Page 23 of My Date is a Polymorph
Khassi chuckled.“They always try.Well, I have the base now, so I am going to give you some of the family jewellery, and then Khasta will take the first picture.The dress will be ready for you tomorrow, and I will come to your workplace to dress you before the wedding.Khasta will take photos, and then we all will head to city hall.”
Keera said softly, “Will there be a problem for him that we are doing this officially?”
“No.It is becoming fashionable.Since the Sethir are having to look far and wide for omegas, the others who find mates in the human population need to wed their partners legally.The legal first and celebration later is taking off.”
Keera nodded.“Thank you for doing this.”
Khassi looked up at her from where gold was appearing on the skirt of the outer dress.“I wanted to do this years ago.He was close to asking then.He could not see his life without you, and then they took you away.How did you two find each other?”
Keera smiled.“He saw me covered in blood.He was there to find me as Hever’s friend had been kidnapped—me—and Krix wanted to make a good impression, and Worro could find a specific grain of dirt in a mud pile.So, I was the grain of dirt, and he found Hever’s friend.Then he saw me and started barfing and grabbing his head.”
Worro said, “Every time I had seen you hit my head at the same time, including the blood-soaked last time.I felt everything I had felt then, and it burned me.”
Dex asked, “Keera, were you injured?”
“No, but my werewolf had a workout.It does not attack neatly.”
Worro snorted.“It does not.”
Khassi chuckled and went to a stand covered with boxes.She grinned and said, “Can I get someone in here used to dressing a bride?”
Dex popped around the corner of the curtain.“Oh, Keera, you are stunning.”
“Just wait.Great-grandma had some really nice shit.”Khassi cackled.
Khassi handed the jewel boxes over, Dex opened them, and Khassi worked on her head while Dex weighed down her arms.Khassi dove under the layers, and her ankles and feet were covered in gold chains and gemstones.
She smiled, and Khassi said softly, “Tomorrow, we will put on eye makeup, and then Khasta takes a ton of pictures before you cry and get it all runny.”
Khasta eased into the space and took some pictures, chuckling.“You look lovely, Keera.Welcome to the family.”
There was a moment while Khassi draped and fluttered the gown around until it was to its best advantage.The photos were taken, and there was more conflict on the other side of the curtain, but Keera ignored it.
Cloud came around the corner and gasped.“Oh, Keeks, you look amazing.”
“Thank you.I feel pretty and really expensive.”
Khassi laughed.“Our great-grandfather brought his wife something home after every trip away.Over the years, it added up.It was given to their daughter, and she spread it through her grandkids.It skipped her children, and that drove them nuts.”
“Why?”
“Greed.Status.Appearances.It’s where Vaika gets it from.She is constantly obsessed with appearances.It’s why she had such a visceral reaction to you.Not only are you adopted, but you are also not wealthy.She doesn’t know you are an omega, or it would have kept her mouth shut a little.”
“Is she?”
“Oh.No.It’s her eternal shame.Human to the bone.No pheromones and no extra glands.”
“That always sounds so gross.”
Khassi chuckled.“Deal with it.”
Khassi stepped back, and then the photo shoot started.She took pictures with Cloud, Hever, and Yahtana before standing with her sisters only.
When the photos were done and Dex was sitting next to Worro, Keera got back into her work clothes, grabbed a pack of food, and helped her fiancé to his feet.
She kissed Khassi and Khasta on the cheeks and smiled that she would see them tomorrow.
