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between his legs, but quickly forced her gaze to come to eye level with him.
    He was watching her intently. He knew that she was scrutinizing his physical features, and he slowly, deliberately returned the favor. He let his eyes slide down her cheeks, onto her neck and around her shoulders. He lingered for several long moments at her breasts, hungrily taking in the view of her ample assets pushing tightly against her sweater. He licked his lips approvingly, and then let his eyes slide down her stomach. He paused at her navel for just a moment, then burned his gaze into the spot between her legs. Kenzie felt herself breathing heavily. He made no apologies for the fact that he was undressing her with his eyes. No attempts to hide it. When he finally let his eyes come back up to meet her eyes, there was no denying the glowing yellow. She should have been freaked out by the strange phenomenon, but somehow it put her at ease. It was as though his eyes were sending out some sort of magnetic signal, drawing her in, asking her to connect her body with his. Kenzie had never felt such a strong connection with anyone. She could feel her whole body growing warm, and tingling with the anticipation of desire.
    “God, you’re beautiful,” he said, his voice husky and low. Kenzie blushed and looked down at her hands in her lap. He reached over and took one of her hands in his. His hands felt just as strong and warm as they looked. She gazed up at him from under her eyelashes, willing him to lean in and kiss her. Please, she silently pleaded with him, let me feel your lips on mine.
    But in a sudden, startling burst of noise, the front door to the pub flew open. A big, burly man who was just as large as Ryker stormed in and directed his angry glare in Ryker’s direction.
    “Ryker, the boss wants to see you. Now!”
    Kenzie looked up at Ryker, startled. Ryker’s face went pale, and he looked at Kenzie forlornly.
    “I’m so sorry, Doc. I have to go.” He pulled a couple twenties out of his wallet and threw them down on the bar in front of her. “My treat on the drinks.”
    Then he hurried out after the angry man at the door, not even stopping to get his parka fully on before stepping out into the frigid Alaskan air. Kenzie sighed as she felt her beating heart slowly return to its normal pace. The delicious, warm tingling that she had felt when Ryker touched her slowly seeped away. So much for finally getting to spend some time with a man. Kenzie took a last swig from her beer mug before getting up to go put on her own parka and head out into the night.
    She had lost her desire for another round of drinks.

Chapter Five
    Ryker followed Tyler meekly to Neal’s tattoo shop. Ryker tried to think of a way to explain that his sitting with Kenzie at Northwinds Pub was not what it looked like, but it was a lost cause. It was exactly what it looked like. He was smitten with Kenzie. He hadn’t kissed her, but he had been on the verge of it. He knew he was playing with fire, but he felt unable to stop himself. Kenzie had awakened a part of him that he hadn’t known existed. He was experiencing deep feelings that he had never known before.
    But Neal would not be impressed with Ryker’s feelings. Ryker sighed. Neal’s stubborn total ban on relationships with a human was going to bring about the end of the Northern Lights Clan. Neal seemed to think that bear mates were going to appear out of nowhere, and provide the cubs that would reestablish the clan. But there were hardly any bears left in the Glacier Point Valley that weren’t Blizzards. Ryker knew that Neal was still grieving deeply over the loss of his father and the rest of the fallen Northern Lights bears. But Neal was an alpha! He needed to step up and lead, not let his grief cloud his judgment. The future of the Northern Lights Clan depended on it.
    Ryker took a deep breath and braced himself for the anger that was to come as he walked into the back room of Neal’s shop. Neal was