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Being a wolf shifter,
he was a part of nature, and he would expect her to live at Canyon Creek with
him.
    As they reached
the cabin’s porch, Neha asked as she looked around, “Am I going to have to be
worried about any wild animals coming around?”
    “There are bears,
but you won’t have to worry about them. They don’t tend to come close very
often. I guess I should warn you about the wolves.”
    Neha’s eyes widened.
“Wolves?”
    “Yes. There’s a
small pack of them who call this area home. They’re very friendly and would
never harm you. One might come by and stay. He considers my cabin his second
home, and I let him inside. So if he comes, you can feel safe letting him in.”
    The wolf Kiel
told Neha about would be him in his animal form. He wouldn’t be spending the
night with any of his family. He hoped she’d let him inside with her, but if
she didn’t, it wasn’t a hardship for him to sleep outside on the porch.
    “You want me to
allow a wild wolf to come into the cabin while I’m there?”
    “As I said, it’s
perfectly safe.”
    “If he does come
around, I can’t guarantee I’ll let him in. I’d be afraid he’d attack me while I
slept.”
    Kiel pushed open
the cabin door, then stepped aside for Neha to walk in first. Her gaze swept
the space that consisted of his kitchen and living room combined. He set her
luggage on the floor and waited for her to say something.
    “It’s…nice,”
Neha said as she turned in a slow circle once she was in the middle of the
room. “I can’t help noticing there aren’t any light fixtures or lamps
anywhere.”
    “That’s because
there isn’t any electricity, but there are plenty of candles and a couple
kerosene lamps.”
    A look of unease
passed over Neha’s face. “Please tell me there’s running water? I really don’t
think I can bring myself to use an outhouse.”
    Kiel bit back a
smile. The way Neha had said that last part he would have sworn she thought
that would be pure torture if that was how she had to go to the toilet. “I do
have plumbing in the cabin with a gas hot water heater.”
    “That’s a
relief.” Her gaze strayed to his kitchen. “There’s no fridge. And you don’t
have a stove, even though you have gas.”
    “I only had the
gas hooked up a few years ago. I got sick and tired of having to heat water to
take a bath. I’m so used to cooking on the wood stove I couldn’t be bothered to
switch to a gas one. There’s a root cellar outside, underground. Plus, I have a
fair-sized garden where I grow all my own vegetables.”
    “I hate to say
this, but you’re going to have to either cook for me or bring me some food.
There’s no way I’m going to attempt to make any meals on a wood stove. I’d end
up burning myself. I have a hard enough time cooking on a regular one.”
    Kiel smiled.
“That’s no problem. I can come and make us meals. You don’t have to worry about
starving.”
    “Well, that’s a
relief.”
    He pointed to
the two doors behind Neha. “The bedroom and bathroom are over there.” She
turned in that direction and nodded before she focused back on him. “I’ll let
you get settled in. I’ll come back to make dinner.”
    “Okay. Thanks.”
    Kiel nodded,
then walked out of the cabin, shutting the door behind him. He definitely had a
lot of work on his hands to get Neha to accept what he was to her, and persuade
her to give up the life she now had. He had a feeling it might be beyond what
he was capable of accomplishing.
     
    * * * *
     
    After Kiel left,
Neha stood in the middle of the cabin, not sure what to do next. This, she
hadn’t expected. If she’d known before accepting his offer what she’d be
staying in, she would have politely turned him down. Even if that meant she
didn’t get to see him again. She was a New York City girl and hadn’t been
camping in her life. She’d thought Yellowstone Park had been roughing it, but
it was a four-star hotel compared to this.
    Neha looked
around what