"I was hoping to find you here."
Kira hoped her voice sounded natural as she walked up behind Nash, who was loading his toolbox into the back of the truck. He turned and gave her such a sexy smile that all the concerns she had only moments ago disappeared.
"Hey, babe." He slid his arms around her and pulled her close. "I've been looking for you all day. Where've you been?"
Instead of answering him, she kissed him. The slightest touch of his lips on hers fired her internal fire and her bear both settled inside her while at the same time, demanded more from her mate.
"I've been crazy busy today." It wasn't a lie, but she still felt guilty. "What's happening here? Everything under control?"
Nash shook his head. A frown slipped over his handsome face. "No. I mean, I fixed the clog. But when I was doing a routine check, I noticed one of the shower heads wasn't flowing properly. Turns out there was a cracked pipe in the wall. I had to shut the entire system down."
"Down? What does that mean? Is it operational?" Kira instantly slipped into manager mode. If the shower house was down, it meant they would have double the capacity at the north shower house and it was definitely not designed to handle that capacity. Which meant one thing: pissed-off campers.
"It's not." Nash shook his head. "I have to go to West Yellowstone to get parts. It's just outside the gates."
"I know where it is."
He smiled, and she realized she probably sounded edgy, so she offered him a smile in return.
"Until then, I have to close it off."
The smile vanished. "What?" She bit her lip. "Now?"
"I'm sorry, babe." He stroked her cheek. "Don't worry about it though, okay? I'll get it fixed as fast as I can. It will hardly be a disruption." He stopped talking and gave her a strange look. "You look stressed. Please don't worry about this, okay?"
Kira shook her head and pulled away from his arms. As much as she wanted his touch, first she needed to tell him about Kade. "It's fine," she said. "I know you'll get it fixed as soon as you can. I'm not worried about the shower."
"Then what?" He reached out, but she stepped aside. "What's going on, Kira? You're scaring me."
"Sorry." She forced a smile. "I'm not trying to scare you. Actually, it's a good thing." She took a breath. "My brother is in town, and I thought maybe you could meet him but if you have to go-"
"Your brother?"
The rest of the words she was going to babble froze on her lips and she nodded.
"He's here?" Nash's eyes widened as he took in what she was saying. "At the campground?" She nodded. "Your brother, Kade?"
Kira nodded again.
"But I thought you didn't speak? I thought your twin connection or whatever wasn't working."
"It wasn't." She shrugged. It was too much to get into right now. "But it is now. He's here."
Nash's face split into his trademark grin and he pulled her back into a hug. "Babe, that's fantastic. You must be thrilled."
She was thrilled. She couldn't even process how good it felt to have her brother back. But she was also terrified. Because she hadn't really been sure she was going to tell Nash about him and now that she had, it felt amazing because she wanted to tell him everything, always. But it was equally scary because now he'd want to meet Kade and then … well, she couldn't think about it. Not yet. Because no matter what, she would not lose her brother again. Now that she had filled that missing piece of her heart, Kira knew with certainty that she would never be able to survive the loss a second time.
"I am," she answered after a moment. "And I really wish you could meet him, but now you have to go to West Yellowstone and get that piece."
"No."
"No?"
"Well, of course I have to go, but it can wait a few minutes. Let's go back to the office now, I should grab a quick overnight bag anyway, and then I can at least meet him. I mean, he's your brother, Kira. Your twin. I think I can find a few minutes to meet my mate's brother. Don't you?"
She nodded with a smile pasted on her face and hoped Nash hadn't noticed the way she flinched at the use of the word mate.
Nash followed Kira's ATV back to the main offices and tried to shake off the feeling that something was wrong. Very wrong. It wasn't just that Kira didn't seem as excited as he would have thought, with her brother there, but it was something else. He couldn't pinpoint it, but something was off. It was probably just the shock of Kade showing up. After all, they hadn't seen each other in almost two years and as far as Kira was concerned, would likely never see him again. Of course it would be shocking for him to show up with no announcement. And then, of course, there was everything that had happened between the two of them.