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No, the sooner she got out of here, the better. She couldn’t handle all these weres . She was a loner and wanted to keep it that way.
    “Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. We can have some of the trails laid out by tomorrow, so they can see what we’ve got in mind.” He seemed to be thinking as he walked. “And I’ll do up some renderings that’ll showcase the wild space. We can probably give them a nice little packet with environmental impact numbers and all kinds of design specs for the public spaces. That ought to impress them.”
    “Sounds good.” They were at the perimeter of machines, and Matt’s steps began to slow.
    There was no way she was going to stay here one minute longer. He’d just have to deal with her by phone.
    “I’ll call you as soon as I have something. Bye.” She turned and fled.
    She had a feeling he was watching her every move, but she couldn’t stop herself. She had to get out of there now. Or ten minutes ago. Yeah, ten minutes ago would have been better, but she’d settle for now.
    She scrambled to her car and started that sucker up as soon as her ass hit the leather seat. Within moments, she was headed down the road as fast as she dared. She’d had about all she could take of were togetherness for one day.
     
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    Matt spoke with Morgan only once, briefly, two days later. She’d managed to set up a meeting with the eco group for the next day, and he cleared his afternoon to spend with the self-proclaimed eco warriors.
    He wished he could’ve gotten more time with Morgan, but she was shutting him out completely. He figured it was his past coming back to haunt him, but he’d given it a lot of thought, and he really couldn’t see how he could’ve done anything differently. If she was going to be upset with him for having been with Christy—which is what he believed to be the cause of her avoidance—there was nothing he could do to change the past. He’d had his reasons for answering Sebastian’s request to let Christy feed from him, and they went a lot deeper than just momentary hedonism.
    If only he could explain to Morgan. If only she’d give him a chance to tell her why he’d chosen to do what he’d done.
    But she wouldn’t even give him the time of day, right now. He figured he’d give her a bit of time to cool off before he pushed his luck any further. He’d be in Napa for some time yet, working on this project. Grif had asked him to stay until things were well underway, and Matt planned to be even more conscientious than usual on this particular job. Anything that would keep him close to Morgan.
    Hell, he could always come right out and tell Grif why he wanted to stay in California a while longer. He knew his brother would give him free reign—especially if Matt hinted at a possible mating—but he really didn’t want to deal with the teasing or the grief he would get from his four older brothers if they realized why he was so keen on Napa all of a sudden. Not to mention the humiliation if he didn’t manage to talk Morgan around and had to go home empty handed.
    Matt went out to the site of the proposed nature reserve early, policing the site for trash and scouting the perimeter. He wanted everything to be perfect for the eco guys. The small but vocal group could cause a lot of trouble for them if they decided to launch a media campaign against the project.
    Everything could still get put on indefinite hold if the human community turned too much attention on the project. Matt didn’t want that to happen, for any number of reasons, not least of which was because he didn’t want to disappoint Jenny. The poor woman had been through a lot in recent years. She was finally finding some happiness again, and Matt wanted to make sure she was as comfortable as he could possibly make her.
    The housing project would do that. Which was why he had to make it happen. Forget all the money and time invested in this project already. What really mattered most in life