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appeared
native with his long, black hair and bronzed skin. And also like Kajakti, he
was over six foot and had a well-muscled body.
    He smiled once he noticed her. “Hi, Jaren. I’m Capac. Are
you feeling better?”
    “If that is a polite way of asking if I’m no longer drunk,
the answer is yes. It’s nice to meet you.” She stuck out her hand.
    He stepped closer, grasped it in his much larger one and
gave it a shake before he released her. He also took a deep breath, then gave
her a quizzical look. “Did you and Kajakti talk about what he—?”
    “Oh, you met Capac, one of my roommates,” Kajakti said as he
stepped out of his room and interrupted the other man so he couldn’t finish his
question.
    “Yes,” Jaren said.
    Capac looked at Kajakti, then said something in a language
she didn’t understand. Kajakti answered in the same one. The two men conversed
that way for a few seconds before Capac gave her a nod and continued down the
hallway to the top of the stairs.
    Kajakti put his hand on the small of Jaren’s back and guided
her into the bedroom. Once they were inside he closed the door behind them. She
walked over to the bed and put her toiletries into her suitcase.
    “What was it that Capac thought you had to talk to me
about?” she asked.
    “It wasn’t anything important.”
    “And what language was it you two spoke? I’ve never heard it
before.”
    “It’s our native one. We’re both Tlingit, same with our other
roommates, Edensaw, Wachei, Durlach and Ketah.”
    “I guess I’ll be meeting everyone once we go downstairs. I’m
sure they’re looking forward to meeting the drunk woman you brought home last
night,” she said sarcastically.
    Kajakti chuckled, stepped behind her and wrapped his arms
around her middle, holding her close to his front. “I already told them what
your ex did to you. They are outraged on your behalf. They also don’t think any
less of you because of you having a little bit too much to drink. Eryn, Wachei’s
wife, said, and I quote, you had more than enough reason to get shitfaced.”
    Jaren turned her head to the side as Kajakti nuzzled the
crook of her neck. “I think I want to meet Eryn.”
    “You’ll like her, same with the others.”
    “Are your roommates okay with the idea of me staying here
until I can figure out how to get out of the mess Matt created for me?”
    Kajakti turned Jaren in his arms until she faced him.
“You’re welcome to stay indefinitely if you want to. I know I’d like that.” He
flashed her a sexy smile.
    She grinned in return, wondering if he was actually serious.
If so, he was moving a bit fast. “Thanks for the offer, but I do have to go
home to Canada.” Jaren looked down at Kajakti’s bare chest. “I guess we should
talk about what happened last night.”
    He lifted her chin with a finger, forcing her to meet his
gaze. “I’m okay with it. You might have speeded things along, but I have no
complaints with the end result.”
    “I basically forced myself on you.”
    Kajakti laughed. “If you want the truth, I thought I was
dreaming at first. But the real thing was much better than what my imagination
could come up with.”
    “I want to tell you that I don’t normally do that. I don’t
break up with a boyfriend only to hop into bed with the next man I’m very
attracted to. I can only blame it on the vanilla vodka.”
    He kissed the tip of her nose. “Don’t worry about it, Jaren.
As I said, you just hurried things along.” Kajakti grew silent for a few
seconds. “How would you feel about staying in Juneau for longer than the week
you had originally planned? It will give us a better chance to get to know each
other.”
    “You’d really want me to stay here longer with you?”
    “Yes.”
    “I still need to go to the Canadian consulate and arrange
for a new passport.”
    “We’ll do that on Monday.”
    She nodded. “All right, I’ll extend my holiday for a while
longer. It’s not as if I have any other place