Chapter 103 - Happy Thoughts

Adea

I stand to greet her and she practically glides over to me. She’s wearing a light blue blouse with a pencil-thin skirt that stops right above her knees. She paired the outfit with black heels. She exudes elegance and grace.

“Good morning, Luna,” she says as she offers a perfectly manicured hand out for me to shake. “My name is Kristina Dorosh and I’ll be helping you plan the perfect Luna Ceremony. I’m looking forward to working with you.”

“Good morning Kristina, you can call me Adea, would you like to sit?” I ask gesturing towards the seats. I swallowed as I tried to calm my racing pulse.

“Thank you,” she says with a smile. I watch as she takes a seat before I move to sit across from her. “Alpha Ethan informed me the two of you would like your Luna Ceremony to take place this weekend?”

“Yes, that’s correct,” I say, trying not to let my nerves show on my face. She grabs her iPad and when the screen lights up she taps a few things in before looking back at me. “I’m sorry for the last-minute planning. I know it can’t be easy to work under the stress of a time limit.”

“Oh don’t worry about it! I’ve had to work under duress a number of times. If anything, I work better under stress,” she says and laughs and I feel myself relax.

“Are you planning on using the hall here where they held the ball or would you like something outdoors?” She asks.

“I think having the ceremony outdoors might not be the best idea. We still haven’t caught the one responsible for the rogue attacks and I wouldn’t want to have everyone out in the open. So, I think using the hall would be the better choice,” I say.

“Let’s create a list of what you want at your ceremony,” she started but stopped when she saw my puzzled expression. “Food, for instance, music, color, do you want a grand Ceremony like the ball, or are you wanting something more low-key?”

“I know it’s going to be a large event but I would like it to be simple yet elegant,” I tell her. “For food, I would like sirloin and salmon on the menu, I’m not sure what would pair well with them but I would like to have alcoholic beverages available for guests.”

More tapping. Her nails click against the screen.

“As for music, I’ll make a list of what I want to play during the ceremony and the reception. I can send that to you as soon as I have it,” I tell her.

“Excellent! Do you know what you want for decorations? Flowers? Candles?” She asks as she looks up from her screen.

“Flowers sound beautiful. If possible, I would love cream roses to lightly adorn both sides of the aisle. Light touches up from would be lovely too,” I gush. “I haven’t had much time to think about it and I never thought I’d be Luna one day. I’ve honestly never really thought of a grand wedding so I’m thankful to have your help with the planning process for the ceremony,” I tell her.

“Don’t you worry about that! You can do some research tonight and we can discuss what you like and what you don’t,” Kristina tells me reassuringly before looking back to her screen.

“Do you have a specific cake in mind? If not, I can arrange a cake tasting. It would give you a chance to sample and with options, it’ll be easier to decide which cake you would prefer,” Kristina says. She puts the iPad down for a few moments.

“Yes, I’d like that,” I tell her. I’m so thankful to have someone who knows what I need.

“Have you put any thought into what you’d like to wear? Or who? Do you have a color in mind?”

“I haven’t put any thought to it and I’m not too picky,” I tell her.

“Okay, I can schedule someone to come out tomorrow with dresses you can try on and see if there’s anything you like. If you don’t see anything you like, please let me know and we can reach out to another company. I want to make sure you have what you want for your special day,” she says.

“Tomorrow works perfectly. I’m sure after I try on a few I’ll get an idea. I am busy for a few hours on Wednesday. There’s a lot that needs to be done before this weekend and I want to be on the same page. We can discuss what still needs to be done and maybe by then we will be able to see if there’s anything we’ve missed.”

“Yes, Luna. That sounds great, during your free time on Wednesday, I would like to schedule Tres Le Cheria to come out here. We can get together and catch up on what we still need to do while sampling the delicious cakes. Would you like to have the cake sampling in the Packhouse kitchen or in a meeting room?” She asks, picking up the iPad.

“We can do that in the kitchen, I’ll talk to the kitchen staff today so they can be aware and plan to help out,” I say as I make a mental note.

“Great,” she says, “I can be here tomorrow if you need me during the dress appointment but if you’re okay without me, I would like to get started on what we’ve talked about today,” Kristina said with a kind smile.

“Oh of course,” I tell her. “We’ve discussed a lot today, I will be fine without you tomorrow.” My thoughts trail to Olivia and how I would have loved to have her here with me during this. I push the thought aside and straighten my back.

Happy thoughts.

Happy thoughts.

I repeat the words a few times. The last thing I need to break out in tears in front of the planner. She’d think I was being forced into this. I stifle a laugh.

The planning lasts a few hours but when we’re done I feel a lot better about this weekend than I did when we started.