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The alpha chuckled. “Nope. Swimsuits are not commonly used either.”
She sighed. “I am going to have to wear a bodysuit.”
He looked at her curiously. “Shy?”
“Scar tissue. Nobody’s business if they are feeling nosy. Past is the past.”
He stepped behind her and looked at her back. He whistled softly.
She looked at him in astonishment. “Subtle.” Her hair floated into a concealing cape.
He winced. The newcomers looked at her, and Penina started to snuffle and make distressed sounds. When Henry asked if he could hold her, the baby started wailing.
“Uh, Eliana?” Ven asked with a smile.
Elly walked to the baby and held her, soothing her. “It’s okay, little lady.”
Henry looked nervous but said, “May I hold her now?”
Elly glanced at Syar and Ven. They nodded.
Elly looked at Henry. “First off, relax. She can smell fear. Second, the worst thing she will do is scream or take a dump on you. The diaper takes control of that. Now. Exhale. And inhale, hold out your arms.” She eased Penina into his arms, and the baby fussed. She smiled and stroked the baby’s cheek, and Penina settled.
She stepped back. “There. Training wheels are off. You can walk around with her if you like.”
She backed up and kept going until she was on the edge of the room. The newly arrived alphas smiled at the omega who was playing house.
She relaxed her expression and remained in the shadows until the baby called her. She waited until Ven called, “Eliana.”
She stepped back into the light and walked to Penina, draping her over her shoulder and rubbing her back. She collapsed and drooled.
Ven chuckled. “That’s a nanny you feed every day. Take her to bed and take a load off. We will see you at breakfast.”
“What is she eating?”
“Oh, shoot. Her fridge is in our room. Reynaldo will move it back to the nursery the moment that we get there.”
“Good, because this little miss is hungry, so the tantrums are going to keep happening.” She kept stroking Penina’s back. “I am going to raid the kitchen.”
“There are bottles in the fridge.”
She nodded and headed to heat a bottle for her employer. When she had the bottle warmed, she popped it into Pen’s mouth and walked slowly back to the nursery. It was going to be a busy day when she woke, and Penina had been up far too long.
She finished the feeding, changed the little princess, and put her down in her cot. Elly removed her outfit and got into bed with a light sheet over her. It was warm, and it would take some time to get used to it, but she was exhausted, and her brain was fried. What was he doing here, and what the hell was his name?
* * * *
Ven’s smile faded as she looked at the twin alphas. “So. You are the guy.”
Keahi winced. Keoki ran a hand over his face. Henry blurted out, “I thought she was talking about Keoki when she called. We were new, so I just sent her off, telling her he was already taken.”
Keoki muttered, “I am doubting that you were that polite.”
Keahi leaned forward. “What happened to her when I left?”
Ven rubbed her neck. “She was still a teen, she thought she was in love, and the person she was planning the rest of her life with ghosted her because he had an omega, and she was a filthy beta. Oh, yeah, Henry. I know what you called her. And as a filthy beta myself, you are going to have to watch your mouth.” She sighed and said, “Right. So, she jumped off a bridge, and the dragon Rickart rescued her with his daughter Luna helping her through her grief. She wasn’t in any danger; the water didn’t want her.”
Keahi gasped. “She tried to...”
