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Nalu was still holding her, and it was... really nice. Nalu asked, “What is she talking about?”
Keahi came forward and gave them the briefing. Nalu’s grip on her got tighter. “So, there will be a lifestyle change.”
Mano chuckled. “I can enjoy some more time in the water with Eliana.”
“We have concert dates,” Keahi grumbled. “Video shoots.”
A new voice said, “They can be cancelled. I have to delay some stuff anyway. Henry is going into heat.” Keoki smiled. “Good thing we fixed the house.”
Keahi smiled. “Really? I thought he didn’t.”
“He didn’t, but his scent is changing fast.” Keoki smiled. “I will cancel some off-island events. The concert in the city will be fine. But then, several months with nothing will be good for Henry to recover.”
Eliana covered her grin with her hand. It was sweet, caring, and funny all at once. How rough was he going to be on Henry that months would be needed for recovery?
Nalu lifted her and said, “Let’s go check out the house.”
“I can walk. I have feet and everything. Even put my shoes on.”
He swung her up so her head was next to his shoulder and his arm was under her knees. “I have never had a mate before. There is something different about how I think of you. Howhethinks of you. It is odd.”
She was nervous as he moved casually, and locals stared and called out to their party. Several folks came over, and Keahi spoke to them. Eliana was embarrassed when she was introduced from her perch on Nalu.
Keahi introduced her as their mate. The folk usually said something aboutthe entire band?Mano cocked his head, and the other two went cold. The people stammered and said that she looked like a very pleasant person.
Eliana covered her face. “This is humiliating.” Her hair drifted around her and hid her from view.
Nalu kissed her forehead. “No, it is necessary. You need to be seen with us.”
“Well, that’s going to have to wait because I am not coming out.”
He chuckled, and they made their way through the village and down a worn pathway. She peered out from behind her hair and blinked. That was one big house.
Keahi walked next to her. “This house was built on the original village chief’s house. When families got smaller, the house in the village was created.”
“So, you are related to Syar?”
Keahi nodded. “Cousins. Well, second cousins.”
Keoki spoke, “There are a lot of cousins around here. We all had to make ourselves scarce until Syar had a mate. Now we can come home.”
Eliana remembered coming home after being marked. Her sister had been obnoxious, and her mother had been caring. Luna came to the house and talked to her mother, who let her get her stuff and leave. Her power was evolving fast, and at that moment, she thought she would never get to go home and just have a Sunday dinner. Well, training herself had only taken a year. Then, she had already had her first book out on submissions and was able to tell her family that her life had changed direction. She had been able to come home after all.
They had cleared the villagers, so she moved her hair out of the way and watched as they walked to the large building with two levels. She looked at the new repairs to the exposed beams and the open rear of the building that looked out with an amazing view of the ocean. It was stunning.
She started squirming, and Nalu set her down. She walked over to the open walls and stared out at the view. The ocean was everywhere. A steep pathway led from the deck and down to the water. This was the kind of place that she used to see in travel magazines, and she cut out the pictures of the views and tucked them under her pillow.
Keahi stood next to her, and she said quietly, “It is a lovely view.”
“Yeah. Stunning. It was agony to leave it.”
She nodded. “I can imagine.”
He sighed. “I don’t think you can.”
She looked at him, and he was standing and facing her. He was lovely. He always had been. Strong masculine features, gorgeous eyes, hair that made her fingers curl for want of stroking it. She stared at him and realized that he had been talking about her. “Ah. So, where is your mentor?”
“He’s in the salt flats. Why?”
