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back around
dinner time.”
    “I need an
answer sooner than that. We have to start shooting by tomorrow since it will
take another few days to finish. You know how long it took the first time
around. Can you go find Kiel?”
    “I guess so,”
Neha said reluctantly. “I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”
    “Thanks. I
really appreciate this.”
    Constance ended
the call. Neha blew out a breath. Now she’d have to go in search of Kiel, and
she had no freaking idea where he was. All she knew was that his family’s
cabins were somewhere around there. And in heels, there was no way in hell
she’d go traipsing through the bush to see if he was out there doing whatever
it was someone who lived in this wilderness did. That left only one
option—she’d have to walk along the sorry excuse for a road and see where the
one that had forked to the left led.
    With her cell
phone in hand, Neha left the cabin. There was no lock on the door so she made
sure it was shut tight. She guessed they didn’t have to worry about break-ins
around there. It wasn’t as if the bears and wolves would want to steal anything
Kiel owned.
    Neha had almost
turned both her ankles twice by the time she reached the fork in the dirt
“road.” So far she hadn’t seen any cars nor heard any. Actually, the whole area
was quiet, except for the sound of birds in the trees. It was so unlike where
she lived. She had an apartment near one of the busiest intersections in New
York City. She was used to the sound of constant traffic.
    As she trudged
up the opposite track from the one that led to Kiel’s cabin, Neha hoped like
hell there was another one at the end and that it wouldn’t be too far of a
walk. She stumbled once more, catching herself before she was thrown too far
off balance. Constance had better appreciate what she was doing for her since
it looked as if Neha would get a hike in the woods, after all.

 
    Chapter Four
     
    Kiel had shifted
to his wolf form as soon as he’d been out of range of the cabin. He hadn’t
wanted to leave Neha, but he thought it best to let her settle in without him
hovering around. Besides, he had to let his family know she was there, and that
she was his mate. He wasn’t sure how his parents would react to the news of her
being human.
    Taking a route
through the forested part of their land was quicker than the dirt trails used
for their vehicles. Kiel reached his parents’ cabin to find them sitting on the
porch. It also happened that Memphis and Talon were with them. He had a feeling
they’d been talking about him, because as soon as he came closer and they saw
him all conversation ceased.
    “You’re back
already,” his mom said as Kiel took on his human form.
    He nodded and
walked over to the porch. “Yeah.”
    “You must have
found your mate then. Where is she?” his dad, Brant, asked.
    Kiel shook his
head and smiled. “It didn’t exactly go as I’d planned.”
    Talon spoke
next. “It couldn’t have been bad if you can smile like that.”
    “No, it isn’t
anything bad, really. It’s…very unexpected.”
    “How so?”
Memphis asked.
    Kiel took a deep
breath. “I found my mate, but she isn’t from around here.”
    “Let me guess,”
his mom said. “She’s from the Helena pack.”
    “No, she’s not.
What I meant about her not being from around here is that she was only passing
through Helena.”
    “Where is her
pack located? Fate must have had a hand in the two of you meeting. If you
hadn’t been in the city today you might not have met her.”
    He nodded. “I
have to agree with that since she’s from New York City.”
    His dad’s brows
drew together. “I never heard there was a wolf shifter pack there.”
    “Well, that’s
where Neha lives. And she doesn’t live with a pack.”
    “She’s a lone
wolf?” Talon asked with surprise in his voice.
    “Not exactly.
You see, Neha is—”
    The sound of a
vehicle pulling up the dirt track to his parents’ cabin cut Kiel off and