Chapter 51 - The perfect birthday ... Or was it?

Phillipa

After the huge breakfast celebration, my day was simply packed. My mother made sure I got every possible treatment over the past week, so I would look my absolute best. I knew why she did it, but neither of us said anything. She just wanted me to feel amazing when I finally met my mate. The thing that nobody realized was that I was feeling as if I had failed my parents!

They had both lived such incredible lives! Hell, my brother was a hero because he killed the vampire king! I still have flashes of that horrible war sometimes. Yet another thing I pushed deep down. If someone ever opened me up and got down to the nitty-gritty inside me, they would find a pit filled with all the things I pushed down.

I smiled at the omega putting fresh flowers in my hair. My first public event for the day and also my favourite part of my birthday. Sharing cake with all the children in the square. That was the one time in the year I didn’t feel as if I wasn’t enough. I was dressed in a comfortab