Althena Book 2

104. Nope

I make it to breakfast halfway through the morning. Saray sits by me. She smells exactly like Dacious. I have to say, I saw that coming.

Mike sips his coffee. "How did everything go?"

"Perfect. It was like a fairy tale." I lay my head down.

"A late night fairy tale, apparently. Wake up, woman." Drogon helps me sit up. "What time did Conner and Lila get back?"

"4 this morning. I made Lila and Hanorah take a helicopter home." Mike moves some papers around and signals for breakfast.

"Yea, that was too late for them to be driving. Amber drove home at midnight. Katen took a helicopter. I didn't even want them driving that late." Cyrus fixes my seat. "Is Clayton here?"

"Yea, he got here at 4 too. I told him to pass out somewhere. They were exhausted."

"I bet." I try to lay my head back down.

"We're going to have to do something, or they're going to sleep all day."

Mike nods. "Casino or island?"

Dacious puts his arm around Saray. "Let's check the progress on the island. There's nothing going on at the casino."

"I want to take the helicopter over anyway. Let me call Monte."

An hour later, we're at the dock. Clayton and Conner go to sleep on the boat. Dacious takes Saray for a nap.

It takes me all of 5 seconds to fall asleep on the deck. I got up too early.

Drogon says, "Everybody up. We're going to eat and go over."

Conner rubs my back. He's sleeping under me on the couch. I snuggle against him and relax. He smells good.

We sit around and have lunch before we go to the island. They're flattening the land where the house will sit. There's not much going on.

The other island is a different story. It seems like Mike, Monte, and Cyrus have turned it into its own tiny town. They each have their own projects. The runway is already going in. Then there are a few landing pads that are made. I guess they don't like landing on the sand. Tiny roads for golf carts are appearing throughout the whole thing.

"What in the hell?"

Cyrus kisses my head. "No point in bringing cars here. The golf carts are smaller. They're also electric."

Monte smiles. "We even found electric helicopters. They seat four guests. It'll be good for air tours. And we're going to use solar, wind, and hydropower to charge the generators. The place will be self-sustaining."

"What about food?"

"Except that," Mike chuckles. "We don't want to put a bunch of animal barns on the islands. Food will be shipped in. But we're going to grow as much as we can."

Drogon kisses my head. "The resort will sit right in the middle of the moon shape. The beach will be right outside the front door. They can swim, snorkel, scuba dive, and sunbathe. The docks are going to be set up on the other side. Some people will bring boats here. We need to give them somewhere to dock."

Monte pulls out a paper. "The blueprint isn't done yet, but the rooms will be what we're used to. Three bedrooms, living room, office, kitchen, and dining room. We're working through some water filters. Heavily filtered salt water can run some things but not all. And people will never want to drink it. So the island will have to have fresh and salt water lines."

"Food, water, air, shelter. You boys got the survival needs done already."

"Now it's about entertainment and luxury. Clayton and Atlas are working on the pool. Do you want to work on anything, babygirl?"

"I'll decorate."

Monte chuckles. "I was hoping you'd say that. Any ideas for activities?"

"All of them. Gourmet restaurants. Spa. Bar on the beach. Hiking. Gym. A few of those honeymoon suites. In room massages and chefs. Just research current resorts and add everything they have."

"That is a smart idea." Mike smirks. "Let us know if you think of anything odd."

"Fair enough. I'm gonna help Clayton and Atlas."

"Yell if you need anything, babygirl." Drogon smacks my butt.

I work on the pools and water stuff with them until it's time to go back. Then I fall asleep on the boat.

Conner pulls me onto his chest in the morning. I feel him looking around. "I forgot we don't have school today."

"How come?"

"Teacher work day. They're getting ready for the exams."

"Ugh."

"I know, baby. Do your best and everything will be fine."

"I'm hungry."

"Same. Let's go eat. You can come to the office with me after that."

"Why?"

"I'm not going to leave you alone, baby."

"I don't need a babysitter."

"I know that, but I feel better having you with me."

I give him a dirty look and get in the shower. I don't need a damn babysitter.

We take a helicopter to Dark Moon Hq and I refuse to talk to him. "You ok, babygirl?"

"I'm fine."

"Do you need that attitude f****d out?"

"I don't have an attitude."

He kisses my head. "I love you."

"I love you too."

We land on the roof and go right to Drogon's office. Clayton's here. Saray is sitting by Dacious. The advisors are on one side of the table. My boys and Monte are at the other. Akley is sitting in the middle. I glance at him about 4 times. He's really sitting there. His lawyers sit on each side of him.

Drogon puts his arm around me. "I forgot the schools were out when we set this up."

"It's fine. Not going to hurt them by watching a meeting." Monte stands up. "Sit by Drogon, Thena."

"Evelina Dahlquist, sir."

I give the secretary a dirty look. Conner throws his hands up. "She woke up..."

"Miss Sage. It's lovely to meet you, sweetie." Evelina walks in giving me a fake ass smile with a stupid laugh. Then she reaches behind her purse.

Nope. I pull Monte's gun off his hip and shoot her between the eyes.

Then I get tackled. I hear a lot of gun fire.

"CLEAR. What the hell was that?" Drogon glares at me.

Monte gets off me and I stand up. "SHE SHOT CARL. SHE WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING. I DON'T LIKE HER."

Mike checks her guards, then picks one up and uses his hand and gun to shoot an advisor in the back of the shoulder. "They shot first."

Everyone nods.

Conner yells, "GET RESCUE HERE. AN ADVISOR GOT SHOT."

"YES, SIR. AIR VAC IS ON THE WAY."

Conner crosses his arms. "What the hell is your problem?"

"You said I need a babysitter."

"I never said that. I said I'm not leaving you alone."

"SAME THING."

Conner sits down. "Someone else try."

Mike picks me up. "I got her. They shot first." Everyone nods.

I wrap around him. "Let me heal the advisor."

"No. It's not life-threatening, and it needs to be documented by a doctor. You can heal him when he gets back." Mike carries me to his apartment.

2 hours of extreme s*x later, I pass out on him. I needed that.

"Let's get up and get some lunch, babygirl."

I stretch and check the clock. It's 2. "Lunch is late."

"We needed a nap after this morning."

I giggle and hide my face. "I couldn't get enough of you."

"I couldn't get enough either. Then I had to get in that ass." He shivers. "So good, woman."

I put his T-shirt on. "We eating here?"

"Yea, that'll work. We'll have to go back up there." He walks me to the dining room and grabs his phone off the counter. "I've got 84 missed calls. Give me a second, baby." He calls someone. "Yea. I have 84 missed calls." He chuckles and hangs up.

"What?"

"The news reported shots fired inside the king's office. Both the queen and prince were present. It was your grandma and Mary calling me. Drogon said he got hold of them. We're good to eat lunch. What do you want?"

"Lasagna."

He orders. "What happened this morning?"

"Conner made it seem like I need a babysitter."

"Are you sure?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Yea. I was mad. Then I got here, and that dumb girl came in. She's so fake. It made me more mad. And she shot Carl. I was afraid she would shoot one of you. She was reaching for something."

He kisses my head. "Babygirl, she was acting fake. But we don't know who will take her place. We could end up dealing with someone a million times worse than her. At least she tried to pretend to be a good person. She did not have a weapon on her."

"Someone takes her place?"

"She was the leader of a cartel. That cartel isn't going to fall. Someone else will be placed as the leader."

"I didn't know that."

"It's alright. We'll figure it out."

"I'm sorry."

"We'll figure it out, babygirl. I love you."

I sit on his lap. "I love you too." Now I feel bad. "But she did shoot Carl."

"I know. I'm not saying she didn't deserve it. She was a horrible person. Murderer, master manipulator, drug smuggler, she makes quist. It's one of the deadliest drugs we have."

"Will that go away now?"

"No. The cartel runs the drugs. They will get a new leader."

"I'm sorry." I snuggle against him.

"It's ok, baby. We'll figure it out." He rubs my back for a few minutes, then we eat lasagna and go back to Drogon's office.

I heal the shot advisor before I sit down.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'm sorry I couldn't do it earlier. That seemed painful."

"Getting shot is never pleasant. Please don't shoot people that are walking into the office again. I'm not advising you. It's simply a request."

"I'll try not to."

"Thank you."

Akley talks as I sit down. "If you decide to let other people place casinos in Darkburn, I will build a few. They're good moneymakers. But I don't need them."

Monte rubs his eyes. "Let's call this damn day over. We're done."

Drogon nods. "The evacuation and follow-up press conference did it."

"You got evacuated?"

Cyrus smiles. "Shots fired in the king's office will put the evacuation in effect for Dark Moon Headquarters. We learned that today."

"I'm sorry."

"We figured it out. And everyone knows none of us were hurt. It was a headache we had to deal with. However, I think Monte wants to have a few words with you about taking the gun off him like that."

I glance at Monte and he nods. "A few."

"I'm sorry."

"We'll talk about it later."

"But..."

"I don't care." He crosses his arms. "Anything else?" I shake my head. "I didn't think so."

Drogon smirks. "That's it for the day. You can have the rest of the day off."

The advisors, lawyers, and Akley scatter. Dacious leaves with Saray. Clayton and Conner leave to get into trouble.

Cyrus puts me on his lap. "I'm going to miss you, babygirl."

"How long will you be gone?"

"2 weeks. We'll be back before summer break, and we're only a flight away if you need something."

"Who is going?"

"Me, Mike, Dacious, and Atlas."

I put my feet in Mike's lap. "I'll miss you boys."

He rubs them. "We'll miss you, sweetheart. And like Cyrus said, we're only a flight away. You call us for anything."

Cyrus tickles me. "Do the best you can on your exams. You're going to be super busy. This is the best time for us to get this done."

Mike stands me up and kisses my head. "I know you'll pass them, baby. You are so smart. Don't stress too much and if you need to talk about it, call me. And remember, they're not life-altering. Don't think they are."

I hug him. "I love you both so much. Please be careful."

"We always are." Cyrus steals me for a hug.

I get a little teary but eventually let them go. Dacious and Atlas leave with them.