Chaper One

Isabelle

I hear the blue birds outside of my window, as I grasp at the last couple minutes of sleep. Seven days. Wishing the moon goddess to be kind to me, and grant me another hour. I was not ready to face the day. I slowly open my eyes and turn to face my window, as I can see the sun poking through my light blue curtains. I glance at my phone on the nightstand, two unread text messages.

Mae: I'll be there in 20 to help. You better be up!

Shit, she sent that five minutes ago.

Mae has been my bestfriend since grade school. She was the daughter of my father's, Alpha David of the Moon Waterfall pack, best gamma. I love Mae like a sister. She had already turned 18 and was looking for her mate while at the same time training to take over for her dad if need be. I'm not surprised though she manage to get the week off to help with the planning. I was shy and hated parties, if I had it my way I'd stay in the library for my birthday this Sunday.

I rolled out of bed to open the curtains to let the morning sun officially in. Then I hopped to the shower, past my small living room.

By the time I was done, Mae was sitting on the couch thumbing through one of the seven big white binders she brought.

"Ummm.... good morning." I said to her causally with a hint of sarcasm.

"Hey, I let myself. I left coffee and chocolate crossiants by the clothes you laid out. When you're done I'd thought we start with the binders? Two are mine, and five are from Luna Ellen."

"Sounds good." I nodded. Ellen was my step mom, she married my dad when I was 10. My dad lost my mom when I was five. And Ellen was rejected by her mate because he had family with another women in a different pack. When dad meet Ellen, he just felt like he need to take her away, and eventually they grew to love each other.

"Is she meeting us?" I called out to Mae, checking my outfit in the mirror. Jeans and a comfy comic tee my favorite.

"No, she said she wanted to give a day. Two max! To pick out what you want and like, before she starts helping and acting out you're vision."

I walked back out to the living room to take a seat next to her, and grabbed one of the binders. Ellen was kind, she didn't try to replace my mom. She just tried to pick up were she left off. And she didn't make me call her mom or nothing. But eventually I started to call her Ellie. Because I equally grew to love her.

The binder I picked up, had color pallets, floral arrangements, and food menus.

"What binder do you have?" I asked Mae.

"Music, table and dance floor patterns, and favors."

"I think we should start with color pallets first, and go from there. Do we have a binder of theme ideas?"

Mae nodded, as she flipped the cover of three other binders to find it. And than scooted close. "What kind of theme were you thinking Izzy?" I rested my head on her shoulder. She only used my nickname when she sensed I was gonna get stressed. Her wolf, Jade, was good at sensing me. Its like the moon goddess knew we needed each other. She flipped through the pages, passing theme after theme. Finally I saw one that caught my eye. "This one!" I said with excitement. Mae laughed and nodded in agreement.