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he
turned to find Gage bringing his SUV to a stop. His brother got out as the
passenger door opened and Neha did the same. Once she spotted Kiel, she smiled.
Seeing her again had his body reacting. Arousal shot through him. Even though
the members of his family were able to smell it, there wasn’t much he could do
about it.
    As Neha and Gage
came closer, Kiel asked, “Neha, what are you doing here?”
    “She’s
definitely not a wolf shifter,” Memphis said in a whisper so Neha wouldn’t
hear, but Kiel, his parents, Talon and Gage could with their keen wolf hearing.
    Neha came to
stand in front of Kiel. “I need to talk to you about something and it couldn’t
wait until you came to the cabin to cook us dinner.”
    Talon chortled
at the last part Neha had said, but Kiel ignored him. He glanced down at his
mate’s feet instead. She still wore her high heels. “So you came looking for
me? How did you manage the trail in your shoes?”
    Neha blew out a
breath. “Not very well. I’m glad your brother was at his cabin.”
    Gage smiled.
“She wasn’t too steady so I offered to drive her over here after she introduced
herself and explained that you’d offered her the use of your cabin. I had a
feeling you would be here.”
    “Which I really
appreciated,” Neha said. “I don’t mean to interrupt, but I need to ask you
something.”
    Kiel nodded.
“All right. What?”
    “Remember how I
told you I’d been on a photo shoot at Yellowstone?”
    “Yes.”
    “Well, I called
my modeling agency and it turns out the client didn’t like how the pictures
turned out. He wasn’t happy with the location. To make a long story short, I
ended up sending some photos of your cabin and the land around it to my agent.
She sent them along to the client, who thinks your place would be perfect for
what he wants. So Constance, my agent, would like your permission for the
photographer to use it. He and the other models are still in Yellowstone and
would drive here tomorrow. It’ll take about two or three days to complete the
shoot. You’ll be paid for however long it ends up being.”
    “Will you be
modeling at the shoot?” he asked.
    “Yes, since the
client apparently had no problem with us as the models, just the location.”
    Kiel didn’t even
have to think about it. “Yes, they have my permission.” The shoot was the
excuse he needed to keep Neha from leaving tomorrow evening. It was perfect.
    “Great,” she
said with a smile. “Constance will be so relieved. She’d been working with the
photographer to find a new location that matched what the client wanted and
hadn’t had much luck. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll call her. She wanted to know
what your answer was as soon as possible.”
    “Okay. No
problem.”
    Neha walked a
short distance away, then made the call with her cell phone that she held in
her hand. As she turned her back to them, Kiel faced his family. They all met
his gaze.
    “Well, aren’t
any of you going to say anything?” he asked in a whispered tone.
    “She’s human,”
Memphis said in an equally quiet voice, stating what they all knew.
    “Obviously. Her
scent gives her away.”
    “Are you sure
she’s your mate?” Talon asked.
    Kiel looked at him
as if to ask if he were stupid. “Of course I am. I went to the two packs close
to us and nothing happened. I stopped at a coffee shop for lunch before going
to the Helena one and in walks Neha and,” he looked at his mother, “ah, you
know what happened. Something started working again.”
    “That’s a polite
way of putting it,” his mom said with a laugh. “This is definitely a change in
the usual mate dynamics. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.”
    “So you aren’t
upset that Neha is human?” Kiel asked.
    “Of course not,”
his father replied. “Plus, it isn’t as if you have any control over it. If she
wasn’t the one for you, she wouldn’t have gotten that part of you working, as
you put it.”
    At the sound