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to be done on Grandma’s list without you.”
    She was right and he knew it.
    Paul leaned against the wall, folded his arms, and watched her put the rest of the food away. “You can’t tell me that they didn’t want more. And that not getting anything more, they weren’t ticked off. I saw the way they acted when Dusty was in the grocery store this morning trying to sweet-talk a woman into going out with him. She said no, and he didn’t like it.”
    â€œ Noth…thing happened. All right? Give it a rest .”
    At least nothing life-threatening, though the Coopers were lucky Paul and Allan hadn’t witnessed it. They would have been in serious trouble with a couple of hotheaded SEAL wolves. It all had to do with their wolf nature. Even a really loose-knit pack would treat this as a pack matter. Just as his parents would have done when he and Allan were young.
    Lori closed the fridge door and turned to frown at Paul, letting him know that she wasn’t going to put up with anything related to the business with the brothers.
    Paul couldn’t help feeling wired and aggressive about this. He swore Lori was trying to hide her feelings from him, but he could smell that she was upset. He was certain the men had given the ladies a hard time about not getting more than just a swimming excursion at the lake.
    If nothing had happened, why would she be so ticked off at him?
    When she was done putting away the groceries, she changed the subject. “I know it’s getting late, but before the sun sets, do you want to pick huckleberries? This is the perfect time to harvest them, and I bought the ingredients we can use to make jam. I’d normally gather the berries earlier in the day, but I want to have the jam ready for breakfast.”
    â€œHell, yeah. Now would be the perfect time. I haven’t had fresh huckleberry jam in years. We can make it tonight so we have all day tomorrow to work on the projects.” He remembered countless times as a boy when he’d picked the berries for his mother to make into jam, or just ate the berries straight off the bushes when running around in the woods with Allan.
    â€œWe only get you for a few hours,” she reminded him.
    â€œAbout that…” He took two of the pails she had retrieved from a closet. “I’m willing to stay here long enough to get everything done that Emma wants taken care of. I’m fine with it.” More than fine with it. He realized that this was the first occasion he’d had to spend any real time with Lori without other pack members’ involvement. “Allan and I will get together after I put in some work here. He’s got dates tonight and tomorrow night anyway, so he might even need the extra time to have the place to himself.”
    She raised a brow at Paul as they headed outside and began to walk through the woods.
    Paul shrugged. “The auction was good for him. He got lots of attention.”
    â€œToo bad you didn’t luck out with some dates too.” She sounded serious and even a tad concerned that he might have that in mind for the rest of the time they were here.
    â€œHell, why would I want to date anyone when I’m having so much fun here?”
    She rolled her eyes at Paul. He laughed. He never dated humans here. He wouldn’t when he was way more interested in a wolf named Lori.
    â€œI imagine he won’t mind helping me finish up when we’re here scuba diving at the end of our vacation,” Paul said, “if we don’t get everything done before that.”
    â€œScuba diving,” she said as they sauntered down the path through the woods.
    He wondered if Emma hadn’t mentioned it to her. “Yeah. It’s not going to be a problem, is it? We don’t have to stay here if you have other plans.” That immediately made him think of Lori and Rose having other guys up there.
    â€œNo, no, uh, I was wondering…” She