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while. She’d forget making any moves on this guy, no matter how delicious he looked, send him to his cabin, and work on guest number two instead when he arrived the next day. She really didn’t want to get involved with one of Hunter’s friends. Who knew what Hunter had said to them about her behind her back?
    “He’s off on his honeymoon with his mate, Tessa,” she said, nonchalantly.
    “Oh. I didn’t realize he’d finally found a mate. So where’d they go?”
    “Hawaii.”
    “Hmm.”
    Their kind normally didn’t bother with honeymoons. Joe had to think it odd, but she’d leave her brother to explain to his “friend” what made Hunter’s relationship with Tessa so different.
    “And he left you alone? To manage the cabin resort?” Joe asked, his tone a little dark.
    At first, she thought he was questioning her ability to manage the cabin resort by herself. And her hackles rose at that. But then she suddenly felt somewhat vulnerable, thinking that he’d meant she was here alone with no one to protect her from someone who might wish to do her harm.
    “We have a pack,” she said firmly. “As I’m sure you know. Since you’re a friend.” The pack didn’t live that close by. What if this guy was bad news and another was in the bedroom or guest room right this very instant, or what if the two of them were in cahoots? “How do you know Hunter?”
    “When your parents were pack leaders, Hunter and I went down to Mexico for about a month.”
    “Oh.” She remembered that Hunter had left to get away from Dad, who had been quite authoritarian when he ruled the pack. But she didn’t remember Hunter saying anything about going with a friend. And her brother had never revealed exactly where he’d ended up, either. About that time, she’d moved in with a girlfriend in another pack to get away from her dad, too. She guessed that’s when it had been. If what this guy claimed was on the up and up.
    But then she wondered why Joe hadn’t kept up with her brother. Why didn’t he know about her brother’s mate?
    She filled a glass with ice and water, and handed it to Joe. “So what mischief did the two of you get into?” If he said something she didn’t believe, she’d recognize he was lying about knowing Hunter.
    “If Hunter didn’t tell you, I’m sure not going to.” He winked at her with a silly smirk on his face, as if he hid a wealth of misdeeds that Hunter and he had gotten into when they were younger.
    She believed that Hunter would have, too, but was that all just made up? Joe certainly hadn’t said anything that would alleviate her concerns. “You must have been out of touch with him for some time.”
    “Years,” he admitted. “I had just planned to get away from work and go anywhere that a wolf could run for a bit, but when I saw your ad and…” He spread his hands as if expressing the sentiment: What else is there to say? He was game to spend time with a female who was free. Maybe he was hoping Hunter was out of the picture so he could see her without her brother’s interference.
    Her face warmed. Had she been so obvious about wanting to check out some alpha male prospects?
    She’d have to ask Hunter about a friend named Joe as soon as she was able to reach him—about six hours from now—to see if Joe’s story checked out.
    “What do you do out here for fun?” Joe asked, then took a swallow of water.
    “Hike. A river is located in the area where you can go white-water rafting. Fishing. All kinds of outdoor stuff. Hunt, when it suits you.” She wasn’t about to mention a moonlight swim or a run through the woods with him now.
    “And indoors?”
    She couldn’t help smiling just a hint, seeing where this conversation was headed. He seemed interested in her, although if he was a friend of Hunter’s, that made her really wary. She motioned to her bookcase in the living area. “I’ve got a library of books, if you like to read.”
    “Books,” he said under his breath, not