Page 48 of Huntress Unleashed
Though maybe she was pushing things a little bit too far, too soon after being turned. Yet, she wanted to get on with her life, and get back to something that felt more normal.
She saw Princess sitting in the window looking out front. Waiting for Dane to return?
Usually, once Jacqueline had taken care of the rogues on her list, she would go online and sign up for more. But…she needed some time off, she thought. Some time to learn how to cope with her new abilities.
She began to vacuum, and Princess made a hasty retreat to her bedroom. Other things might have changed in her life, but that was one thing that hadn’t. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear and said to Dane telepathically, “Do you think maybe I’m pushing things to go to the hunters’ club tonight, possibly too soon after us being turned. Or at least with me being turned?”
“Jacqueline?”
“Yeah, did I startle you?”
“Hell, yeah. I’m not used to having you speak in my head.”
She chuckled. “Sorry about that. We need to get used to talking this way. It’s a great way to talk to each other hands free, even when we’re doing something noisy like vacuuming.”
“Oh, I am too.”
She laughed. “Wow, like minds.”
“So why are you having second thoughts about going to the club tonight?”
“Lettie called.”
“Hell. What did she want?”
“To know if I was upset with her because she is dating Van, and she didn’t like that I was at the restaurant where my mother, hers and Van’s, and others were having lunch. Anyway, the final upshot was I told her that I’ll go where I please anywhere that I’ve been before.”
“Which is the way you should feel. No one should have the ability to dictate where you go or don’t go.”
“So you don’t think it’s too early to go to the hunters’ club? Or maybe we could go to one further away?”
“No. At least I feel we’re going in the right direction—if you want to call it that—in our recovery. Or at least trying to normalize the changes in our lives.”
“Okay, that’s what I was thinking, until I got the call from her. And then I thought maybe I wasn’t looking at this clearly.”
“Everyone’s coming tonight. We won’t be alone,” Dane said.
“Everyone would probably be disappointed that we didn’t go, don’t you think?”
“I’m sure they would understand if we didn’t go,” Dane said.
“Yeah, I agree. I think Lettie just made me feel unsure of myself.”
“Don’t let her, or anyone else like her, make you feel that way.”
“Okay, I’ll see you at five then.”
“See you then.”
She finished vacuuming, then put away the vacuum. She loved teleporting from place to place, but it sure confused Princess. She would see Jacqueline disappear in front of her and then she went looking all over the house for her. Jacqueline appeared in the bedroom where Princess had been sleeping on the bed, startling her. She meowed at her as if telling her not to do that to her, and then she came over and rubbed against Jacqueline’s legs to show her all was forgiven.
She petted Princess’s head and then began looking through her fancier club outfits. Because of her red hair, she preferred wearing black, emerald green to teal, any shade of blue, red, royal purple, and crisp white—like the wedding gown she had chosen to be married in.
But which of her dressy dresses were the best to wear to show off in tonight? Long? Short? Something in between? Lacy? Sequined? Velvety? Or satiny?
She decided to go with the long teal gown that had a lacey bodice, fitted waist and gown, showing off her curves, and a long slit up the side that would make it easy to dance.
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