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“Well, I am good with the little ones. I am there as long as you need me.”
“Thanks. You are the only one who can do your regular job in your downtime.”
“Yeah. In the wee hours while I am with Penina. I have gone to pen and paper to keep things quiet.”
“See you in two hours, Eliana.”
“See you and your occupants soon.” She kissed her fingertips and held them to the screen.
The picture swung, and Venetia’s alpha grinned. “She’s eager to see you. I have been keeping her awake all night.”
Ven’s phone swung again, and her omega was there with a grin. “I helped.”
“Oh, good grief. See you when we land.” She grinned. “I would say don’t stay up, but I guess that is a fluid situation. Bye.”
She disconnected, and Joy smiled at her. “I was onboard when the princess first came through. They were definitely trying to ease her into the idea of joining their grouping with all the delicacy an alpha can muster.”
“Yeah, delicacy with those three is only something you see when you squint.” Eliana chuckled. “They are cute though. Penina is adorable.”
“Are they planning on having more after this pregnancy?”
Eliana smiled. “I think they want to give the island population a solid bump.”
Joy nodded, and Eliana went back to writing. It was how she made her living, but this book was for therapy. It told the story of a young woman who worked midnight shifts on Friday and Saturday nights at an old but clean diner and the day an alpha walked through the door. He walked her home after her shifts and courted her slowly. He courted her for two years, and the day she turned eighteen, he disappeared. All she had was a business card from his manager, and when she had called that, she had gotten the put-down by the omega.
Now, she had to write what happened next while skirting the outline of how the water had refused to take her and keep her.
Luna had found her sobbing on the shoreline and had soothed her. Other ladies had helped her and gotten her to a safe place where she could learn how this new situation worked and what she could do with it. From there, Luna and the others had encouraged her to write the stories of the ladies who wanted to share how they had settled with their mates. She had written a few of those stories and then gone headlong into romantic fantasy. Her desperate longing for a better ending to her own story drove her on. She was introduced to a publisher, and after tweaking that first story a lot, she got a pen name and started on her second book. She hadn’t stopped in years. It was so soothing.
She wrote about meeting her friends and wiped her tears away. Four years after that moment, she would meet Venetia at her worst moment, and seven years later, they were here. Tropical island, Ven having another chance at a family, and Eliana willing to help in any way she could. Plus, she got to play with the ocean every day. That alone was worth the price of admission.
Chapter Two
Eliana slipped her backpack into place as she got off the plane, and she headed for the far end of the tarmac, where the horse was being held by the bridle. She grinned. “Is that for me?”
The man smiled at her and looked her up and down. “You are the new nanny.”
“I am.”
“Your skirt won’t work.”
She nodded, bent, and tore a thigh-high slit up her skirt.
“That will now work.”
She laughed and accepted the help onto the back of the horse. “He knows where to go?”
“He does.”
She settled the reins, and he let go. The others were getting into the carriage, and she waited and got a nod of approval from the man who went to hold the other horses’ heads.
Her horse caught her urgency and sidled.
The omega snarked, “Losing control?”
She looked at him in astonishment and cued the horse with her heels, where he reared and pawed the air. He came down with a thud, and they were off. The carriage horses lunged, and there were a lot of outcries behind her. The hooves hit the ground steadily, and she enjoyed the run.
It was like holding onto thunder. She laughed and stroked his neck as the horse snorted while they pounded past tropical plants and trees, inhaling rich green scents and the tempting tang of the ocean.
