Serin chuckled.“Twenty.Deno handles it.”
“How are you coping with impending motherhood?”
Serin smiled.“I think the house is ready.Deno is braced, and I can’t wait.Any minute now.”
“Do you know the gender?”
“Nope.It kept hiding from scan to scan, the bloodwork was inconclusive, and we don’t care, so we just prepared for anything.I am pretty sure that the spirit and the life of the island got together for this one.Deno and I can have the next one.”
“So, you are giving birth to...”
“A baby.”Serin smiled and paused.“And soon.”
Mia paused.“How soon?”
“I am thinking that sometime in the next twenty-four hours.Deno!”
Deno was talking to Kekoa and Alohi.At the sound of her voice, he was at her side in a moment.“What do you need?”
“Call the midwife and get her ass to the island.”Serin touched her belly.
Deno picked up his phone and dialled.He put it on speaker.“Yeah, Calypso?Serin says today is the day.”
A low and amused voice said, “Get her to a comfortable spot.Keep her busy.I should be there in the next four hours.The ocean is choppy tonight.”
Deno looked at Kekoa and Orc.Orc picked up his phone and spoke.He nodded and twirled a finger in the air.
“Helicopter is on the way.”
“You had better not forget to get me a ride home, Deno.”
“No, ma’am.”
Calypso chuckled.“Right.I will pack up.Doc Iro is over here, so I will see if he wants to come along.”
Orc frowned.“Is someone sick?”
“Orla wanted a checkup, and I had a few appointments here, so they brought me to Blackridge.Avenar was standing by for word of grandchild progress, and now we were just having tea.”
Orc called again and updated the location for the pilot.He nodded when the acknowledgement came through.“They are heading for Blackridge.”
Serin nodded.“Good.We have some time.A doctor would not be amiss.”
Calypso laughed.“I am packing to travel.”
Deno nodded and rubbed her back.She sighed and relaxed.He put his hands on her belly from behind and took the weight for a moment.Serin smiled and relaxed.“I want to be close to our bed but not in it.”
Those gathered nodded.Mia said, “That sounds like more videos then.Let’s distract you.”
Mia said softly, “Cue the blooper reels.”
Everyone laughed, and then they watched the outtakes that Orc had separated from the good video while they travelled around the islands.
Slips and falls off surfboards, Yeskin and Temal pulling a leering alpha under when he looked too long at Piper.The shocked alpha was spat out onto the sand.
Laughter filled their gathering.
Serin looked over at Yeskin and Temal.“Did you finish that side project?”
