

“
Uh, okay?” she said and walked into the bathroom and shut the door with a click. 
Shit, she had to hold it together
.  One night, and then she would ask when she could meet Ms. Praton.

Damn, this was gonna be fun
, Kiki thought and rubbed his hands together.  He only wanted to see if the sparks were there with the female, or would he only be destined to wait patiently for Thomas to realize he was bi-sexual?  Maybe if he paved the path, and put a few moves on their little mate, Thomas would be more open about it.

Kiki
brought in the things he left in the hallway and set them up.  It was a portable beauty salon.  They stole it when they were in town from an abandoned shop.  The fuckin’ Prentiss Agency had the city on lockdown, the shifters in hiding, and the Drekinn disgraced.  Assholes.

Soon they were going to make a stand.  Declan was teaching him self
-defense, and how to use a gun, but so far he hadn’t let him have any bullets. 
Well, again
, Kiki laughed,
misfire a gun one time at dinner and you are marked for life.

He could hear Syd splashing in the shower and then he had a problem.  The tight pants he wore showed his e
rection more than he really wanted right now.  Shit, she would think he was a savage; all he wanted was a kiss.  Okay, that was a lie, but he could live with it.

Syd walked out of the bathroom and into her room with a towel, hell
, it could have been a washcloth and it would practically cover things, she was dainty and soft, he felt the need to protect her.

It only took a few moments
, then she walked out of the bedroom in a sweat suit and bare feet.  A
we, she had such sweet and cute little feet
.  She smiled at him a little with her hair wrapped up in the towel over her head. 

“
What now?” Syd asked and Kiki smiled and clapped his hands. Sabrina and Trina popped out of the hallway and grinned.  “Sabrina and Trina are descendants as well, and so far they haven’t found their mates.”

“
Dude, nor do we want to because we are damn good Enforcers,” Trina puffed up.

“
Oh, I know, I know, let it go, cricket. Anyway, they are on the Council of the Drekinn Agency, no matter what they like to do,” Kiki said smugly.

Trina and Sabrina rolled their eyes and
then Sabrina stepped forward and said, “I get the hair, she gets the makeup, and you can find clothes.  Although she is so tiny I’m not sure what you are going to do.”

“
No worries, Pilar is helping me.  You know how she has kinda gotten into the ‘sisters before misters’ thing.  Besides, she is hiding her head in the sand.  It's not like we all don't know who one of her mates is.  I mean please, when they are in the room together it is like tenseville, you know what I mean.  Oh, Syd, you need to know several things for tonight, sit down and let them go to work while I run to find Pilar and then come back.  We will talk then, so much to tell you,” Kiki said and then left the room.

Syd walked to the c
hair the women were pointing to, sat down, and watched the flurry of excitement as they talked about her bone structure and other things she had never paid attention to.  Hell, her hair was way overdue for a cut, it was one power she always wished she had, some Fae could control knives, and scissors.

Sabrina pulled the towel of
f her head and smiled.  “Look at this color, and all these curls, this is going to be fun.”

She sat and just
listened; she found most information this way—by being a fly on the wall, so to speak.

“
Were you even listening in the meeting?” Sabrina asked Trina who was wiping her face with some kind of cream or something.

“
Yep,” Trina said confidently.

“
Really, so you get our part of the plan to go into the Prentiss Agency and find the code for their system?  Rissa needs it in order to hack into their systems, we need to figure out what the hell is going on,” Sabrina said as she combed her hair and began cutting.

Syd went to open her
mouth when she looked up and saw the look on Trina’s face, something important was going to be said in the next few minutes, and maybe if she was quiet enough, they would forget she was here.

“
Kade is thinking he was going to have to find a human to go in.  So far, none will talk to him, but maybe soon.  This shit is freaking impossible,” Trina said as she arranged some make-up in front of her on the table.

“
Well they have posted job openings on the net, we just have to find someone qualified and who will take the chance, I mean it is pretty dangerous,” Sabrina said.

“
Okay, enough shop talk, Miss Sydney, prepare to be beautified!”  Trina laughed and they got to work.  Sydney knew what it was like for the first time to have girls include her in a conversation.  Laugh, joke, and even tease her and each other.

They
spent the next hour cutting, snipping, and pasting on make-up to her face and hair.  She felt the weight on her head lighten from the curls and thick hair Sabrina was sheering off.  Sydney was a little worried about it but shrugged and let them do the damage, if worst came to worst, she could wait for it to grow out and then refuse any more of this girls’ time in the future.  Although, just having them around and laughing with her was a joy.

There was a knock on the door, Sabrina clapped her hands and jumpe
d for the door, and a lovely woman entered.  Syd could tell there was something about her, something she wanted to find out more about.  They had her back to the mirror and she had been complaining about not being able to see.

Trina guided the woman over to them and introduced her to Sydney.

“Syd, this is Pilar. Pilar, this is Syd.”  Trina laughed and then with a flourish they pulled out a dress from behind the woman and pulled up the plastic protectors that had been on it.  Slowly she looked at the dark green color of the dress and sucked in her breath.

Green was her favorite color
, it complemented her eyes, and her red hair.

“
Wow, this is fabulous.  I love it, thank you so much,” Sydney said and she felt tears gather in her made up eyes. 
Damn it, why are they being so nice to me
?  She just wanted to meet Ms. Praton and get on with it.  Mate or no mate, she felt the pull of her destiny to do something.

“
No worries, lets get you changed, but no looking until we have you dressed, you have to see the whole package,” Trina warned and pulled her up without turning her.

Pilar smiled and sat down in the
seat across from her, winked at Sydney and said, “I think I will wait until I see the finished product, then I will go and get changed for the party.”

Sabrina laughed and dra
gged Sydney into the bedroom and put a hand over her eyes and smiled.  “Change right here, I will help with the zipper.”

Sydney shook her head and
smiled but refrained from turning around and looking in the mirror and spoiling their fun.  She had enjoyed the afternoon much more than expected.  She hoped the rest of the Drekkin would be just as nice. She had been introduced to everyone, but that was when Rissa found them the first time, after that, Sydney avoided them because of the rumors. 

She had heard about the group so
she was a little worried about meeting them for real, in a different situation.  Phillip would be there, he was one of Rissa’s mates so it would be good.  He would protect her.  Maybe her new friends would as well.  She certainly hoped so, ‘cause what she had heard was a bit disturbing.

“
Okay, open your eyes,” Sabrina said quietly, then yelled, “O.M.G!” and jumped up and down.  “Let me get the zipper, the girls have a full length mirror out there.”

Sydney laughed and looked down when it was zipped.  It was gorgeous, a soft flattering cut that looked good on her small figure
. Most short people had small boobs, she was the opposite, and she had a few curves, not a lot, but a few. She was surprised to see the snug-fitting dress look smooth down her front. 
Wow, Pilar could really pick a dress
.  She was certainly going to thank her.  The last time she wore a dress people laughed at her.  She knew no one would laugh now.

Sabrina anno
unced her with her now familiar flourish to the other two women.  “Ta Da,” she yelled and held out her arms.

“
Holy shit,” Trina murmured and tugged the sheet off the mirror and Sydney gasped.

Sabrina had trimmed her hair in a way that left the soft curls f
lowing around her shoulders.  It didn’t look like she cut an inch, but she had thinned out the thick hair so it hung perfectly instead of poofing out.  Trina accentuated her eyes with liner and eye shadow;
she was going to have to ask how she did it, because it looked natural, not like she was a hooker as she thought she was going to look like.  The dress was just amazing
, she thought.

Sydney looked to her new friends who were grinning at her and said, “
Thank you.”

“
No problemo, I can help you anytime.”  Sabrina laughed, then cleaned up and left.  She twirled in front of the mirror, then smiled and sat down.  So, where were the guys, she looked at the clock and chuckled.  Well they only had a few minutes to get here, or she was going to go looking.

*
****

Kiki and Thomas stood in the doorway of the dining hall and moaned together.  Shit, they had
not
listened to him and the place was decorated to the nines.  Candles, wine, and there were even balloons.  Bitches were going to have to be dyed.  Kiki just had to figure out how to do it.

“
We have to go and get Syd,” Kiki murmured quietly.

“
Yeah, shit, we should have totally not agreed with this,” Thomas grumbled.

“
Suck it up, dude, we're screwed so we should just join the party.  Looks like they have wine and beer.”  Kiki laughed and hit him on the back. 

Thomas wanted to turn around and go back to his room.  For the
dinner, he wore slacks and a nice shirt and tie.  Kiki had told him he looked amazing.  Thomas replied with the same when he saw Kiki,
damn he did look amazing when he was dressed for the kill
.

Kiki wore
tailored blue pants, and a gray silky shirt opened at the collar.  If Thomas didn’t know any better, he would have thought Kiki was straight, with a flare for clothing.  Kiki had been very happy and Thomas shyly smiled. 
Damn it
, Thomas was attracted to him. 
What the fuck did he do with that
?

"
We don’t have to worry about that right now, we only have to worry about Syd, the rest will come if you want it to, if you don’t, the feelings I have for Syd are strong,” Kiki whispered and bumped his shoulder.

“
Let’s go get her, maybe if we show up early, we can leave early,” Thomas said hopefully,

“
Keep dreaming, did you see how many places were set?  They invited the parents,” Kiki laughed.

“
Oh fuck a duck.” Thomas groaned and put a hand on his face and rubbed it.

“
Yeah, let’s just get it over with,” Kiki said and pulled his mate behind him to pick up Syd, Kiki couldn’t wait until they saw her again.  There was a connection whether she wanted to admit it or not.