Worro grinned.“It is.”
Khassi said, “We are expecting four more?”
“Yes, my sister, my half-sister, my friend Hever, and her assistant and wedding planner, Dex.”
“Nice.I have a food order coming, so that should be enough.”
“My sister is six months pregnant.She can have my food if necessary.”
Khassi grinned.“If she lets me touch her belly, she can have Khasta’s food.”
“Hey!”Khasta grinned.
Khassi walked forward and hugged Keera.“Welcome to the family, Keera.It’s about time.”
Keera returned the hug.Khasta was next, and then she was hugged, and she admired Keera’s cheekbones.“You are going to look lovely in your wedding pictures.Vaika is going to shit herself.”
“Huh.My image has the oddest effect on my soon-to-be sister-in-law.”
Khasta snorted.“Right.Go to the back and get naked.Khassi is going to work on you from the skin out.”
Worro smiled and said, “You are in good hands.Go.”
She walked over to him, went up on her toes, and kissed him.“Cross your fingers.”
Khassi laughed.“You are in good hands.Come on.I have designed a blank for you that we are going to build on.”
Keera was urged to the back of the shop, and a gauzy curtain was pulled between Keera and the watchers.
Keera looked at Khassi.“So, why the curtain?”
“So that when he sees you tomorrow, he will have his breath taken away and feel like the luckiest bastard in the world.”Khassi grinned.
Worro chuckled.“I already do.”
Keera focused on what Khassi wanted her to do as she put on the underdress, the overdress, and the outer two dresses.
“Well, I feel warm.”
Khassi laughed.“When I finish the decoration, it will be cooler and heavier.You have a lovely figure, by the way.”
“Thank you, and thank you for doing this.”
“It is fun to do this for family.Worro was so different when they took you from him.He had been full of joy and hope, and then he turned into a humourless bastard.”Khassi drew lines on the outer gown with her fingers, and where she touched, gold beading showed up.
Keera heard the others arrive at some point, but Khassi chuckled and said, “Focus on me.”
“Fine, but I will be hungry eventually.”
“I will cover you with a drape, and Khasta or one of your friends can come help you.”
“Can they see me?”
Hever laughed.“Sort of.Khasta is letting us peek around the corner.We have to keep Worro from looking.That’s our job as well.”
Keera chuckled.“Has he tried?”
Dex snickered.“Twice.”