Keeper's Knowledge (Balancer's Soul cycle) (82 page)

The
first project
was now underway
.

Sarah
currently
sat
in a corner on the stage as
she
began sewi
ng on a strip of white cotton. She
started on this dress because the swing dress would need the most fabric and time.
She
had already finished hand sewing the mid covering together and the flair of the first strip of the dress.

Jillian
had a blood red silk strip
in hand
a
s
she
explained that
she start
ed
on
creating
her L
atin dance dress. Kara watched them
closely as she quickly learned the art of sewing
by hand
. She
began
working on a pink cotton
cloth
and said she was going to make a poodle
skirt for the swing dance. Veronica
too
was carefully sewing on a large white sheet
, showing how even her large
and clawed
hands could do
even
the most delicate tasks
. She had asked
Jillian
and
Sarah
about the dances and how the clothing from the women should look.
Sarah
sent her
a few
mental pictures
to choose from and Veronica
quickly caught on.

Behind
them came
a unique
and familiar
accent “May we join you?”

Sarah
turned around to see Amphrite and Adela carrying fabric and the Head Elder was smiling pleasantly.
There were four female Guards
also carrying their own
fabric and were also tasked with ensuring their leaders survival
while also designing dance material for their mates simultaneously
.
Amphrite was wearing blue jeans and a large blue shirt
along with tennis shoes
.
Sarah’s
shorter and eldest
living
ancestor was wearing a
white
and yellow
sundress with sandals.

Kara chirped saying “The more the merrier.”

“Thank you.” Amphrite smiled and ca
me closer to sit down next to Sarah
.
They
all sat in a loose circle with most of the materials
laying
in the middle.

About an hour into
the many tasks
Amphrite asked
Sarah
“Why did you want to dance for the end of the meeting? I’m just a little curious.”

Sarah
smiled and sat the
two layers of sewn dress down. She
turned and looked into her
richly
green eyes and they really were
honestly
curious. “You’ll probably laugh.”

“You’ll know it is
funny
if I
do
.” She said airily.

“Well when Connor learned to fly, I tried doing it myself. The problem was I flew too high and lost my concentration
and fell
. He saved me of course, but I was scared to ever fly again. Later
on
he coaxed me to fly together with him. He was a
marvelous
teacher. While teaching me to fly I learned how to control the currents with s
ubtle adjustments of my feet.” Sarah
looked up at the ceiling and leaned back on
her
arms. “The first time that we ever danced was when we were flying around the house he built for me. We flew for what seemed like hours.”
She
turned
her
eyes back to
Amphrite
. “
I
simply
missed the feeling of twirling in circles with him and I just wanted to have another dance.”

“I see…” Amphrite b
i
t her thumb
nail
idly for a moment. “I know what you mean. Dancing is a beautiful and sensual expression between
lovers. I just hope Poseidon has
n’t gotten too rusty.”

“Well just tell him to start polishing the barnacles off his trident.” Kara said while smiling and Amphrite erupted in laughter.

“I’ll tell him that one for sure.” She kept struggling as she laughed.

Sarah
went back to sewing
her
dress on the marble floor.

She
wasn’t even a quarter done with
the
fir
st dress when the time was up. She
was told to wrap up
the
dress and write
her
name on a tag. There were five large conta
iners that were actually more like filing cabinets
. Sarah
slid
her
name
tag in the slide and dropped the
dress in the inside.
She
pushed the slide closed as did everyone else and returned the scissors back into the other bin.

She
walked up to level three and Connor was
already
waiting for
her
along with
her father, Mark and Sorono. Sarah
could easily pick him out
,
even without
their
bond because compared to the other men in the room he was a giant. He was grinning from ear to ear and
she knew he had a good day. She could enter his mind, but she
knew he would only hide his surprise
s
.
She
looked around the room and smiled inwardly. All of the benches were stacked together on the far end of the room and left a gigantic space for everyone to learn how to dance and have plenty of space to move around.

He walked up to
her
and said “I haven’t a clue as to dancing, but I’ll learn.”

She
smiled and said “Just don’t step on my toes
…
I mean it
,
your feet are huge.”
He chuckled and
they walked as closely as they
could to see the instructors. There was a pair of Changers
on stage along with several other women giving instructions on Latin dancing. It was fast paced with a lot of turns and sexual
thrusts of the hips and legs
.
Sarah
knew a lot about dancing, but
she
was still fascinated
on how the body could move and look so breathtaking
. Connor rarely blinked as he watched and studied the dancing.
She was shocked once she
entered his mind.

He glanced at Sarah
, but allowed
h
er
to watch. He wasn’t shadow f
ighting, but shadow dancing. H
e watched the dancers every dip, swish of their hips, hand gesture, torso movement and even how their heads moved. He incorporated every movement into his mind and altered them for his use. Just the mental images alone
made her heart race and she knew when he really did dance she
would be thoroughly impressed.

The next day
they
learne
d
how
B
allroom
dance and that was
f
ollowed
by Tap, M
odern,
and Swing dancing. The Costume dance was a dance of
their
choice.

It took a week just to finish all the tiny details on
the
white Swing dress. The next dress
Sarah
worked on was the Tap dress.

Clockwise and Counterclockwise

Days blended into weeks and weeks turned into months and it was
finally
the night before the first dance
and there excitement fill
ed all within
the m
ountain
.

Sarah
and Connor
were
currently
in the sanctuary
again
and up in the cedar tree and he
knew the lig
hts were going to go out soon. They were still fully clothed and
didn’t bother with wearing
their
armor in here
; there wasn’t any danger they
couldn’t handle now
. She was leaning against
his
chest
,
looking at the
surrounding
trees.
He
started slowly rubbing her
bare
arms as they were folded under her
perfectly shaped
breasts.
He
then slowly started rubbing her belly and
stopped once he
felt something
peculiar
.

He
sat up and said “Sarah
,
lift up your shirt for a minute
.”

She s
at up straighter and looked at him
with one eyebrow raised. “What
?
N
o foreplay
any
more
?” She smiled and said “Alright then.” She lifted her shirt up just above her bra covered breasts. “Do you like what you see
?” He
looked at her belly where
that oddity
was felt
and smiled. “What’s the matter with you, Connor?”

He
rubbed her lower belly with a
n even
wider smile. “Sarah, have you noticed that you’re finally showing?”

She lo
oked down confused until
his
hand
moved
away. Her smile grew and she held her shirt with one hand while the other slowly started caressing her lower belly. “It’s true.” Her eyes began watering up. “Connor, this is the first outward proof that we’re going to be parents. Our little Pearl is finally revealing herself to the world.” Sh
e looked up at him and some tears escaped. He
brushed them off
with a thumb
and she nuzzled into his
hand. Her emerald green eyes opened
again
and she s
tated
“I’m going to go show Mother the good news.”

“I’m going with you.”

Sarah knocked on Jillian’s door
not a minute later
and both of her parents were excited at the news.
Jillian
dropped to her knees and
kissed the tiny bump.
Kara came out of her room with some blue paint
smeared
on her right cheek and her apron splattered with
a variety of
paints.
She had heard Jillian’s loud voice.
She
also
squealed once she go
t to feel her niece growing in his
mate’s womb.

That night
,
the whole family
didn’t get much sleep
as
his
sister and
m
other-in-law kept feeling Sarah’s belly and rubbing gently
.

The first dance of the day was Tap. All the men went up to level one and got
dressed for their first dance. Connor
opened
his file cabinet and pulled. He
withdrew
the
Tap equipment and slid them on.
To make sure all
remained
well he
walked in front of a
large
mirror
to look at
him
self and adjust any minor problems
. Behind
him Connor
heard everyone’s shoes clanging and
he laughed the first time he
saw a Keeper learning how to dance. They might be giants, but they sure learn
ed
how to dance quickly
with those big feet
and look amazing doing so
.

His
mirror
’s
image showed all
aspects
of
the
clothes.
S
hiny black leather tap shoes
accented well
with
the
semi-loose black pants.
His
shirt was pure white with long sleeves. I
t buttoned down the middle and his
brushed back
and watered down
hair finalized the outfit. Mark and Jack looked about the same, but Sorono wore silver pants, oversized white tap shoes and a beige shirt along with a black belt.