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here in my plane. They’re here for two days for a retreat, and then I’m flying them back.”
    “Flying them back where?”
    “Frost Peak. It’s south of here, about an hour from Kodiak,” Sawyer said as the bartender returned with a plate of food for Amanda. He set it down in front of her, and Sawyer’s mouth watered as he looked at the burger and fries on the plate. He suddenly realized that he hadn’t eaten anything in several hours, and he asked the bartender to bring him another whiskey and to put in an order for a burger and fries for him, as well.
    “Wow, that seems like a pretty cool job,” Amanda said, hungrily shoving a fry into her mouth.
    Sawyer smiled. “It is. It’s a lot of work, especially during tourist season. I don’t like dealing with all the businessy aspects of things, like keeping accounts balanced and marketing—things like that. But I love flying, so that makes up for all that other stuff.”
    Amanda leaned back in her chair and shoved another fry in her mouth. “Well, if you need to hire someone to do marketing for you, I’m your girl. That’s all I did at my old job. But I did it for stuffy men in suits who always had their heads up the boss’s ass. After a while that kind of shitshow really wears on you.”
    Amanda grinned and took another sip of her wine, and Sawyer wondered if her offer to work for him had been a joke. He sighed as the bartender set another whiskey in front of him. It must have been a joke, and, even if it wasn’t, he couldn’t give her a job. As much as he would love to have a beautiful, easygoing woman like Amanda around, she was fully human. And everyone else at the tour company was a grizzly shifter. The risk of exposing his clan members to the outside world would be too great if he hired a human employee to work closely with them day to day.
    Sawyer glanced over at Amanda, who was taking a huge bite out of her burger, and he smiled. He loved a woman who wasn’t afraid to eat. Shifter woman usually had no problem stuffing their faces, but sometimes human woman got overly self-conscious about how much food they were eating, or whether people were going to think they were pigs if they ate too much. Amanda clearly wasn’t that type of woman. She had an appetite, and she wasn’t afraid to satisfy it.
    Sawyer took another sip of whiskey, and let himself relish the feeling of excitement stirring within him. He knew the odds were against him for anything happening with Amanda beyond an evening of fun conversation. Still, he could at least let himself enjoy the rush of spending this time with her. What else was he going to do, anyway? Go back to his room and watch TV? Amanda was much more entertaining than a television show, and she made his heart beat at a thrillingly rapid pace.
    If only he didn’t have so many responsibilities as alpha. And if only Amanda wasn’t so damn human.

Chapter Four
     
    Amanda laughed, again. Another deep, belly laugh that made her feel completely alive. She had lost count of how many times tonight Sawyer had elicited a response like this from her. When she’d sat down next to him at the bar earlier, she’d had no idea that he would turn out to have a personality that was just as gorgeous as his body. After weeks alone in the wilderness, Amanda had been craving a chance to have a conversation with another human. And Sawyer had definitely provided good conversation. But, more importantly, after years alone in her soul-sucking job, Amanda had been starving for the chance to have a real, meaningful connection with someone. And Sawyer had provided that, as well. His jokes, stories, and observations had been like a feast for her soul. For the first time in years, Amanda felt like someone truly got her. Like they were talking to her just for the sheer pleasure of talking to her, and not so that they could get some sort of in with her boss or some other career benefit from her.
    Amanda and Sawyer had their faces pressed against the