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"Eventually, you won’t even notice it"

She opened another cabinet door and pulled out a can of spinach "I want ato find one way out here? You’ve arous in a four-hundred mile stretch of land"

So that was so her a mate in California either because she’d been so choosy

"That’s a bit of an exaggeration Besides, e rent the cabins, the grays will come from all over the country and you can find adiscussed Uncle Basil’s clientele with hiazines that would help draw a crowd from all over All Hunter had to do eak the ad to let alpha male leaders ithout a mate know his sister needed one

Hunter flipped the steaks, seared them for a minute, and then tossed theenerations "What did you want us to do? The arsonists destroyed the forests and e"

She didn’t reply and he sighed "So, five members of our pack moved into the vineyards in southern California What kind of a life would that be? We’re used to hunting in woods during our nighttiarous live in the area, so no worry about encroaching on another pack’s territorial rights Besides, Uncle Basil decided it was tiift us the land and cabins It couldn’t be more perfect"

"So what’s this really about? Uncle Basil never once mentioned he wanted to quit the business," Meara said

"We were happy in California He knew unless so like this happened ouldn’t have moved a foot out of there"

She peered out theHer spine straightened and her , dark hair over her shoulders and headed outside

He strode to theand looked out

"Hell"

It was the worapher Petite, sed up in a white parka, she trudged toward their house with a ca around her neck The camera bounced between her full breasts, which were accentuated by the snug fit of her pale blue turtleneck Her jeans outlined curvy legs, and suddenly he had thewith hi this wohtly around him

A pink ski cap hid her hair, but her broere red, her green eyes sparkled with fire, and her cheeks and pert nose were rosy froloss that begged for a ain Expressive, vibrant, full of life, yet a subtle sadnessthe woods alone when the night would soon cast her into darkness? Why here? Unless she had made friends with Uncle Basil and had coet rid of her himself

Meara quickly confronted her, and Hunter raised theto overhear the conversation Even though he planned on talking to Miss Anderson, it didn’t hurt for Meara to tell the wo Meara some control over their lands would make her feel more at home here

Meara raised her hand to the wo"

The woht little frown "Uncle Basil said I could take pictures out this way during the winter because he didn’t have any B&B guests this time of year"

She had Uncle Basil’s permission? What was the crafty old wolf up to?

"Uncle Basil?" Meara asked, her voice rising

"That’s what he told me to call him"

So, Uncle Basil had a relationship with the human female after all Which wasn’t like him

"Well, his real niece and nephew have taken up residence, and Uncle Basil has moved to Florida The rules are different now Find soain"

The wo to rescue Uncle Basil? Or maybe she hoped he’d co Meara, she offered her gloved hand "I’rapher I live down the coast"

Meara folded her arms "Then you must have plenty of photo ops on your own land"