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Part of the path took them out of the trees, and she saw the blue and green of the midnight-kissed ocean, fighting the urge to dive in. The moon was huge and hung low over the ocean’s surface. She smiled, and the horse tucked back into the treed path before thundering through a very tidy village and stopping next to a long, low building.
A man walked up to her and held the horse while she dismounted. He led her new friend away, and the double doors opened to display the royal family. Ven ran to her and tried to hug her, but her belly and Eliana’s backpack got in the way. Eliana eased her pack down, walked to the side and hugged Ven from there. “You look wonderful.”
Ven’s omega grinned. “Yes, she does.”
The tiny girl in her father’s arms blinked at Eliana. Elly walked to her new charge, and she did a quick dip of a curtsy. “Your Highness. You are up past any normal bedtime.”
There was a chubby fist in her mouth, and a giggle was her greeting. The little arms stuck out straight, and her father handed her over.
Eliana stroked the little cheek and the stubby arms. “You are adorable, Penina.”
She looked to Syar. “Can I take her and put her down? You guys can greet the asshats behind me.”
“Uh, sure. Reynaldo, can you show her the room?”
The alpha nodded. “This way.” He grabbed her bag as he led the way.
The building was huge, but they went straight to the royal quarters. “This is the queen’s room and our nursery. You have a bed here, and when we don’t need help overnight, you have a different room that doubles as your study. We had a reno here that added a shower to your bathroom, and the adjoining door can only be opened from the other side.”
“Okay. Great. Now stop fidgeting, and go guard your family. I have this one.”
She put the little girl down in her cot and quickly went to change clothes. A light halter top with a handkerchief design was the top, and the skirt was loose panels that overlapped. She had her own sandals and sighed as the air wasn’t smothering her skin now.
Penina was watching her, and she let her hair move like it wanted to, like waves on the surface of the ocean. The baby was fascinated and reached out, so Elly let the waves move toward her. Elly was letting the little girl grab fistfuls of her hair. She smiled and let her eyes go to their normal shining silver.
She chuckled, and Penina got tired and fell asleep.
She got a glass of water for herself and drank. There was a soft scratching at the door. She got up and went to answer it, and then she stared at her ex once again. She eased the door almost closed but kept her hair in it and monitoring the baby.
“Uh, Venetia said you would bring the baby so that we could meet her. What the hell is going on with your eyes and your hair?”
“Oh, this happened a long time ago.”
She went into the room and eased the baby into her arms.
Penina soundly slept as they walked to the room where the alphas and omegas were collected.
Her ex was confused, and a flicker kept happening in his features. His beast was confused as well. “You developed a beast after you fucked off?”
“Uh, yeah. That was why I had to go. I wanted to keep in touch with you.”
“Hush. It is weird to have a thirty-year-old man talk about his younger self. Leave it. Done. Gone. Over.”
They walked into the space where Ven sat with her alpha backing her, and Syar stroked her very expanded belly.
Syar held out his hands for Penina. “You got her to sleep?”
“Yeah. I have practice.” She eased the baby into his arms.
She stepped behind the family and stood with her hair moving in the air.
Henry the omega said, “Uh, you didn’t look like that on the plane.”
Ven smiled. “That’s not the half of it. You should see her in the water.”
Reynaldo smiled. “Tomorrow at the beach?”
“Do the locals freak out at much?”
