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“Ew!” Lily yelled and covered her eyes.
That made everyone laugh.
They asked me a few more questions as we drove, the drive was over two hours long, so it did help pass the time. Eventually, Caleb started answering some questions I didn’t know the answers to.
When the ocean finally came into view, Lily sat up straighter and gasped, “Look at all the water!”
“How long will the boat ride take?” I asked. I had never been on a boat and I wasn’t really looking forward to being on the ocean. I had basic knowledge about the types of creatures that lived in the water and a rabbit was not meant for swimming in the ocean.
“An hour and a half,” Stan answered.
“Oof,” I whispered and felt my heart start to beat faster.
Caleb set his hand on my shoulder and squeezed. “Don’t worry, you’ll be safe. You can always use my dragon side to give yourself wings, remember?”
Right, I could give myself wings. I kept forgetting about doing that.
“Lily can swim Mama to safety,” she said and set her hand on top of mine on my leg. “You be okay.”
Now I felt bad for being scared and being reassured by my five-year-old daughter.
“Thanks, Lily,” I said and squeezed her against my side.
“Pretty sure you could just shift into rabbit form and sit atop Branson’s head while he swims and the extra weight wouldn’t bother him,” Triston said with a chuckle.
“He’s not wrong,” Branson mumbled, his eyes were closed and he was relaxed in the seat, looking like he was trying to nap.
“Good to know,” I said.
We made it to the dock where a ship awaited us. The men took the luggage, so I carried Lily and followed Clark onto the ship.
When I set Lily on her feet on the ship, she spread her legs wide and gripped me tightly. “Whoa,” she whispered.
Yeah, I wasn’t really liking the wobbly way the boat moved atop the water either.
“Here, you can sit on the bench here,” Clark said and waved us towards a bench in front of the cabin where the wheel was to steer the ship.
Lily and I sat down and waited for everyone to get on and for them to steer the ship out to sea.
Branson sat next to Lily, and she immediately shifted into snake form and curled around his arm.
Triston sat beside me and I leaned against him, resisting the urge to do the same as Lily, shift and be held by them.
Being surrounded by nothing, but water that had creatures capable of eating me was terrifying.
Caleb stood at the front of the ship, breathing the sea air deeply, and looked more at peace than I had ever seen him before.
The guys seemed to sense my unease, so they did not try to talk and we stayed silent the entire trip.
A few sharks approached the ship, but one look from Caleb and they dove back beneath the water without getting too close.
We arrived to the island without issue, but found the dock there in such a terrible state that we knew we couldn’t use it.
Clark steered the ship as close as he could and anchored it. Caleb flew to the beach and they started throwing the luggage to him.
Once all luggage was on the beach, Caleb returned to carry a few of us at a time to the beach next.
Turning my back to the sea, I looked at the jungle of trees before us. It was thick, lush, and full of animals calling to each other.
